On December 11th, there will be a field trip for the Houston area
amateur radio groups to tour the Senior Road broadcast facility.
The Senior Road facility is located in the Missouri City area in what
most call the antenna farm. Radio stations KKBQ 92.9, KTBZ-FM 94.5, KKHH
95.7, KHMX 96.5, KBXX 97.9, KODA 99.1, KILT-FM 100.3, KLOL 101.1 and
KRBE 104.1 all use the Senior Road Tower as their primary transmitting
facility. The tower was named after a back road to the Houston tower
antenna farm, though Senior Road really does not have a physical
connection to the tower location.
The tower has wrap-around outside platforms at 900, 1100 and 1400 feet
on the tower. The platforms support antennas and equipment cabinets used
by various two way radio systems and remote pickup unit (RPU) receivers
for radio broadcasters.
Heights:
Elevation of Site Above Mean Sea Level: 24.1 metres (79 ft)
Overall Height Above Ground (AGL): 600.7 metres (1,971 ft)
Overall Height Above Mean Sea Level: 624.5 metres (2,049 ft)
Overall Height Above Ground w/o Appurtenances: 569.8 metres (1,869 ft)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senior_Road_Tower
The event will start at 10am on Saturday December 11th. sandwiches and
refreshments will be provided. We are limited to the amount of people we
can have on site, so we have a signup sheet.
Please signup using this Google From https://forms.gle/STXp5x6WdPLzUiG17
You can contact me if you have any questions n...@arrl.net
Regards
--jv
NA5D
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