Montanavision, Inc.
Contract Client 2006-2010.
Radio International KATQ Broadcast Association
KATQ-AM & FM, Plentywood, Montana.
![KATQ Studio](images/katq3862.jpg)
Bruce Lapke in front of the studios for KATQ-AM & FM in Plentywood.
![KATQ Studio](images/katq3864.jpg)
Operator's position in main on-air studio.
![Production Room](images/katq3872.jpg)
KATQ production room.
![Studio Equipment Rack](images/katq3866.jpg)
Studio equipment racks with Belar modulation monitors,
Moseley remote controls, audio processing,satellite receivers,
and EAS gear.
![KATQ-AM Tower](images/katq3812.jpg)
KATQ-AM operates on 1070 kHz with a transmitter power of 5,000 Watts.
![KATQ-AM Transmitter](images/katq3851.jpg)
This Collins 828E-1 Power Rock had been faithfully serving KATQ-AM.
![KATQ-AM Transmitter](images/katq4239.jpg)
We installed the Harris DAX-5 as the new main transmitter. The Collins
is still ready to put on the air in backup service. Bruce Lapke
inaugurates operation with the new transmitter on September 12, 2006.
![KATQ-AM Transmitter](images/katq4248.jpg)
The exhaust air flow for the DAX-5 is much different from the Power Rock,
so we had to move the exhaust port and install a new intake port on the
west side of the building.
![KATQ-AM ATU](images/katq3826.jpg)
Kintronic antenna tuning unit couples the transmitter to the tower.
![Onan Genset](images/katq3835.jpg)
Onan Genset provided by FEMA was intended to keep the station on the air
during and following an atomic attack. Even now, when the chances of a
Soviet missile strike are minimal, the Genset keeps Sheridan County's
only radio station on the air when the weather knocks out the power.
![KATQ-FM Antenna](images/katq3877.jpg)
KATQ-FM transmits with a four-bay Jampro antenna on a wooden pole
next to the beacon at the Plentywood airport.
![KATQ-FM Transmitter](images/katq3888.jpg)
This aging Collins 831C-2 Generation 4 transmitter powered KATQ-FM.
The original exciter had been replaced with a QEI 675B FM exciter.
![KATQ-FM Transmitter](images/katq4240.jpg)
The tube socket had deteriorated to the point that it needed to be
replaced. A new one was so expensive that the Board decided to purchase
a new transmitter.
![KATQ-FM Transmitter](images/katq4724.jpg)
On November 13, 2006, we installed a new Harris ZX2000FM transmitter
at KATQ-FM. On the left is the Inovonics Omega_FM audio processor and
Moseley TRC-15 remote control.
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