{"id":4324,"date":"2018-01-15T20:25:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T01:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2018-01-15T20:27:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T01:27:00","slug":"towerspotting-mt-uncanoonuc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2018\/01\/15\/towerspotting-mt-uncanoonuc\/","title":{"rendered":"Towerspotting: Mt. Uncanoonuc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In what is apparently now <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2017\/05\/20\/towerspotting-georgetown-ma\/\">a series<\/a>, here&#8217;s another &#8220;Towerspotting&#8221; post. This time I traveled to Mt. Uncanoonuc in Goffstown, NH. (Months ago, actually.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4325\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4325\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/DJI_0074m-1600-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" alt=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-4325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figure>]<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/DJI_0074m-1600.jpg\">2<\/a>Mt. Uncanoonuc from drone<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There are actually two <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uncanoonuc_Mountains\">Uncanoonucs<\/a>, South Uncanoonuc and North Uncanoonuc. South Uncanoonuc, actually the shorter of the two (by 3 feet), stands at 1,321 feet. It is suggested that the word &#8220;uncanoonuc&#8221; may be from the the Massachusett word for &#8220;breast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just a short bit outside of Manchester, the 1,321-foot summit has a height above average terrain (HAAT) of about 250 meters, or 820 feet, which perhaps explains why it&#8217;s home to much of the southern NH TV and radio stations.<\/p>\n<p>The contents of the mountain are perhaps better revealed by a lower shot from when I took my drone up there earlier this fall:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4327\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4327\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/DJI_0057m-1600-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" alt=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-4327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figure>]<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/DJI_0057m-1600.jpg\">4<\/a>Mt. Uncanoonuc towers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From left, we&#8217;re seeing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WGIR-FM&#8217;s old tower, now used for backup<\/li>\n<li>A tall Crown-Castle tower (red and white), home to WGIR-FM&#8217;s primary antenna system (out of frame; some cellular stuff is all you can see in this shot)<\/li>\n<li>Immediately behind it and barely visible, a self-supporter that I think is owned by SBA; home to cellular, microwave, some some land-mobile stuff<\/li>\n<li>WMUR-TV&#8217;s antenna and tower, also red and white.<\/li>\n<li>An abandoned (?) tower, comparatively quite short<\/li>\n<li>WMUR-TV&#8217;s old antenna\/tower from the analog-to-DTV cutover; a microwave dish is mounted much lower<\/li>\n<li>WZID-FM&#8217;s tower; the 3 lumps on the side are their FM bays, with the two smaller red ones on the side being their backup antenna (I think).<\/li>\n<li>Just to the right of it, almost overlapping, is a commercial land-mobile tower<\/li>\n<li>Dead center, another commercial land-mobile tower. This looks to be one of the taller sites, over 200 feet, but I&#8217;m not sure it actually has an <a href=\"http:\/\/wireless2.fcc.gov\/UlsApp\/AsrSearch\/asrRegistrationSearch.jsp\">ASR<\/a> on file ???<\/li>\n<li>To the right, the diminutive-looking WNEU-TV tower that&#8217;s actually cranking out 80 kW, the most powerful station up there by far.<\/li>\n<li>A wide self-supporter that I believe is owned by the Town of Goffstown. There may be another land-mobile tower directly behind it; not sure<\/li>\n<li>A very short tower with a few VHF fiberglass whips. The site is on a very small concrete pad and houses a doghouse-sized enclosure that is literally falling apart. Town records have it appraised at six figures.<\/li>\n<li>At far-right, an Industrial Communications tower, which looks to be home to cellular and land-mobile stuff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m about 95% sure on those. Corrections welcome!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another view, showing a few of the towers and looking over to North Uncanoonuc:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4330\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4330\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/DJI_0087m-1600-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" alt=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-4330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figure>]<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/DJI_0087m-1600.jpg\">6<\/a> North Uncanoonuc, viewed from South Uncanoonuc<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here is WZID&#8217;s tower:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_mmd_0\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/IMG_3479.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/IMG_3479-683x1024.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>(It&#8217;s far more likely that my camera was a little crooked than the tower having a lean&#8230;) The structures at the very top are simply lightning rods\/dissipators. I&#8217;m not totally clear what&#8217;s up there, but I suspect that the 3 bays at top are their primary antenna system, with the two smaller ones on the left being a backup. The antennas are cross-polarized, to serve listeners whether their antennas are horizontal or vertical, and consequentially look a bit strange compared to your average antenna.<\/p>\n<p>The round dishes are most likely 900 MHz studio-transmitter link antennas, feeding the broadcast audio.<\/p>\n<p>WZID <a href=\"https:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/fcc-bin\/fmq?call=wzid\">is licensed<\/a> for 14.5 kW on 95.7, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/media\/radio\/fmpower\">FMpower<\/a> suggests that this is probably maximum power for a Class B station based on HAAT.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s WNEU-TV, a Univision station:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_mmd_1\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/IMG_3487.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/IMG_3487-683x1024.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Walking around the top of the hill, each tower is surrounded by a barbed-wire or razor-wire fence, and also contains a transmitter building. WNEU&#8217;s is one of the only ones that makes a lot of noise, with a substantial HVAC system with giant fans. It made sense when I started looking up licenses, and found that <a href=\"https:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/fcc-bin\/tvq?call=wneu\">they&#8217;re licensed for 80 kW output<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For comparison, here&#8217;s WMUR-TV:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_mmd_2\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/19467720_10100643796059517_7554621753027800032_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/19467720_10100643796059517_7554621753027800032_o-771x1024.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"776\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>They&#8217;re <a href=\"https:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/fcc-bin\/tvq?call=wmur\">licensed for 6.5 kW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, WGIR-FM, whose antenna we were almost looking into on some of the drone shots:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_mmd_3\" class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/IMG_3500.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/IMG_3500-683x1024.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"876\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>They are <a href=\"https:\/\/transition.fcc.gov\/fcc-bin\/fmq?call=wgir\">licensed<\/a> for 11.5 kW at 101.1 MHz, but, like WZID, it seems this is maximum legal power based on their height.<\/p>\n<p>There is also some ham stuff up there, including a few DMR repeaters through DMR-MARC, and a 220 MHz link for the N1IMO repeater. At one time there was a 6-meter repeater as well, but it seems to have faded from the Internet and I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s still around.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what is apparently now a series, here&#8217;s another &#8220;Towerspotting&#8221; post. This time I traveled to Mt. Uncanoonuc in Goffstown, NH. (Months ago, actually.) There are actually two Uncanoonucs, South Uncanoonuc and North Uncanoonuc. 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