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Doug Grinbergs Mar 4, 2024

@wollman @ai6yr @mazz @vees @geerlingguy

FCC AM Tower Locator Map search
https://www.fcc.gov/wireless-telecommunications/am-towers?lat=33.82041&long=-87.27286&height=100

returns 3 records: WIXI daytime, WIXI nighttime, #WJLX - detailed below

Latitude, Longitude
33.815108, -87.271949
Distance
0.60 km
File Number
BL-13566
Hours of Operation
Unlimited
Frequency
1240 kHz
Antenna Mode
ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night

Also
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=54798

Am Tower Locator Map

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Doug Grinbergs Mar 3, 2024

@geerlingguy
Thinking of updating #WJLX (#W268BM-FM) Wikipedia article to add these points:
Skeptics, including broadcast engineering professionals and ham radio veterans, wonder why there was no a) realtime monitoring and notification of signal loss for prompt response b) especially for uninsured equipment, no secure fence with a locking gate c) no security cameras, motion sensors, live webcam, or other trespass detection, recording and realtime notification measures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJLX

WJLX - Wikipedia

SoNotNic 🐍🐉🐈Feb 10, 2024

Thieves carried away a 199-foot-tall radio tower ... plus the station’s transmitter (and all other equipment) from an AM radio station near Jasper, Alabama.

I appreciate that N2DUP closes this story with a note that this is a great opportunity for DXers to work other stations on 1240 kHz.

(FYI: There's a GoFundMe to get the station back on the air.)

https://open.substack.com/pub/natcommag/p/am-fm-tv-thieves-steal-an-entire-radio-station

#WJLX #hamradio #radio #weird #AmateurRadio #AMRadio #dx #Alabama