KNSN nee KSON gets new tower after 2004 Collapse

Ted — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:54:35 +0000

From CGC Communicator – The new KSON(AM) tower was
completed and activated today at about 4:30 p.m. according
to Joel Saxberg who performed the RF matching. The tower is
grounded at its base and skirted to permit RF to be induced
onto the structure.

Actually, two stations are diplexed onto the tower, each
with its own set of tuning skirts. The stations are KSON(AM)
on 1240 kHz, now KNSN with its recent call sign change (“K North
South North” as we call it); and KURS on 1040 kHz. The remaining
portion of the old tower structure will soon be dismantled and
the RF matching to the new tower will be checked after that
(there is obviously some mutual coupling between the towers).
Both stations are currently operating at full power.

Congratulations to all parties involved and particularly
to Eric Schecter, KSON’s former Director of Engineering, who
performed a large part of the planning, and to Bill Eisenhamer
who was involved in this project from the beginning and still
has a large number of finish-up details to tidy up.

Following is a December 10, 2008 photo showing the remains
of the old tower (left) and the new tower structure. The new
tower was just about completed at the time of the photo but
still had a gin pole on top:

http://earthsignals.com/add_CGC/Images/KSON/kson_DAWN_sm.jpg

Here are some photos shortly after the collapse.

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KNSN nee KSON gets new tower after 2004 Collapse