April 4 (Easter Sunday), 1999
The weather is fine for Easter egg hunting today, but at nightfall, a blizzard suddenly kicks up.
The wind blows so hard at KNOM’s transmitter site that it holds the shutters for the exhaust fan closed.
By the time Les Brown and volunteer Michael Warren make it to the building in the maelstrom, waste heat has driven its temperature to ninety-eight degrees. Les jams the louvers open, and the site cools down with no ill effects.
Volunteer engineer Les Brown reviews technical information while helping to install dynamic carrier control at the KNOM AM transmitter.
The temperatures have risen to almost 70 degrees! We are blessed with warmer temperatures and, at times, sunshine.
We have great news. At the end of April, volunteer engineer Les Brown, longtime Alaska radio engineer Chuck Lakaytis, and maintenance specialist Rolland Trowbridge installed dynamic carrier control equipment at our AM transmitter site.
