<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Since there are folks with AM and other big iron stuff in their background, thought it interesting that in this day and age, a long-wire AM antenna system is being put to use as a temporary antenna at WWVA, 1170, Wheeling, WV.</div><div><br></div><div>See video of the damage here and links to other info:</div><div style="font-size: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2010/08/wwva-looses-all-three-towers-to-straight-line-winds/">http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2010/08/wwva-looses-all-three-towers-to-straight-line-winds/</a></span></font></div><div><br></div><div>WWVA home page, with before and after shots of the towers and aerial still showing the site after the wind did the damage.</div><div><a href="http://www.wwva.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=119921&article=7439986">http://www.wwva.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=119921&article=7439986</a></div><div><br></div><div>Read the Special Temporary Authority application filed days later with the FCC here:</div><div><a href="https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101394966&formid=911&fac_num=44046">https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101394966&formid=911&fac_num=44046</a></div><div><br></div><div>While the application requests use of 12.5KW non-directional day and night, the FCC Media Bureau says it can run 50KW day and 12.5KW night with this rig:</div><div><a href="http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=20606">http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=20606</a></div><div><br></div><div>The STA was granted quickly and expires in Feb., 2011.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><div> </div><div>Perhaps there's some AM DXing worth attempting?</div><div><br></div><div>Definitely an OT post, unless one finds a station temporarily using an TCR-100 or ACR-25 to sub for a downed server system. We'd really like to see video and pix of that!</div><div><div><br></div></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></div></span> </div><br></body></html>