This video is the answer to those who think that Shortwave Radio is dead. Shortwave Radio Transmission and Reception are very much alive , till the end of this world. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve been listening to WTWW for years. Mostly transmitter 2 on 5085. I actually use it as a standard to test vintage short wave receivers I have rebuilt. All of them vacuum tubed, and at least 70 years old.
I had no idea what to expect I might see. There is much more to it then I could have imagined. Stuff like that most of us would probably never get to see. So thank you for the look inside of a big radio station. I had no idea how much and how big that stuff could be. Thanks for giving us a glimpse into what something like that is like behind the scenes.
A lovely old Continental SW Transmitter. As a Canadian I have to remind you that Nautel of Nova Scotia & Maine could build you a even more powerful transmitter, easier on electricity and smaller in size. Definitely not as romantic as the Continental however. People need to wake up to the elegance of Short Wave. Key among its virtues is that multiple repeater transmitters are not required. Short Wave uses the ionosphere as a natural and secure satellite. A satellite that cannot be destroyed by space junk or the military of enemy nations.
I'd rather have a great signal that a pretty transmitter! I agree that Shortwave is the easy way to spread the word to a wide area. No reliance on space to get it done.
I listen to this station all the time. I actually prefer this variety to that of even our local stations. We really don’t have an oldies station here. Never dreamed about what it even was. Very interesting and cool!
Nice to see David and his sister Eric. Where were Ted and Patrick. Ted and his family run a nice little station over their. Most of that equipment is home brewed. I personally never get tired of Ted's stories of his days over in South Africa working for the BBC South African relay. Along with Dave Porter Radio Caroline's Johnny Lewis. What you really need to do is get up to Northern, Main and see Allen and Angela's station their antenna system is home brew. I know a couple of the fellers that helped them put it together. The run around 4 to 5 transmitters on one antenna tower. They can polarize it horizontally and vertically. Using vertical and azimuth rotters along with latching relays such as in LG tuners.
I just listened to TX3 and heard Neil Diamond and others. The stereo fidelity was surprisingly good. Never knew SW could be soo good ! Great vid , FFP !
@@peterfairlie2296 Interesting how vulnerable the internet is to weather. Folks in Atlantic Canada will always remember the September storm of 2022. No internet in places for up to five weeks. The strategic value of Short Wave is huge since SW uses the ionosphere as a natural satellite. It would be wise to remember the good points of SW, AM & FM technology when the CBC goes to shut down AM & FM transmitters. Analogue technology is much more secure both weather and hacking wise.
Awesome, thanks for sharing. I listen to WTWW on 5085 Khz almost every night here in Lake Havasu City, AZ It just blasts into my Realistic DX-302 Signal is always strong here.
It's interesting to see all that vintage equipment. It looks like an old Continental 100kW transmitter. Probably from the 60s. Today's 100kW transmitters are about the size of a double-wide refrigerator and use a fraction of the power these old beasts use.
Actually both of the Continental boxes are quite efficient. They do have two tubes, but the old modulator stage is now completely solid state and is exceptionally efficient. #2 was an old high level plate modulated box in it's previous life. It was rebuilt from schematics and the new modulator added. It is an interesting combination of old stuff and a lot of new hardware.
Hey Eric I have been checking out your channel starting at your shed build a few years ago. Good stuff and getting better. Keep living the dream brother!
Very funny to see this video. I've actually been at this site since I was 13. The Randall's essentially ran the station into the ground. If you notice, pause when the meters are on screen and if you zoom in you'll see the meters are all zeroed out. This is because the money that was for maintainance wasn't going into the transmitters. An $80,000 insurance claim that was supposed to be used to replace modulation cards for TX2 just disappeared into thin air, along with a $10,000 tester to test capacitors under load. David, Matt, and their father Ted are all pretty likable guys, which put them in the position to run the station into the ground. Now in the fall of 2024, we're picking up the pieces and hoping to get all 3 transmitters running again.
