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Here's a video where two guys visit the site of where the antenna was supposed to be. Vegitation overgrowth of the remains suggest it's been at least one growi

Here's a video where two guys visit the site of where the antenna was supposed to be. Vegitation overgrowth of the remains suggest it's been at least one growing season since it was removed. Looks like it was inopperational well before that. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=78PvlGCqM84 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=78PvlGCqM84

lisper 3y ago
Unedited version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIysr3o_vY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIysr3o_vY But apparently they went to the wrong site. According to [1], the WJLX tower was next to another tower (for WIXI) which is still standing, but that second tower is not visible anywhere in the video. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39413347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39413347
- RF_Enthusiast 3y ago
  The WIXI site, 0.35 miles away, has a white building [1] [2] [3]. One-third of a mile distance in a forested area is a reasonable distance to not see the WIXI tower from the ground. I'm pretty sure the YouTube video is at the correct location. It's clearly not at WIXI. [1] WIXI: https://maps.app.goo.gl/CM1MwZBCDnCQgtUH7 https://maps.app.goo.gl/CM1MwZBCDnCQgtUH7 [2] WIXI zoomable map: https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=WIXI https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=WIXI [3] WJLX zoomable map: https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=wjlx https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=wjlx Edit to add: I went through every AM station listed at https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&latd=33.8549&lond=87.2707 https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&latd=33.8549&lond=87.2707 and there are no other AM stations in that region.
  - lisper 3y ago
    > It's clearly not at WIXI. Well, yeah, that is not in dispute. The question is: how do we know they were at the WJLX site and not just some random abandoned building in the middle of nowhere?
    - RF_Enthusiast 3y ago
      That's a fair and reasonable question to ask. Here is video of an unrelated party filming the WJLX transmission site 11 years ago: https://youtu.be/l1Srg9WEPzw?si=CVBcR3MrZ4BiaZgc https://youtu.be/l1Srg9WEPzw?si=CVBcR3MrZ4BiaZgc The video from 11 years ago matches the site in the new video.
      - orbital-decay 3y ago
        It also shows that there was no AM broadcast 11 years ago either. (I wonder if that person filed a FCC complaint back then...)
- michaelt 3y ago
  Compare the building from the video to the photo released by the radio station: https://imgur.com/a/Qj9Aqaj https://imgur.com/a/Qj9Aqaj Looks like the same place to me.
  - miah_ 3y ago
    That image is _from_ the video. The guy standing to the right is the friend of the person who made the video.
    - michaelt 3y ago
      Scroll down, there are two images. The top image is indeed from the video. The bottom image, taken in a different season and with the radio tower present, was released by the station themselves. The buildings are exceptionally similar.

lisper 3y ago

Unedited version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIysr3o_vY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIysr3o_vY But apparently they went to the wrong site. According to [1], the WJLX tower was next to another tower (for WIXI) which is still standing, but that second tower is not visible anywhere in the video. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39413347 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39413347

RF_Enthusiast 3y ago
The WIXI site, 0.35 miles away, has a white building [1] [2] [3]. One-third of a mile distance in a forested area is a reasonable distance to not see the WIXI tower from the ground. I'm pretty sure the YouTube video is at the correct location. It's clearly not at WIXI. [1] WIXI: https://maps.app.goo.gl/CM1MwZBCDnCQgtUH7 https://maps.app.goo.gl/CM1MwZBCDnCQgtUH7 [2] WIXI zoomable map: https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=WIXI https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=WIXI [3] WJLX zoomable map: https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=wjlx https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=wjlx Edit to add: I went through every AM station listed at https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&latd=33.8549&lond=87.2707 https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&latd=33.8549&lond=87.2707 and there are no other AM stations in that region.
- lisper 3y ago
  > It's clearly not at WIXI. Well, yeah, that is not in dispute. The question is: how do we know they were at the WJLX site and not just some random abandoned building in the middle of nowhere?
  - RF_Enthusiast 3y ago
    That's a fair and reasonable question to ask. Here is video of an unrelated party filming the WJLX transmission site 11 years ago: https://youtu.be/l1Srg9WEPzw?si=CVBcR3MrZ4BiaZgc https://youtu.be/l1Srg9WEPzw?si=CVBcR3MrZ4BiaZgc The video from 11 years ago matches the site in the new video.
    - orbital-decay 3y ago
      It also shows that there was no AM broadcast 11 years ago either. (I wonder if that person filed a FCC complaint back then...)
michaelt 3y ago
Compare the building from the video to the photo released by the radio station: https://imgur.com/a/Qj9Aqaj https://imgur.com/a/Qj9Aqaj Looks like the same place to me.
- miah_ 3y ago
  That image is _from_ the video. The guy standing to the right is the friend of the person who made the video.
  - michaelt 3y ago
    Scroll down, there are two images. The top image is indeed from the video. The bottom image, taken in a different season and with the radio tower present, was released by the station themselves. The buildings are exceptionally similar.