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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Kintronic Labs is dedicated to providing a high-quality product as well as high-quality customer service, and part of that is factory pre-tuning every system that leaves our facility. KTL recently provided an Antenna Tuning Unit for CBC’s CHAK-AM based in Inuvik, Northwestern Territories. It is installations like this one that remind us why the pre-tuning […]
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Kintronic recently supplied a custom AM/Medium Wave Balun to KJNP-AM 1170 kHz, beaming from the arctic outpost of North Pole, Alaska. KJNP is in the process of replacing their 425′ tower, which has been in place since they began broadcasting 50 years ago. They will use this AM/Medium Wave Balun from Kintronic to broadcast from […]
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KTL’s climate-controlled weatherproof cabinet is a convenient and proven way to securely locate your FM translator equipment near the base of the AM tower without worrying about the effects of weather conditions. Crawford Broadcasting Company’s Director of Engineering Cris Alexander provided a testimony on his experience with our cabinets: “As Crawford Broadcasting Company began planning for […]
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Chris [Brown] and I want to say thank you for your continued support of the National Association of Broadcasters. Personally I’m proud of our special relationship and I thank you for your good service and good products but mostly you’re good people who work so closely with those of us on the other side of […]
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“We’re proud to be a Kintronic customer. Your engineering department was extremely helpful and worked closely with Kevin Kidd and my team to make this project successful. Regarding the “cans”(Kintronic Model ISO-170-FM Isolation Inductors), it is clear the application/solution you recommended was excellent. It is my understanding we have had zero problems since our install. Clearly this […]
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WGBR WFMC Diplexer Installation “I will tell anyone in the world that asks (and have on many occasions) that you folks are on top of the game. My favorite Kintronic story is the Phasor and Diplexer I ordered for WGBR and WFMC in Goldsboro, NC. After installing it and turning it on, to get the […]
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