I would love to come and see the station again when you are ready. Also, what will be broadcasting on these stations? If time is available, I may be interested in broadcasting with you.
@@FarpointFarms For the time being, on TX2 we will be broadcasting Brother Stair of Overcomer Ministries for the moment, on 5085 from 10 AM to 11 PM and a 9mHz frequency for daytime coverage. TX1 is currently running some music programming but I don't have the frequencies in front of me to quote right now. We will be selling airtime very soon, and I would personally love to bring you out for an updated tour series, with everything working as it should.
Very amazing seeing all of the equipment. You look like a little kid in a big candy store. The young lady standing by, does she work there also? I would have liked to hear her input also.
Interesting. I worked in the Navy's transmitter site on Midway Island 1966 to 1968 and hearing those blower motors constantly running sure sounds familiar. Except we had so many transmitters it was an order of magnitude louder roar. When you first got there, you couldn't hear others talking and you tended to shout when you talked. After a while you adjusted and could hear and speak fairly normally even with the constant noise.
Nice to see WWTW station, good see old Continetal Transmitter, I hear the 31 meters signal real good these days too gets out great, like what looks home brew feeders, to antennas and telephone poles, for rhomibicss? all good stuff, nice see the station, 73 from me Tony VE4AKF
Another massive shortwave station is just outside of Birminham Alabama. The calls are WEWN and belongs to EWTN, a catholic tv network in Irondale. It transmits catholic programming around the world.
The Randall's were not maintaining everything how they should have. Lots of bypassing things they should have fixed, running at partial power, etc. I estimate we will have TX 2 back on before the end of Q4 2024.
What are they using for antennas ? Curtain arrays like VOA did! I think the Bethany site had 10 50kw transmitters running to curtains with tremendous gain. Don’t know what their total ERP was but it had to be staggering.
A large flat antenna wire that stretched for several hundred feet in either direction from the transmitter at an elevation of around 20 feet off the ground. It was not what I was expecting.
I don't think I picked (perhaps I have) that up, usually wwcr Nashville and wcri in ocachobi or wbcq Monticello main, actually been listen to wwbcq since the late 1990s...I will check later if I can receive them...my shortwave receivers tuner does not seem to be that good especially with ssb.
Out of curiosity, Why? I asked 10,000 questions while I was there, but that one never entered my mind. What do I care? It's a great HUGE station that plays classic rock world wide. Sounds pretty cool to me!
I believe you are correct on that 50Kw limit, although I have heard of a few exceptions over the years. I would guess the limit is imposed due to the commercial bandwidth available for AM / FM stations. Short wave is not near as crowded.
According to an article that I read in _Radio-Electronics_ (or possibly a communications magazine) in the late 1980s, the FCC is very reluctant to license privately-owned shortwave stations. According to the article, they did not issue licenses on shortwave for _less_ than 50 kW transmitter power (this is not to be confused with effective radiated power).
"Massive" might be a bit of an overstatement! Some rhombics, a few transmitters and a bit of exaggeration about "going around the world" with "millions of Watts."
@@FarpointRestorationsAndRepairs I'm a broadcast engineer and antenna rigger (KGEI, KFBS and others). Actually, I can tell you with certainty that WTWW is one of the smallest SW broadcasters, especially on the antenna side. It has the minimum antenna and minimum power needed to have a presence on SW. Though there are a few 50KW stations, 100KW transmitters are pretty much standard on SW. But there are also many 250KW, 500KW and even 1M KW transmitters as well (VOA and other big boys) with huge high-gain antenna arrays. Don't get me wrong. On the programming side with its focus on ham radio and shortwave hobbyists, WTWW is unique. That's what makes it special.
No, even more oddly, it had a super long wire antenna that was maybe 20 feet off the ground that was the transmitting antenna. You would think it wouldn't get the job done, but you car hear WTWW pretty clearly worldwide!
