Low Power Operation Temporarily

Christmas morning surprised me with an off air situation. I had us back on the air within an hour but we're limited to around 10% power. That will not cover Lake Charles and cause the radio reading service to be noisy. I need to replace a relay and a contactor which I can order on Monday 12/27 and then install on Tuesday 12/28. Please be patient and we'll be back up to full power soon.

Back Up to Full Power

Just finished and now KRVS is back up to full power at 4:40pm CDT. This morning began the job of replacing the cooling blower motor for the transmitter. The low power backup was used since 10:30am this morning. I removed the motor/blower assembly and made a trip to Judice Electric where I obtained a replacement motor and they installed it for me onto the blower housing.
Thanks to Blair Gee for the muscle. So today I saved lots of $$$ by doing this job through a local parts outlet. I'll have a little more tinkering in the next day or two but expect greatly reliability in the future for KRVS.

HD Transmitter Off Air

The KRVS transmitter for the HD radio signal is off air due to an encoder issue. The has been returned to the manufacturer for repair. Still no date for signal restoration but I am anxiously awaiting the equipment return so we restore the HD signal.