WJIB night signal

[Jibguy@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/3/2013 5:30:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
chris2526@comcast.net writes:

WJIB  actually has three transmitters, two Nautel 400 watt units and an LPB 
 5  or ten watt. 
Unfortunately other than the one Nautel transmitter that is  currently on 
the air and used for both day and night service
the other two  must be manually connected if needed and cannot be switched 
over by remote  control 


Not entirely true.... The two Nautels can both go down to 5 watts on remote 
 control, although one of them is older and it's 'recommended' lowest power 
is 10  watts.
 
BTW, the off-air period in mid-last week (Aug 27th) for 90 minutes during  
the day was caused by the electric company killing power to the whole area 
while  they did some work on underground lines.  WJIB does not have a back-up 
 generator.  Such is probably not possible without permission from 2,412  
state and local agencies plus the EPA who is concerned that installation of a 
 generator would kill or deform 34 species of lizards.
 
The silent period this past Sunday night in to Monday morning was caused by 
 a short power outage (storms) which took down the on-air computer, which 
IS on a  UPS-thing.  Wasn't til 2:07 PM Monday that one of my guys there 
could make  it in to re-boot computer manually and get it back on the air.  
Sometime  soon, I will have the ability to do such from Maine.   
 
For those folks who were trying to determine if the carrier was on during  
the last period... most of the time, it was off.  I took it off by remote  
control (so people could enjoy CFZM-Toronto.)
 
---jibguy