WJAX 1220 AM Transmitter Site and Tower
Tower ID # 1045448 FAA Contact No: (877) 487-6867
505 N. Boland Street, Jacksonville, FL 32211
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Site Introduction |
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Property Drawings & Access |
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Tower and Guide Wires |
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Utilities Electrical and Phone Service |
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Transmitter Equipment |
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Building |
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Surrounding Area |
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Issues |
Site Introduction
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View from southeast section of property looking north. This is approximately a 4 acre lot West of the Regency Square Area. |
Property 505 N. Boland Street, Jacksonville, FL 32211
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Satellite View Mixed Media [Wide Area] |
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Satellite View Mixed Media [Lot] with notes from Ken Jones. |
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Lot Plat Plan #1 |
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AREA Plat Plan #2 |
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Plat Description |
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View from southeast section of property looking north |
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View looking easterly from transmitter building. You can see the power pole marked 505 (505 N. Boland St.). This power pole has a transformer that services the transmitter building. (10-3-2007, I informed JEA that trees were growing in to the wire between the building and the power pole. |
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Looking southeast from transmitter building at Southwest guide wire foundation. |
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View looking easterly from transmitter building. You can see the power pole marked 505 (505 N. Boland St.). This power pole has a transformer that services the transmitter building. (10-3-2007, I informed JEA that trees were growing in to the wire between the building and the power pole. |
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Looking west toward Boland Street. Now standing with power pole marked 505 behind me. |
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Looking Northwest at the southwest guide wire foundation. |
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Looking west down the new road. 10 yards to my West is a new culvert with short ditches on each side dug when installing the new road. There is a length of pipe installed under the road. I have pointed out to the authorized staff this area to be careful as the road narrows at the culvert. |
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Looking South standing close to the culvert |
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Looking south standing close to the culvert. Water was draining from the soil into the short drainage ditch. There is now 10-4-2007 already some blockage of the pipe that I will clear at my next visit. |
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Looking northwest approaching the culvert. |
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Looking northwest approaching the culvert. You can just make out the 6" drainage pipe under the roadway making up the culvert. |
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Looking Westward towards Boland Street. |
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Looking Westward towards Boland Street. |
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Looking Westward towards Boland Road. As I approached Boland Street |
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Looking Westward, you can now see Boland Street as well as the two pipes installed for the new fence gate. |
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Looking eastward you can see the fence posts. Update 10-09-2007 The Gate is now installed and locked. |
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This is the approach from Boland Street. To my right is Kona. I'm standing on Boland Street. Update 10-09-2007 The Gate is now installed and locked. |
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Update 10-09-2007 The Gate is now installed and locked. |
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Looking South down Boland Street. |
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Looking Southwest down the property line from Boland Street. The view is of the JEA Electrical Substation. |
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New entrance gate to be installed at posts. Update 10-09-2007 The Gate is now installed and locked. |
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Looking north down Boland Street. I'm standing at our Southwest Corner looking at the Northwest Corner at the end of the street. |
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Street Sign at Kona and Boland. |
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This is viewed from Kona Ave. while driving east from Boland Street. |
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This is viewed from Kona Ave. while driving east from Boland Street. |
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In the background you can see the top of the 210 foot tower. |
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Old entrance from Kona This entrance is on JEA property and will be closed soon. |
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Old entrance from Kona This entrance is on JEA property and will be closed soon. |
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Old entrance from Kona This entrance is on JEA property and will be closed soon. |
Tower and Guide Wires
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View from southeast section of property looking north. This shows most of the 210 foot tower. |
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Southeast guide wire foundation |
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Southeast guide wire foundation. |
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Southeast guide wire foundation. |
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Looking North past the Transmitter Building from the south east guide wire foundation area. |
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Looking North past the Transmitter Building. You can see the transmitter fence on the left |
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Looking North past the Transmitter Building |
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North Guide Wire Foundation |
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Looking North-Northeast at the North Guide Wire Foundation. 10-03-2007 Just after 7 inches of rain in past 24 hours. You can see water flowing through the swamp at about 4 miles per hour. traveling from the Northeast to the Northwest |
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Looking North-Northeast at the North Guide Wire Foundation. 10-03-2007 Just after 7 inches of rain in past 24 hours. You can see water flowing through the swamp at about 4 miles per hour. traveling from the Northeast to the Northwest |
