CH 40 Analog was shut down Sun nite

[Peter Q. George]

>From what I have been told, WGGB/40 analog transmitter gave up the ghost sometime on November 29th, two days before they were scheduled to discontinue analog service on December 1.  Apparently, the station was only operating at half power (one out of two output tubes) in order to conserve the last gasps of the analog service.  It didn't quite make it.  From what I've seen on their FCC database, they plan to re-deploy the analog power deck for the digital service for Channel 40 DTV and even the original Channel 40 antenna which served them quite well and will continue to do so after February 17th when they make the final move back to 40, after shutting down their transitional DTV service on 55.  I wish them well!  

Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
"Scanning the bands since 1967"
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--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Mark Casey <map@mapinternet.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Casey <map@mapinternet.com>
> Subject: CH 40 Analog was shut down Sun nite
> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 6:57 PM
> Springfield-- CH 40 Analog now Gone
> Mark Casey