Delaney Building
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Delaney Building is an 8 floor high rise building in Riverside Avenue in Spokane
Spokane
Spokane is a city in the U.S. state of Washington.Spokane may also refer to:*Spokane *Spokane River*Spokane, Missouri*Spokane Valley, Washington*Spokane County, Washington*Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-Paloos War*Spokane * USS Spokane...

, Washington. Delaney Building has on its top a 57.9 meters tall free-standing lattice tower insulated against ground, which is used for broadcasting the program of KSBN on 1230 kHz with 250 watt
Watt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...

s output power. As grounding system a network of wires spun between the roof of Delaney Building and other building around is spun.

Delaney Building is one of the few buildings with a mast radiator
Mast radiator
A mast radiator is a radio mast or tower in which the whole structure itself functions as an antenna. This design is commonly used for transmitting antennas operating at low frequencies, in the VLF, LF and MF ranges, in particular those used for AM broadcasting. The metal mast is electrically...

on its roof. Mast radiators are usually erected on the plain ground as these offer much better propagation than a rooftop tower.

External links

  • http://radiotowers.info/wa/spok/ksbn/
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