50 kW Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/13/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Your looking for a small container that is camouflaged to match its soundings.

KFI Tower

This is the location of the KFI radio antenna. The previous 750' tower was built in 1948 with a 50,000 watt transmitter. On Sunday, December 19, 2004 at 9:45 a.m, Jim and Mary Ghosoph were killed when their rented Cessna 182P single engine airplane, travelling from the El Monte Airport to Fullerton Municipal Airport, struck KFI's transmission tower. The solid steel truss, collapsed upon itself, mostly landing in a parking lot to the north of the site. KFI's signal was knocked off the air for approximately one hour. Pilots had complained for years to KFI management that it needed to put strobe lights on the tower and highly reflective balls on the guy wire. KFI and Clear Channel Communications management responded by saying the tower was in compliance with FCC and FAA regulations and that it did not need to make any changes. Until a replacement was erected, the station transmitted from a 200-foot auxiliary tower at a power of 25,000 watts. A new tower began construction at the end of July 2008 and was completed on August 14, 2008. The station returned to full power (50,000 watts) on September 25, 2008. The new tower has a 50 foot wide capacitance hat, which effectively extends its length another seventy-five feet without actually needing more tower sections. The new tower is also equipped with high intensity strobe lights due to its proximity to the Fullerton Municipal Airport, and safety upgrades because of the previous plane crash.

KFI Aerial

Congratulations to my dad (Namguy) for the FTF!!!

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