These antennas are refered to as Rhombic. On lower band HF, it's not about the hight but the 'take-off angles' of the signal from the antenna to the ionosphere.
Yeah well they shouldn't be if they're putting that much wattage out there's got to be some other type of way to reflect all that power away from the operator especially the way he would stand underneath those damn things like that exposing himself like that to harmful RF and yes it can harm you and that's improper anyways to even have that ladder line the way it was out of the building like that it should be at least 500 ft away from there in the first place anyways
I can't hear 5085 over the air in North Carolina. I am using a Kenwood TS-2000 HF ham radio with a long wire antenna that has SWR of about 2 or less on that band. They said they are getting signal reports from Russia and Ukraine. When I try to tune 5085 here, I hear nothing. Nada. Just surface noise and some occasional static crashes. Can't seem to pull in 5085 for some reason. Meanwhile, I can listen to them on the internet from their website.
I always thought SW stations were run by governmental agencies (at least in India they are). I wonder how these private SW channels made any money, with the expenses of maintenance, electricity, spectrum licenses and licenses to play music on air. Its sad that this station went off-air.
Nice! I've heard them decent format but not a fan of some of the non mainstream religion stuff that runs on these stations. I believe they have the right to free speech and to practice their faith. I Usually turn off the preaching that's a bit out there. Would like to hear something like more mainstream religion on the radio 📻. Something like Ligonier or white horse inn might be more thought provoking were there's a debate on different ideas. Thanks for the tour will have to listen in again. WHAT FREQUENCY are they on each transmission
I watched the first third. I did not hear the transmitter power, the frequencies they transmit on, their target audience (location) or their format. I did hear them say they like to play American rock and roll. I hear nothing but religious stations on SW now. Is this another one?
too bad wtww coupdnt replace their transmitter with a harris destiny or a ultra modern transmitter to cut its electricity bill to save it. But that transmitter is prolly 100,000 itself .. would be great to keep the ukraine broadcasts on for now with it
The thought comes to mind as to who pays for the equipment and electric bills. I get that they are blasting into Russia and the Ukraine, so there seems to be a political motivation. Again, who pays the bills for all this?
There are not many listeners to high frequency short wave, even in Europe. Where is that antenna pointing? Is this your tax dollars at work in some sneaky way?
Do we still need SW transmission today? Doesn't it so costly to operate? Sound quality is not that good, couple with the atmospheric interference, the signal can b up n down all time. Guess internet streaming is more reliable n crystal clear nowadays. Anyone can justify why we still need SW radio transmission in today' world?
This video is the answer to those who think that Shortwave Radio is dead. Shortwave Radio Transmission and Reception are very much alive , till the end of this world. Thanks for sharing.
Ch 6 Superbowl operators will be jealous of this.
I’ve been listening to WTWW for years.
Mostly transmitter 2 on 5085. I actually use it as a standard to test vintage short wave receivers I have rebuilt. All of them vacuum tubed, and at least 70 years old.
They play some great tunes!
Most definitely... Some old tunes for some old radios! Plus they take requests as well....
I had no idea what to expect I might see. There is much more to it then I could have imagined. Stuff like that most of us would probably never get to see. So thank you for the look inside of a big radio station. I had no idea how much and how big that stuff could be. Thanks for giving us a glimpse into what something like that is like behind the scenes.
You said everything
If you are ever in the UK, have a trip to Droitwich and see the massive Long Wave transmitter transmitting BBC Radio 4 throughout the UK.
and into Europe, and even faintly in North America with the right antenna setup.
This video is a gem. Thank you for this.
Glad I could share.
A lovely old Continental SW Transmitter. As a Canadian I have to remind you that Nautel of Nova Scotia & Maine could build you a even more powerful transmitter, easier on electricity and smaller in size. Definitely not as romantic as the Continental however. People need to wake up to the elegance of Short Wave. Key among its virtues is that multiple repeater transmitters are not required. Short Wave uses the ionosphere as a natural and secure satellite. A satellite that cannot be destroyed by space junk or the military of enemy nations.
