building your lpfm station presented by john george
TRANSCRIPT
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.
