Author Archives: Geneva King
How to Set the Ball Gap Spacing of your Arc Gap
There are a few different ways to set the ball gap spacing of your arc gaps, depending on whether you know your tower’s base voltage or not. If you do not know the exact tower base voltage for your station, the easiest method to calibrate your ball gap is to experimentally find the arc threshold […]
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KCRO KIBM Diplexer & Skirt Kit
Last year, we had the privilege of working with Walnut Media USA in Omaha, Nebraska to design and manufacture the antenna tuning units and filters to diplex station KIBM 1490kHz on station KCRO 660kHz, both 1 kW. All of the equipment was mounted in unpainted aluminum enclosures with support stands. The equipment included shunt filters […]
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CKNW CKSP Diplexer
In September of this year the new broadcast operation of the Sher E Punjab Media AM radio station was launched as a result of new phasing, matching and filtering equipment designed and supplied by Kintronic Labs and installed by GS Broadcast Technical Services that was utilized to facilitate the co-location of the Sher E Punjab […]
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Station of the Month: KICY-AM 850
Our next Station of the Month, KICY AM, is in the farthest Western region of our country, literally at the edge of the world, in Nome, Alaska. Being situated at the northwestern tip of the continent, in a region only accessible by air most of the year, presents some unusual challenges for operating a radio […]
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ATU Upgrade for WPLI 1390kHz
How much difference can an ATU upgrade make for a station’s performance? A LOT, when you look at this case in point, WPLI-AM in Lynchburg, VA. Owned by Mel Wheeler, Inc., WPLI was in desperate need of a replacement for their old Raytheon ATU (that information alone says how old it is). For some background, […]
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Station of the Month: WBCM Radio Bristol
Our next Station of the Month is one that is very near and dear to our hearts here at Kintronic, because it happens to be right here in Bristol, Tennessee and celebrates the rich music roots of the Appalachian region that we call home. WBCM Radio Bristol is as much a community radio station as […]
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Station of the Month: WWFD 820 AM
The featured Station of the Month for April is Hubbard Broadcasting’s WWFD (The Gamut) 820 AM. They broadcast to the sprawling and diverse Washington, D.C. market, which has a population of over 6 million people between D.C., Maryland and Virginia. WWFD is strikingly different from most AM stations for multiple reasons, one obvious reason being […]
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Large Medium Wave Project for the Thai Government
In May of 2019, we received the official order for a project in partnership with Loxley Public Company Ltd., a system integrator in Thailand, to design and manufacture a 3-tower, 400kW phasing and matching system for the Thailand Public Relations Department (PRD). This was a team effort of the Kintronic engineering and production staff and […]
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