Further updates:
https://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtmlUSA George cleaning up Ted's mess at WTWW.
George McClintock, of the real WTWW, has sent me a number of comments as
he and son have been trying to get WTWW back in proper operation, most of
them accompanied by photographic evidence, each 3 or 4 or 5 MB in size so
not practical to include here. But his comments in chrono order:
Sent: 11/16/2022 7:32:04 PM CST. Subject: WTWW: bird sucked up.
A bird sucked up in # 1 transmitter stack blower inside the transmitter
building ... now dead.
Sent: 11/27/2022 5:30:05 PM CST. Subject: WTWW: rusted air filters.
Rusted air filters in the Harris SW100 # 3 transmitter.
WTWW: Air conditioners - a mess. The # 2 air conditioner has run
without filters and the others are dirty. Dirt everywhere.
George McClintock 11-27-2022.
WTWW: transmitter # 1 problems. Dirty chain belt inside the
matching unit and not lubricated. Not even connected to the transmitter at
all. John McClintock and myself were unable to find the top cover that is
missing. Both panel plates were lift off by Ted/David. They tried to
operate # 1 transmitter with them off. John McClintock attaching them back
on. George McClintock 11-29-2022
Sent: 12/4/2022 2:50:15 PM CST. WTWW: burnt power modules found.
5 burnt #1 transmitter power modules found in a box striped of parts.
Power module under repair. lacking 1/8 amp fuses which are order to be
delivered Tuesday.
WTWW: water maintenance by Ted. Note dirt in plastic water con-
tainer from # 2 transmitter boiler (tube socket). This is the level of
David/Ted's water maintenance. George McClintock 12-8-2022
WTWW: matching unit fix. John McClintock rewiring motor correctly
Matching device of transmitter # 1. Top found to # 1 matching unit.
George McClintock 12-8-2022.
WTWW: stuck door. Door # 2 transmitter would not open. Locking
mechanism was upside down and backwards. Door now opens as it should.
It took 2 hours to get it right. George McClintock 12-9-2022
WTWW: TOTAL COLLAPSE.
Taking every WTWW problem into account, it is my opinion that the entire
transmitting facility was the verge of a total collapse. This is typical
of the remaining power cards after a clean up and before adding the
switcher module. 4 more module are burned up also. We are short 7 burned
up or otherwise power modules for transmitter # 1.
A number of small control cards are also missing and what I have are se-
verely damaged. George McClintock 12-16-2022
WTWW: Resin fill up. John McClintock and Jason, placing Resin
into water cleaning tank for transmitter # 1. The old resin was as hard
as concrete. Ted never changed the resin. Tank pipe was very dirty and
water could not pass through to be cleaned up. George McClintock 12-16-22
WTWW: a little humor - very little - Harris SW100 transmitter #3.
George McClintock 12-23-2022
WTWW: #2 full power. All modules are up and running (all 48
lights). The # 2 transmitter is now capable of running 105 KW of power.
Switching modules were found in the junk pile that Ted thought were bad,
but not so, and were used to get the transmitter up to full power.
The #1 transmitter will now run 80kW, however 12 of the modules are miss-
ing and only 4 burned up remain and are being repaired as of now. Burned
up as they are makes it very difficult and time consuming to fix them.
George McClintock 12-31-2022
(via Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, wor Jan 4)
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