 Dielectric has enabled KPXJ to use the KTBS tower. |
Two Shreveport, LA, stations are cutting maintenance costs by sharing the same tower.
Dielectric has supplied privately held ABC affiliate KTBS with a new antenna, transmission line and tower modifications that enabled partner station KPXJ, a UPN affiliate, to share its tower for greater cost efficiency and to improve its reception.
Dielectric provided a combiner and splitter that allow the stations to share a single 8in transmission line, thus minimizing the tower modification requirements.
KPXJ replaced its former analog antenna with a digital UHF antenna, and with the move to the much-taller KTBS tower, the new antenna was elevated from 450 to 1600ft, greatly increasing KPXJ’s coverage area. KPXJ purchased Dielectric’s TFU-30DSC-R S180 antenna, which provides an average power rating of 40kw. The side mount TFU-series antenna was installed on the existing tower with only minor modifications.
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