I'd rather have a great signal that a pretty transmitter! I agree that Shortwave is the easy way to spread the word to a wide area. No reliance on space to get it done.
RIP to this legendary station...
All hopes and prayers that this station can come back alive.
Agreed.
It's a shame that they are no longer broadcasting. What do they do with all the equipment? Can somebody buy this station and resurrect it?
I'm a number station enthusiast. When you think about it this is pretty much what number stations would have looked like inside, so cool to see!
I am glad I could show you what was going on here
That was awesome. Thank you for taking us along!
I listen to this station all the time. I actually prefer this variety to that of even our local stations. We really don’t have an oldies station here. Never dreamed about what it even was. Very interesting and cool!
Nice to see David and his sister Eric. Where were Ted and Patrick. Ted and his family run a nice little station over their. Most of that equipment is home brewed. I personally never get tired of Ted's stories of his days over in South Africa working for the BBC South African relay. Along with Dave Porter Radio Caroline's Johnny Lewis. What you really need to do is get up to Northern, Main and see Allen and Angela's station their antenna system is home brew. I know a couple of the fellers that helped them put it together. The run around 4 to 5 transmitters on one antenna tower. They can polarize it horizontally and vertically. Using vertical and azimuth rotters along with latching relays such as in LG tuners.
I just listened to TX3 and heard Neil Diamond and others. The stereo fidelity was surprisingly good. Never knew SW could be soo good !
Great vid , FFP !
I receiver WTWW on 5085 at 03:41UTC on 13/5/22 via Fenu-R SDR in Switzerland remote from here in NZ. Great to see the actual TXer. Thanks Ken Baird
The music and short wave radio show usually comes in booming better than anything else on the weekends up here in Canada!
czfm listen all day on my hf gear
@@peterfairlie2296 Interesting how vulnerable the internet is to weather. Folks in Atlantic Canada will always remember the September storm of 2022. No internet in places for up to five weeks. The strategic value of Short Wave is huge since SW uses the ionosphere as a natural satellite. It would be wise to remember the good points of SW, AM & FM technology when the CBC goes to shut down AM & FM transmitters. Analogue technology is much more secure both weather and hacking wise.
Just Wow! This is fantastic! Thanks for doing this!
Huge feed lines and open wire line. They use a Rhombic antenna. I would love to visit one day.
Fantastic insight into the world of shortwave. Great video. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome, thanks for sharing. I listen to WTWW on 5085 Khz almost every night here in Lake Havasu City, AZ It just blasts into my Realistic DX-302 Signal is always strong here.
I will be moving to Havasu in 2023 when i retire. I visit every year since 02. Love it there.
@@haleyy68 cool, it was a hot one here today. Hit 112F
I’ll have to dial em up and give a listen.
This is awesome, I just stumbled onto your video, ive been listening to WTWW on the old radio shack DX392 forever
It's interesting to see all that vintage equipment. It looks like an old Continental 100kW transmitter. Probably from the 60s. Today's 100kW transmitters are about the size of a double-wide refrigerator and use a fraction of the power these old beasts use.
Actually both of the Continental boxes are quite efficient. They do have two tubes, but the old modulator stage is now completely
solid state and is exceptionally efficient. #2 was an old high level plate modulated box in it's previous life. It was rebuilt from
schematics and the new modulator added. It is an interesting combination of old stuff and a lot of new hardware.
Very interesting and educational. Looking forward to additional content from your visit.
Very cool!
And I like psalms 91 plastered everywhere!
Agreed
Looks great, thanks for your video! 🇳🇱
Hey Eric I have been checking out your channel starting at your shed build a few years ago. Good stuff and getting better. Keep living the dream brother!
