Montanavision Media Inc.
Project client in 2007.
Citadel Communications
Citadel Lansing.
Pine Tree Road Site.
WITL-FM, WFMK-FM, WJIM-FM.
September, 2007.
The Pine Tree Road Site houses three of the Citadel Lansing FM transmitters.
As one of the tallest towers in Lansing, it is a desireable location for many other users of the radio frequency (rf) spectrum.
Pine Tree Road Tower
The top section of the tower is a monopole that supports a four-bay FM antenna for WITL-FM analog and a three-bay FM antenna for WFMK-FM analog.
Just below the monopole is a two-bay FM antenna for WITL-HD.
In an emergency this antenna can also be switched to provide analog backup service for any of the four FM stations.
Below that is the four-bay FM antenna for WJIM-FM analog.
Tower Base and Coax
Near the base of the tower is a maze of coaxial cables and ice bridges for the cellular and land mobile systems on the tower.
WJIM-FM main and backup transmitters
WJIM-FM has both main and backup analog transmitters at the site.
To the left of the rack is the main, a Harris HT25FM.
To the right of the rack is the backup, a Harris FM25K.
In the rack are main and backup Moseley STL receivers, a temporary Armstrong STL receiver, a Bird Wattmeter panel, and Burk remote control panels.
Continental Transmitter
WITL-FM analog uses the Continental 816R1 transmitter.
Harris HT30FM Transmitter
The Harris HT30FM transmitter is for WFMK-FM analog. This transmitter was installed in 2005 by contract engineer Craig Bowman.
BE FM-10S Transmitter
Craig Bowman also installed the BE FM 10S solid state transmitter. Rick points to the switching matrix that allows this transmitter to change frequency and input audio so that it can be used as an analog backup transmitter for any of the four Citadel FM stations in Lansing.
ERI Bandpass Filters
Each of the analog antennas is fed through a bandpass filter. Here are the ERI bandpass cavities for WITL-FM and WFMK-FM.
Entronics Power Control Box
Power distribution and control box for the coaxial switch, manufactured by Steve Campbell at Entronics.
WITL HD Rack
In the WITL HD rack, from top: Axia analog node, Harris FlexStar Exporter, Entronics switch interface and controller, Optimod 8200 for WMMQ-FM analog backup, Omnia 6EXi for WITL-FM analog and HD, and Harris FlexStar HD Exciter.
WITL HD Transmitter
Harris ZX2000 transmitter for WITL-HD.
Day Sequerra Receiver
We installed a Day Sequerra HD tuner and Broadcast Tools silence monitor so that someone would know if the HD transmitter went off the air.
Rick with Sangean HD Radio
We turned on WITL-HD on Saturday, September 22, 2007. Rick quickly unpacked the Sangean HD RadioTM to hear it for himself.
Pine Tree Road Site, WITL-FM, WFMK-FM, WJIM-FM, including WITL-FM HD Project, September, 2007.
Gunn Road Transmitter Site, WVFN-AM and WMMQ-FM.
WJIM-AM transmitter site.
White House Studio, home of WITL-FM and WMMQ-FM.
Citadel Communications Citadel Lansing Main Page.
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This page updated 14-Mar-2016.