Tour of WNCN Transmitters

A tour of WNCN analog and DTV transmitters. The 3 cabinet Harris Sigma transmitter was turned off on June 9th, 2009 and has been sitting idle since the DTV transition. It began its' life as a channel 17 analog transmitter and was converted to channel 55 DTV in 2000.

The Thomson 4 tube IOT was split and half converted to digital on channel 17. We simply changed to the digital side at noon and converted the other half to digital as a backup transmitter.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• transmitter
• WNCN
• NBC17
• WNCN-DT
• TV
• DTV
• Raleigh
• NC
• television
• Harris
• Comark
• Thales
• Thompson
• IOT
• UHF
• tower

[SUPERDAVIDLEVINE]

ver very intersting its one of the best videios I have seenI hope thre are more I learned a lot but need ot learn a lot like what is a wave bender? I wonder how far with that amoung of power could it be reived if analog did cary further then didgital and the hight of the antena ? I wonder if ther is someon who satarted likea sumer job at a TV sudeo and is still owrk just retiered could wright a book from a 10inch fuzy B&W pic to 3D and all inbeteen like color satalight and many other

[Vistronic]

Very interesting A frame design on transmitter buildings.

[gmcjetpilot]

@PistolPete2

I get digital stations out 57 miles from the adjacent town, with no problem! I am in the WNCN viewing area and get them at 22 miles, 100% signal! It's you and your crummy antenna. Yes digital is all or nothing.... You need a good antenna, end or story.

[digler99]

RF is frigging voodoo

[Eagle8840]

wow thats so cool

[dcs0582]

That was amazing. Thank you!

[zx1400a7f]

Thank you for posting this impressive upgrade!

[PistolPete2]

All of this and you can only reach out a few miles.

Digital really sucks.

[pianoboySA]

Awesome video and an impressive installation. Thanks for posting this!

[letseeitplease]

thank you for this wonderful video tour or your channel 17 site, i enjoyed this,