Very funny to see this video. I've actually been at this site since I was 13. The Randall's essentially ran the station into the ground. If you notice, pause when the meters are on screen and if you zoom in you'll see the meters are all zeroed out. This is because the money that was for maintainance wasn't going into the transmitters. An $80,000 insurance claim that was supposed to be used to replace modulation cards for TX2 just disappeared into thin air, along with a $10,000 tester to test capacitors under load. David, Matt, and their father Ted are all pretty likable guys, which put them in the position to run the station into the ground. Now in the fall of 2024, we're picking up the pieces and hoping to get all 3 transmitters running again.
I would love to come and see the station again when you are ready. Also, what will be broadcasting on these stations? If time is available, I may be interested in broadcasting with you.
@@FarpointFarms For the time being, on TX2 we will be broadcasting Brother Stair of Overcomer Ministries for the moment, on 5085 from 10 AM to 11 PM and a 9mHz frequency for daytime coverage. TX1 is currently running some music programming but I don't have the frequencies in front of me to quote right now. We will be selling airtime very soon, and I would personally love to bring you out for an updated tour series, with everything working as it should.
@@Hillykarma Consider it a date! My email is farpoint.farm.survival@gmail.com Reach out when you are ready and I'll make it happen! Thanks.
I frequently listen to WTWW here in Mason, OH on 5.085 on my small SW radio with a Tecsun battery power loop ant in my window.
Window is a good location for the antenna
Appreciate the tour man. Seen that big line section lol. Too cool. They prob don't see many visitors sadly
I've run across 5.085 before. I'll make a note to check them out and get their schedule online. God Bless!
Very amazing seeing all of the equipment. You look like a little kid in a big candy store. The young lady standing by, does she work there also? I would have liked to hear her input also.
Pretty cool! I'm looking forward to Pt.2
Interesting. I worked in the Navy's transmitter site on Midway Island 1966 to 1968 and hearing those blower motors constantly running sure sounds familiar. Except we had so many transmitters it was an order of magnitude louder roar. When you first got there, you couldn't hear others talking and you tended to shout when you talked. After a while you adjusted and could hear and speak fairly normally even with the constant noise.
It's too bad WTWW had to shutdown. I will miss hearing their broadcasting coming in on my radios.
They were a great old school SW station and They are missed.
Nice to see WWTW station, good see old Continetal Transmitter, I hear the 31 meters signal real good these days too gets out great, like what looks home brew feeders, to antennas and telephone poles, for rhomibicss? all good stuff, nice see the station, 73 from me Tony VE4AKF
Awsome... 💯👍👍👍🙋♂️
That was an awesome tour great video
Interesting, had no idea. Thanks for showing us.
Wow! Looks like a lot of fun
It was a huge honor to be able to tour the site.
Love those shirts. Nothing like old fashioned QRO
Thanks for sharing. I listen to WTWW nightly on 5085 Khz.
Awesome man !!!
Thanks sir
Wow...All I can say is wow
Thanks for the vid , this is awesome.
Awesome, really neat!
Lots of work. Got to love it. Ironman in Alabama 73s
Another massive shortwave station is just outside of Birminham Alabama. The calls are WEWN and belongs to EWTN, a catholic tv network in Irondale. It transmits catholic programming around the world.
love that song 🎵 💕
Need to come to Florida and see the one near okeechobee its call slips my mind at the moment but its amazing
It's sad this station is off the air now. I really miss it.
I know, it was not too long from when I did the tour to when they went out. What a shame
The Randall's were not maintaining everything how they should have. Lots of bypassing things they should have fixed, running at partial power, etc. I estimate we will have TX 2 back on before the end of Q4 2024.
Great video - loving the wire antennas - would have liked more info on the TX etc.
What are they using for antennas ? Curtain arrays like VOA did! I think the Bethany site had 10 50kw transmitters running to curtains with tremendous gain. Don’t know what their total ERP was but it had to be staggering.
A large flat antenna wire that stretched for several hundred feet in either direction from the transmitter at an elevation of around 20 feet off the ground. It was not what I was expecting.
So are they off the air now? I don’t know how they could afford the power bill.
