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AGSC begins MoM proof retrofit preparations for stations.

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2010

Repair original ground system where builder used incorrect brazing alloy, install ATU arc gaps and other repair work.

MoM Preparation.  Install new sample lines, fences and other grounding

Install fence grounding

Repair ground system damage caused by construction around towers.

Evaluate vandalism to ground system and feed system.

Locate and mark ground system and feed lines for future site construction.

2009

Install new ND ground system

Rebuild 3 tower ground system following construction damage

Rebuild 2 tower DA ground system and other grounding work

Install new sample line via Directional Boring

Ground System Evaluation and Repair

Ground System Evaluation

Rebuild 5 tower Inline DA

Refurbish array infrastructure, site access, array tuneup

Build new ground system

Evaluate and repair ground system

Repair and enhance tower base grounding

Build new ground system

Repair and enhance tower base grounding

Ground System Evaluation

Rebuild ND Ground System

Build New 4 tower ground system

Repair vandalism damage.

Build New ND ground system

October 2006

Rebuild 3 tower ground system and install new feed and sample lines.

KRLD Dallas TX

December 2006

Rebuild 2 tower array ground system and building ground infrastructure.

WPHE Phoenixville, PA

September 2006

2 tower DA rebuild

KDWA Hastings, MN

July 2006 ND Build

WCIN Cincinnati, OH

Feb.  2006  5 twr DA Build

WNDA Deland, FL

Dec. 2005  ND Rebuild

KMOX St. Louis, Mo

Nov. 2005  ND Rebuild & other work.

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WRLM

1480 5kw ND

Irondale, AL

WRLM (since changed to WQOH) is owned by the Queen of Heaven Catholic Radio which is affiliated with EWTN.  When EWTN acquired the station it had apparently been dark for quite some time.  The tower site was overgrown and in very bad condition.  They had the site cleaned up and AM Ground Systems rebuilt the ground system. 

An initial inspection revealed that when the tower base was installed it had never been backfilled around the concrete base. Weeds and bushes were growing inside the tower fence at least head high.  The tower sat in a depression in which water would collect.  We spent a considerable amount of time tearing out the old fence and reworking the area around the tower base such that it could be maintained more easily.
 

Area of old fill over top of original ground system

Excavation to the right where the tower was built and never properly backfilled. The new tower fence can be seen to the right. The old tower fence was ineffective and certainly not compliant with OET-65.

Guy anchor almost covered by fill and kudzu.

View of the tower base.

View of the TX building and a sat dish. Excavation contractor equipment can be seen in the back ground.

The old studio and transmitter building had been neglected as badly as the rest of the property.

The old original tower fence. The fence is only about 2 ft from the tower in the area of "latice". The tower base is below grade level at the left hand side. We cut that area down and used it to fill around the concrete.

The line of fill looking westward. The front of the old studio building can been seen in the upper left corner.

The structure on the right is a building rented to a florist. This building was moved in to use some of the "unused" property at the transmitter site.

Clearing work is proceeding.

WOW You can see the tower base. We graded the bank down and backfilled around the tower base to create a smooth maintainable area.

Straps to ground rods (3) and ATU.

The original tower base grounding was inadiquate and due to the condition of the tower we couldn't bond directly to the base plate. We used clamps to attach new ground straps to the tower legs.

Tower base ground infrastructure.

 

 

I will get some pictures of the finished installation posted as soon as I can locate them...