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Show v.. '4 'J Page A14 Thursday, January 20, 1983 Park City News o 1HW o tHiyucttiKb' A SEAFOOD BUFFET Thursday Evenings from 6:30 p.m. 649-1000 Snow Park Lodge at Deer Valley DEERVALLEY Edna gets her gold watch After four months of construction con-struction and over a year of government red tape, the switch was finally thrown Saturday, putting KPCW's new transmitter on the air. Located atop Quarry Mountain, the new facility has solved the spotty coverage cover-age KPCW has had in the past in Park Meadows, Prospector and Snyderville. "We're solid all the way from Old Town to Parley's Summit," said KPCW General Manager Blair Feulner. He noted, however, that some residents of Old Town might have experienced experi-enced a loss in signal strength. "We continue to have a very strong signal in all parts of Old Town, but those residents who are living within a few blocks of the Memorial Building obviously won't be getting as strong a signal as when they could throw a rock and hit our antenna." All that means, Feulner continued, is that those who are listening on old clock radios may have to upgrade or get an FM antenna. Meanwhile, those living in Park Meadows, Thaynes, Prospector, Park West, Old Ranch Road, Highland Estates Es-tates and Summit Park will be able to get a good quality signal on 91.9 Mhz, and will no longer have to listen to the Lewis Peak translator. "We were just happy to have it finished, after months of equipment, phone line and other logistical problems," Feulner said. The problems started over a year ago, when the FCC after sitting on the new transmitter site application applica-tion for six months decided to reclassify the application as a "Major change." "What that meant," said Feulner, "was that we had to do the entire application over again." Then, after nearly a year engineers Bill MacDonald and his assistant Bob Lewis weren't accomplished crosscountry cross-country skiers," he noted. Perhaps the most frustrating frustrat-ing part of the entire installation, however, was the two month battle with Ma Bell to get the program lines installed between Quarry and the KPCW studios at the Memorial Building. "We were dealing with the phone company right in the middle of the ATT-Baby Bell split, and it seemed im- pany over the air. Beside thanking Mac-donald Mac-donald and Lewis, who have spent almost every weekend for the past two months up on top of Quarry, Feulner also noted the contributions of two Salt Lake City engineers that donated hundreds hun-dreds of hours of their time. Ron Madsen, who works for the computer firm of Evans and Southerland, designed de-signed and built a custom remote control system for the transmitter that is com- We'll all miss Edna, but our listeners won 't miss not knowing what part of the dial we're broadcasting on, or whether or not the transmitter will work each morning. morn-ing. " Blair Feulner getting the application through the FCC, Feulner discovered that because of the recession, delivery dates on new transmitter equipment equip-ment were running up to four months behind. That meant that the road to Quarry was passable only by snowmobile when most of the equipment was delivered. de-livered. "I don't know what we would have done if our chief possible to find anyone who knew what the hell they were doing." In frustration, Feulner took to blasting the phone company on occasion over the air on his morning radio program. "I know it wasn't real cool, but I felt better getting the frustration out." 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Not valid unless 21 years of age or older, and employed. puterized and, according to Feulner, is better than anything that can be purchased pur-chased anywhere. The station paid for the parts, but Madsen donated the labor and Feulner figured if KPCW had been paying the going rate, it would have cost about $20,000. "Madsen's a genius; this remote control system is better than anything I've seen at any station anywhere in the country." The other volunteer en gineer from Salt Lake was Alan Cook, who works for Rockwell Collins. Cook gave up a lot of weekends to, among other things, climb the tower along with Park City resident Bob Lewis and install the station antenna. an-tenna. "If these guys hadn't been willing to help, I'm scared to even think about what this installation would have cost." As it was, Feulner estimates esti-mates when all the bills are raid, the total cost of the installation will amount to about $14,000. It will be worth it though, he said, in terms of increased in-creased coverage and reliability. reli-ability. "This is all new equipment and it will save us a fortune in maintenance costs and down-time off the air." Meanwhile, behind the Memorial Building, KPCW's trusty old transmitter "Edna" has been retired, but will still be available for standby use if something goes wrong up on Quarry. Edna, which weighs over 2,000 lbs., was donated to KPCW by KSL. Built in 1947, Feulner figures it was probably prob-ably the oldest FM transmitter transmit-ter still on the air in the Western United States. "We'll all miss Edna, but our listeners won't miss not knowing what part of the dial we're broadcasting on or whether or not the transmitter transmit-ter will work each morning," he said. Area water study launched The Weber Basin Water Conservancy District has initiated a water supply and demand study for the Rhodes Valley, Snyderville and Park City areas. The district is contemplating contem-plating the enlargement of the Smith and Morehouse Reservoir. This project will make approximately 6,500 Acre-feet of water available for use in the Upper Weber River Drainage. A study for the District is currently being prepared and will analyze existing and long-range water requirements for the various water users in the area. Future water needs for 5-10-20 year periods will be projected along with determining deter-mining the economic feasibility of using district water to meet these water requirements. Various water delivery methods and costs will be studied. PS Associates, . an engineering firm in Salt Lake City, has been retained as consultants by the district to prepare the study. The consulting firm will collect and analyze the available water data for the area. The report associated with the study will be completed this spring. The district wishes to receive active participation and information input from various governmental agencies agen-cies as well as individuals. Interested parties regarding the water study should contact con-tact PS Associates, or the Weber Basin Conservancy District. There are still a few people who don't read the KJ WpffiipIT t 4 t ...yet. When you want your advertising message (and your advertising ad-vertising dollar) to go funher, remember the Park City Newspaper has the largest paid circulation in Summit County. more paid mail subscriptions. more over-the-counter sales through news boxes, retail stores and visitor check-in packages at major Park City lodges. For advertising rates and information, call 801-649-9014 or stop by our office, 614 Main Street, Park City, Utah 84060. Newspaper We get the word out. |