@@techguy9023for the moment we are off the air, but I predict we will have both Continentals (TX1 and TX2) on the air by Christmas
I listen to WTWW online!
Very cool!
I don't think I picked (perhaps I have) that up, usually wwcr Nashville
and wcri in ocachobi or wbcq Monticello main, actually been listen to wwbcq since the late 1990s...I will check later if I can receive them...my shortwave receivers tuner does not seem to be that good especially with ssb.
I get them pretty well in Massachusetts on 5.085 at night.
Kewl vid! Been wanting to go there myself.
Wow!
Nice!!
I wonder, are the transmitters modified AM broadcast transmitters, or were they built for shortwave?
Wanted to ask u how bigs ur two stall garage shop u have like what’s the overall size and length
That low-hanging transmission line looks a little dangerous!
only if you get too close to it-
So this is silent now too! What a weird story!
AWESOME!!!💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢
I need to get involved in shortwave
please do, when I was near Florida, the channels that would come in was amazing. I was able to hear all kinds of stations
Massive is relative. WWCR has 4 shortwave transmitters. WRMI has 17 shortwave transmitters. WBCQ has a 500,000 watt shortwave transmitter.
It would be useful for readers to know how transmitter operations, maintenance, etc are funded...
Out of curiosity, Why? I asked 10,000 questions while I was there, but that one never entered my mind. What do I care? It's a great HUGE station that plays classic rock world wide. Sounds pretty cool to me!
It's a simple question and would have been obvious given the references to the size of the facility.
Considering they just shutdown, I assume they were self funded by the people giving up their time to it and couldn't afford it anymore.
Why is every early middle-aged guy whos worth anything interesting named ERIC! Radio, motorcycles, homesteders. all named ERIC
It mist be the name- Or great minds think alike
I thought AM radio broadcast stations in the USA are limited to 50KW output.. Do you have some exemption?
I believe you are correct on that 50Kw limit, although I have heard of a few exceptions over the years. I would guess the limit is imposed due to the commercial bandwidth available for AM / FM stations. Short wave is not near as crowded.
According to an article that I read in _Radio-Electronics_ (or possibly a communications magazine) in the late 1980s, the FCC is very reluctant to license privately-owned shortwave stations. According to the article, they did not issue licenses on shortwave for _less_ than 50 kW transmitter power (this is not to be confused with effective radiated power).
Anyone
" I know some hardcore nerds."
This guy
"Hold my soddering gun"
Wow
So sad they had to shut it down just a few days ago 😢 Apparently electric costs skyrocketed.
"Massive" might be a bit of an overstatement! Some rhombics, a few transmitters and a bit of exaggeration about "going around the world" with "millions of Watts."
It's my understanding that it is the the largest and most powerful transmitting site in the US. I'd call that Massive.
@@FarpointRestorationsAndRepairs I'm a broadcast engineer and antenna rigger (KGEI, KFBS and others). Actually, I can tell you with certainty that WTWW is one of the smallest SW broadcasters, especially on the antenna side. It has the minimum antenna and minimum power needed to have a presence on SW. Though there are a few 50KW stations, 100KW transmitters are pretty much standard on SW. But there are also many 250KW, 500KW and even 1M KW transmitters as well (VOA and other big boys) with huge high-gain antenna arrays. Don't get me wrong. On the programming side with its focus on ham radio and shortwave hobbyists, WTWW is unique. That's what makes it special.
ive heard their channels before the oldies on 5085 i think
Sad the era ended
I was expecting to see a huge weird looking antenna ,, but the whole station transmits through a really heavy duty dipole type antenna ??
No, even more oddly, it had a super long wire antenna that was maybe 20 feet off the ground that was the transmitting antenna. You would think it wouldn't get the job done, but you car hear WTWW pretty clearly worldwide!
@@FarpointFarms
How about that ,, who woulda thunk it !!
