building your lpfm station presented by john george

Building Your LPFM Station

Presented by John George

Your CP has arrived-What next?

• Review you construction budget• Confirm tower location and locate a qualified

tower crew to install your antenna• Determine where you will purchase

equipment• Order equipment- Get delivery dates!• Have a secure storage location for equipment

as it arrives

Mounting the antenna on a support pole will improve your coverage

<24" (61 cm) tower face: 12" (30.5 cm) min

24 - 60" (61 - 152 cm) tower face: 24" (61 cm) min

> 60" (152 cm) tower face: 36" (92 cm) min

Carefully wrap all connections with waterproofing tape carefully

following the instructions from the manufacturer.

Be sure to ground the transmission line properly to the tower in several

locations

Examples of Installs

Metal Pipe

Wooden Pole

• Use RG-6 cable to connect the antenna to the EAS receivers

• Properly ground your cable to a known ground. Consider using Polyphaser lightning protectors.

Some things that will bring your rack together neatly.

Some things that will bring your rack together neatly.

Don’t forget the rack screws

Speakers to monitor your audio

Rack mount power strips

Some things that will bring your rack together neatly.

Properly terminated audio connectors

If your budget permits, consider “Studio Hub” connectors for your rack interconnects

Only needed if you are using an external processor and composite I/O

Some things that will bring your rack together neatly.

Questions?John George

John.george@rfsouth.com

803.951.7443