[WXBH-Discuss] Antenna Relocation...

[Virgil Baldon Jr]

   Other thoughts on antenna relocation: Try triangulation with three landmarks
   within the areas you wish to serve to explore for suitable sites. Say you
   want to cover Old Louisville/U of L Belknap Campus (landmark corner 4th &
   Hill Sts.), The Highlands (Bardstown Rd. & Eastern Parkway), and Crescent
   Hill (Ewing & Frankfort Aves.) with the best possible signal.

   Plot those 3 locations on a map, draw and measure the sides of the triangle
   to at least 0.1 km accuracy. Approximate the center of the triangle's area.
   That centerpoint is the optimal location for your antenna. (A 5-mile radius
   circle drawn from the centerpoint will also show you a fair approximation of
   your overall LPFM signal footprint.)

   If possible, plot all this on a USGS topographical map-this type map shows
   land  elevations and benchmarks, used to figure antenna site elevation
   and "height above average terrain," or "HAAT" for the FCC forms. The hight
   of the structure or tower holding the antenna and the antenna's height above
   ground also must be known in both feet and meters.

    Identify a structure or tower at least 100' high, clear of the nearby
   treeline and not immediately adjacent to other tall structures, as close to
   the centerpoint as you can get. This is where your antenna should go. Of
   course, in this imperfect world, your centerpoint will probably be in a
   sinkhole or somebody's backyard!

    By the way, have you secured a communications lawyer or certifiied engineer
   yet? I can do the local legwork for them, I hold a FCC General license and I
   know all the requirements to operate a radio or TV station as a designated
   chief  operator,  but  I'm  not  a  CE or RPE (registered professional
   engineer)-those folks work forand/or own engineering firms. My primary jobs
   are television production and broadcast faciliity design.

   I'll help when and where I can, realizing that you've got to get the major
   change application (with the new site confirmed) ready for the FCC so your
   construction permit can be modified and re-issued ASAP.

   VIRGIL H. BALDON, JR.
   Broadcast & A/V Production and Consulting
   PO Box 485, Louisville, KY 40201-0485
   Phone: (502)772-3499  Cellular: (502)931-3963
   E-Mail: vbaldonky at hotmail.com
   Web: [1]http://www.angelfire.com/ky/baldonmedia1

References

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