These antennas are refered to as Rhombic. On lower band HF, it's not about the hight but the 'take-off angles' of the signal from the antenna to the ionosphere.
at 2 min 9 seconds he said their pushing millions of watts..... Is that true ?
I expected a massive antenna array. I was surprised what they are pushing 1m watts through.
Yeah well they shouldn't be if they're putting that much wattage out there's got to be some other type of way to reflect all that power away from the operator especially the way he would stand underneath those damn things like that exposing himself like that to harmful RF and yes it can harm you and that's improper anyways to even have that ladder line the way it was out of the building like that it should be at least 500 ft away from there in the first place anyways
I can't hear 5085 over the air in North Carolina. I am using a Kenwood TS-2000 HF ham radio with a long wire antenna that has SWR of about 2 or less on that band. They said they are getting signal reports from Russia and Ukraine. When I try to tune 5085 here, I hear nothing. Nada. Just surface noise and some occasional static crashes. Can't seem to pull in 5085 for some reason. Meanwhile, I can listen to them on the internet from their website.
RIP WTWW
Came as quite a shock.
I always thought SW stations were run by governmental agencies (at least in India they are). I wonder how these private SW channels made any money, with the expenses of maintenance, electricity, spectrum licenses and licenses to play music on air. Its sad that this station went off-air.
They sell air time to anyone that wants it.
@@FarpointFarms Ok. Can you give me a couple of examples who would buy the airtime and for what?
Nice! I've heard them decent format but not a fan of some of the non mainstream religion stuff that runs on these stations. I believe they have the right to free speech and to practice their faith. I Usually turn off the preaching that's a bit out there. Would like to hear something like more mainstream religion on the radio 📻. Something like Ligonier or white horse inn might be more thought provoking were there's a debate on different ideas. Thanks for the tour will have to listen in again. WHAT FREQUENCY are they on each transmission
Does he own this transmitter site or rent?
I watched the first third. I did not hear the transmitter power, the frequencies they transmit on, their target audience (location) or their format. I did hear them say they like to play American rock and roll. I hear nothing but religious stations on SW now. Is this another one?
Wattage ???
WTTW:OK OK I will give my call sign Your the new WTTW in AM and Nextgen tv but you can be WTWW in shortwave, FM and ATSC1.0
One leak and it’s all over.
Leaking what?
@@FarpointFarms I meant one water leak
That feed line looks a bit low......
It does, but it works!
Can pick up 5.085 in Central Arkansas at a fair strength.
5085 khz frequency sw
Yup!
too bad wtww coupdnt replace their transmitter with a harris destiny or a ultra modern transmitter to cut its electricity bill to save it. But that transmitter is prolly 100,000 itself .. would be great to keep the ukraine broadcasts on for now with it
The thought comes to mind as to who pays for the equipment and electric bills. I get that they are blasting into Russia and the Ukraine, so there seems to be a political motivation. Again, who pays the bills for all this?
There are not many listeners to high frequency short wave, even in Europe. Where is that antenna pointing? Is this your tax dollars at work in some sneaky way?
Why no tec specs on each xmitter ? Wasted opportunity !
They specifically asked me not to film any close up of the meters.
This station used to be affiliated with LoF and broadcast some shady shit. Not sorry they're off air.
Such hatred for a station that played classic rock?
WTWW is tiny compared to WRMI.
indeed
Do we still need SW transmission today? Doesn't it so costly to operate? Sound quality is not that good, couple with the atmospheric interference, the signal can b up n down all time. Guess internet streaming is more reliable n crystal clear nowadays. Anyone can justify why we still need SW radio transmission in today' world?
CQ rare dx
Why are there bible verses written on these things?
Where I live and close to it, there are very religious and spiritual people. It is common place to see it
9940 is awesome into Ukraine but Russia who cares about them now. Wish 9940 stays on air during the day as only around sunset I can get it.
Pretty trash cloud warmer setup. If this were a regional station in the middle of the Amazon ok but not "We Transmit World Wide".
Umm...