KNOM Update

So far, I am learning so much at the station. During the fourth of July, I got to do a remote with one of my coworkers. We went to the parade on Front Street and reported on air about what was going on during the parade. It was fun! John was the main person on the mic and I was assisting him, while learning how to use the equipment. We explained each float on the air and commented on it.

I am now running the station on Sundays by myself. It is kind of a scary thought but thank goodness there is a house full of KNOMers next door if anything happens.

KNOM will have FCC representatives here next week to check the station. We have had radio engineers working on the equipment for the last few weeks. Tom Busch works with the equipment and KNOM usually flys him out here when we are experience problems but if there is something that he doesn't understand, Less is the go to guy. Less and Tom will be here during the inspection. Since Less is here, I asked for him to explain more information about the transmitter, when he had time. He was able to take me out to the transmitter and show me around. The AM transmitter is in a field about 3 miles away from Nome. Less explained the purpose of the rings around the tower and how it is raised or lowered to get a higher or lower frequency. We walked along the gravel road to make sure all the wires were ok. We found 3 copper wires were broken and one copper strip. These wires surround the transmitter and are underground. Less let me help him weld the wires together. It was a lot of fun and suprizingly easy!

I almost have my second rotation done! I am so excited that I go my first month of work done a month before it airs. I don't think it is that bad for a newbie!

The pictures I have included in this entry are pictures of White Alice, the cold war equipment found on Anvil Mountain. I know it has nothing to do with the entry but I thought it would be fun.