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New Year, New Update

So this is a long long time coming update from me here at NECRAT. What better way to welcome in 2017, then with a whole plethora of new pictures?  How many new?  81 to be exact!

This is a accumulation of 4 months of getting pictures here and there, along with a trip over the weekend to update some long needed pictures.

It all started in September, with the construction of the WTMU-LP translator in Needham, which would become the primary signal for NBC Boston as WBTS-LD.

WBTS-LD on the American Tower in Needham.
WBTS-LD on the American Tower in Needham.

As well as a visit to a tower in Webster to see a LPTV that launched as a Providence market signal rimshot

WCRN-LD on the Industrial Tower in Webster, aimed towards Providence, RI
WCRN-LD on the Industrial Tower in Webster, aimed towards Providence, RI

September also got us a shot of the new WLAS-LP, the third station in the Boston 102.9 LPFM “tri-plex”

WLAS-LP on FM128
WLAS-LP on FM128

October got us up to the Hancock tower for some work, and gave us the shot of the transmitters on the 61st floor there. It also got us into the old WBZ-WCVB analog combiner room, where the new WBTS-LD transmitter now sits.

WBTS-LD's transmitter.
WBTS-LD’s transmitter.

As well as the funky new antenna at Webster’s WGFP 940.

WGFP's new antenna.
WGFP’s new antenna.

November brought some contract work for NECRAT (You do know we do contract work, right?  More information is coming)
We installed one of many new AM on FM translators, this one for WVNE.

WVNE's new 101.5 (W268CQ) translator on Asnebumskit Hill in Paxton.
WVNE’s new 101.5 (W268CQ) translator on Asnebumskit Hill in Paxton.

Plus thanks to our good friend Vic Michaels, we got into WGAO 88.3 at Dean College.

WGAO's tech racks.
WGAO’s tech racks.

In the first week of January, I went to Springfield to pick up a couple of Springfield Fire Alarm boxes that were being sold off, and did a quick round trip to see the new translators for 104.5 //1490 WSPR
and 100.1 //1250 WACM.

100.1 on the 1490 tower, even though it simulcasts 1270. The tower on the island!
100.1 on the 1490 tower, even though it simulcasts 1270. The tower on the island!

Then comes this past weekend, where I took a leisurely 8 hour drive to visit all the new FM translators and LPFMs I could do in one day.

Starting with the two new LPFMs in Essex County, WHAV-LP and WGUA-LP

WHAV-LP on the WXRV tower in Haverhill
WHAV-LP on the WXRV tower in Haverhill

Plus those got us a couple of good new views of the new WXRV Aux/IBOC antennas.

WXRV's new aux antennas.
WXRV’s new aux antennas.

And some new AM on FM translators like 95.1 in Lowell.

WLLH's soon to be former primary with the 95.1 translator mounted to it.
WLLH’s soon to be former primary with the 95.1 translator mounted to it.

102.1 in Framingham

The 102.1 on the 650 (Formerly 1200, 1060) tower in Framingham.
The 102.1 on the 650 (Formerly 1200, 1060) tower in Framingham.

And 101.3 in Milford, complete with sunset tour from our friend Doug!

101.3's new transmitter racks in Milford.
101.3’s new transmitter racks in Milford.

And the round trip was an excuse to finally photograph a number of the WXRV boosters. We got antenna pictures of 3 of the 5 boosters.

The booster montage, Clockwise from top left, Natick, Waltham, Hancock Tower, Lexington.
The booster montage, Clockwise from top left, Natick, Waltham, Hancock Tower, Lexington.

And we finish off the trip with a couple of donated pictures from our friend Steve Conti of WTBR-FM in our home neck of the woods, Pittsfield, MA.

WTBR-FM with WRRS-LP in Pittsfield.
WTBR-FM with WRRS-LP in Pittsfield.

As always, the complete list of updates can be found at the top of this page!