Here is everything you ever wanted to know
about the technical operation of KQAL-FM, as well as some facts
about Winona's other radio
stations:
Call Sign: KQAL
Licensee: Winona State University
City of License: Winona, Minnesota
Frequency: 89.5 MHz
FM Channel: 208
FM Class: C2
Transmitter Location: east Garvin Heights Road, Winona,
Minnesota
44° 01' 52" North Latitude, 91° 38' 31" West
Longitude
Transmitter: (Main) Energy-Onix, Legend 1000 (solid
state)
(Backup) McMartin, BF-1K (solid state except for 3CX1500A7 final
output tube). Telemetry can be seen here.
Exciter: (Main) Continental
model 802D1 (digital)
(Backup) TTC (Larcan) model 8090X
Licensed Transmitter Power Output: 1100 watts
Effective Radiated Power: 1800 watts
Antenna: Shively,
6810-3R-DA, 3 bay with radomes, directional (azimuth 300°),
circularly polarized, power gain 2.45
Height of Radiation Center Above Ground: 360 feet
Height of Radiation Center Above Average Terrain: 628
feet
Overall Tower Height: 403 feet
Transmission Line: Andrew,
HJ5-50 Heliax, 7/8 inch diameter, air dielectric
Transmission Line Length: 427 feet
Transmission Line Efficiency: 66.8% (including loss
through
Kintronics isocoupler)
Aural STL Call Sign: WLP-351
Aural STL Frequencies: 949.3625 MHz (left channel), 949.6125
MHz (right channel)
Audio Processor/Stereo Generator: Orban, Optimod 8100A/1 and 8100A-ST. KQAL
believes in high audio quality and is purposely only lightly compressed.
RDS Generator: Inovonics 701
Modulation Monitor: Inovonics 530
Remote Control: Sine
Systems RFC-1/B
Remote Control Link: dial-up telephone line
Remote Pickup Call Sign: KA-74942
Remote Pickup Frequency: 161.76 MHz
Studio Location: Room 232, Performing Arts Center,
Winona State University
Studio Equipment: Audioarts
D-70 digital console, Wheatstone A-20 console,
Denon CD players, Technics turntables, Tascam cassette
recorders, Otari reel to reel tape recorders, BSI
Simian hard-drive-based automation system, Yamaha digital effects processor, Gentner telephone hybrid,
Sage
and TFT EAS equipment, IBM,
Hewlett Packard, and Gateway
computers, AudioScience sound cards
Major software used: Associated Press NewsDesk, IQS Software Audio Workshop, BSI Simian,
BSI Speedy,
BSI WebConnect,
A-Ware MusicMaster
for Windows, Orban Opticodec
PE
Satellite Technology: Two antennas looking at AMC-1 and
AMC-3
Streaming Technology: Orban
Optimod
PC 1100 sound card feeding an Orban Opticodec
PE encoder driving an Apple QuickTime Streaming
Server. A 100% digital path from CD to your speakers.
Here
is some information about Winona's other radio stations:
