WCAP Update

[Bill O'Neill]

Is WCAP operating on the 1 kW backup? When that used to happen, iirc, we'd get decent DAT coverage. The old Bower (Bauer) may be in bad shape. 

The main is a Harris AM-5 installed in 1980. I had heard that the new owners had tried to do some work on the overgrown vegetation on the tower farm  (which presumably drank a lot of water impacting ground moisture.) 

I suspect many if the tower radials were a mess at that point. The early pix, compared to Scott Fybush's more recent (check Site of the Week archives) are dramatic for overgrowth. 

But it's been years since I was out to the farm so it's speculation.

 Bill O'Neill

Mark Watson <markwats@comcast.net> wrote:
>The Lowell Sun reports that WCAP is still on the air at very low power
>while the station awaits the arrival of a tube from Florida. Owner Sam
>Poulten claims that those extremely close to the transmitter site can
>hear them over the air. They are still streaming on the WCAP website
>and smartphone apps.
>
>Link to Lowell Sun article:
>
>http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_23992422/wcaps-signal-suffering
>
>I should note that I live about 2 to 2.5 miles from WCAP's transmitter
>site, and I can't receive them over the air here.
>
>Mark Watson

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