Friday Update: Thursday s trip to KSUT s tower site revealed what we believe to be the cause of our 90.1 signal outage. It appears that a snowcat, or other machinery backed into our tower and crushed the antenna feedline, causing the transmitter to shut down. The feedline is visibly damaged and there were tracks in the snow indicating the collision. The actual transmitter has been tested and is working. The antenna feedline is pressurized with nitrogen gas to keep it dry. The damage to the feedline released the nitrogen (pressure gauge is on empty), and automatically shut down the transmitter which requires 50 Ohms to operate. We are looking at the possibility of patching the feedline temporarily or relocating a spare antenna on another company s tower for the time being. A permanent fix will likely take some time. Thanks for your continued patience as we work to resolve this issue.
Wednesday update: Thanks for your continued patience with our 90.1 outage. No changes to report today other than we ll be back at our Missionary Ridge tower tomorrow for troubleshooting and diagnostics on a damaged antenna located 100 up on the tower.
For people missing KSUT in their cars, please try 89.3 FM. While it s primarily a downtown Durango signal, it does travel. Staff have been listening to it on the commute from Durango to Ignacio this week. Please note that there are other options for listening to KSUT below:
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