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Looking South past the transmitter building from the north guide wire foundation area. |
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Looking southeast from transmitter building at southeast guide wire foundation. |
Utilities Electrical and Phone Service
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View from southeast section of property looking north |
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Transformer view of the power pole marked 501 on Boland Street at new entrance gate. There is a fuse on this pole that needs to be reset from time to time. Because we are next door to a JEA substation the fuse on this pole is 65 AMPs 15500 Volts Service. |
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This power pole is marked 501 and is viewed here from Boland Street at new entrance gate. |
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Power Pole marked 501 on Boland Street at new entrance gate. |
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Transformer view of the power pole marked 501 on Boland Street at new entrance gate. |
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Transformer on power pole marked 505. Wire travels to the right to our building. You can see the pole from Boland Street about 100 Yards to the east. |
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View looking easterly from transmitter building. You can see the power pole marked 505 (505 N. Boland St.). This power pole has a transformer that services the transmitter building. (10-3-2007, I informed JEA that trees were growing in to the wire between the building and the power pole. |
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Power pole marked 505 Update 10-09-2007 There is now a "NO TRESPASSING" sign installed on this pole. There is a newer marker lower on this pole with the numbers in a yellow background the new numbers 507 |
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This is the phone pole on Kona Ave. it is marked with # 8501. It is located near the old Kona entrance to our lot through JEA Property. |
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Phone service pole on JEA property or easement from Kona Ave. Between Boland Street and Century it is marked above with # 8501. |
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Looking south at an old phone service pole on JEA property approaching Kona Ave. This pole has rotted at the base and is leaning over. UPDATE 10-2007 The phone service company has installed a new underground cable. |
Transmitter Equipment
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Nautel 1KW Transmitter. |
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Looking at the floor of the transmitter building water is under both transmitters. 1/2 inch of water in the back of the transmitter building, dry up front. 10-03-2007 Just after 7 inches of rain in past 24 hours. |
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Looking at the floor of the transmitter building water is under the new transmitter. 1/2 inch of water in the back of the transmitter building, dry up front. 10-03-2007 Just after 7 inches of rain in past 24 hours. |
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Onan Switch Panel and Electrical Panels,=. |
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Equipment Rack with Remote CTRL and Microwave Receiver. |
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Interior North Wall of Transmitter Building |
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Old Harris Tube Transmitter, Not Used |
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AC unit on east wall. This unit has a problem that when the power fails and is restored the unit must be restarted. A Unit should be found that does not need to be manually restarted. |
Building
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Looking west at the transmitter building. You can see the AC window unit through the fence. |
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Looking Northwest at the transmitter building. |
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Looking North at the transmitter building. Update 10/09/2007 There is now a new gate door and the fencing in from of this building has been repaired and Locked. |
Surrounding Area
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View down old entrance from Kona This entrance is on JEA property and will be closed soon. |
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Transition from our property to the newly cleared lot to our East. The woods end on our Property line. |
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Transition from our property to the newly cleared lot to our East. The woods end on our Property line. |
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Century intersection with Kona Ave. |
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Intersection of Century and Kona Ave. |
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Looking down Kona from Century. |
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This picture shows the top of our Tower. The cleared lot in the foreground is not ours. Our property begins to the Northwest near the Tree Line. This view is from Kona Ave. |
Issues
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Looking South standing close to the culvert. We need to make sure this Culver is maintained and water can flow under through the 6" Pipe from South to North. Update 10-09-2007 There are now several reflectors installed on each side of the road, warning drivers to stay in the middle of the roadway over the culvert. |
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Looking south standing close to the culvert. Water was draining from the soil into the short drainage ditch. There is now 10-4-2007 already some blockage of the pipe that I will clear at my next visit. UPDATE 10-09-2007 Blockage has been cleared. |
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Looking northwest approaching the culvert. Update 10-09-2007 There are now several reflectors installed on each side of the road, warning drivers to stay in the middle of the roadway over the culvert. |
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Looking northwest approaching the culvert. You can just make out the 6" drainage pipe under the roadway making up the culvert. Update 10-09-2007 There are now several reflectors installed on each side of the road, warning drivers to stay in the middle of the roadway over the culvert. |
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New pictures showing repaired fence at front and surrounding the Transmitter Building. |
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Cleaning up the brush around the transmitter building. |
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Base of Tower ID 1045448, FAA Contact No: (877) 487-6867 |
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Empty LP Fuel Tank |
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Empty LP Fuel Tank |
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Tuning Apparatus |
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WJAX 1220 AM, Nautel 1kw Solid State Transmitter Front Meters |