2 pleasant surprises this week

[Dave Doherty]

I toured the 1130 transmitter about 15 years ago. It was incredible. Two Nautel 60 kW transmitters, an emergency studio, a dummy load the size of a house, a generator even bigger, and a UPS that would run the transmitter for 20 minutes. 

The CE pulled the main breaker on the building and nothing happened. Not a flicker. The UPS took over seamlessly. The generator didn't start because it didn't need to for five or ten minutes, and few outages in the NJ Meadowlands radio transmitter heaven last more than a few seconds. 

They had to take the roof off the building to install the UPS by crane.

-d

-----Original Message-----
From: Boston-Radio-Interest [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf Of Tim Gordon
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 12:25 AM
To: Boston Radio Group <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
Subject: Re: 2 pleasant surprises this week

Well, 1130 is new to me. And as for me, I'm all over Metro-NW, centering on Acton but getting a good signal on the road in Middlesex, Worcester, and Hillsborough (NH) counties.


On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 6:01 PM Don <astelle.donald@gmail.com> wrote:

> And, the big thing missing from your post....your location!  ;-)
>
> When AM1130 in NYC was WNEW....it was pleasant listening in Boston 
> with a very reliable signal after dark!
>
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> From: "Tim Gordon" <tgordo49@gmail.com>
> To: "Boston Radio Group" <boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2018 11:13 PM
> Subject: 2 pleasant surprises this week
>
>
> > First, I stumbled across AM 680 WRKO now also on WZLX FM 100.7-HD2.
> > Second, and better, I've found that from sunset to sunrise I have a 
> > great way to listen to Bloomberg radio, if I don't mind the 
> > Manhattan traffic
> > reports: Their AM 1130 station in NYC comes in better than any of 
> > the so-called "Boston" stations. In fact, I can even hear it loud & 
> > clear on my WorkTunes headset while working in my basement shop!
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