CALL WCAX-TV
City of license Burlington, VT
Channel 3
Frequency 60-66mHz
Offset Zero
File No. BLCT-2229
Owner Mt. Mansfield Television Inc.
Location (N-LAT) 44-31-36
Location (W-LON) 72-48-57
Location Peak of Mt Mansfield (Transmitter)
Off of Joy Drive (Studio)
ERP 38,000 watts
Polarization Horizontal
HAAT 835m
HRCAMSL 1265m
Antenna Type Helical
Directional No
Tilt No
DTV Channel 53
Other Information Now with pictures of the
NEW DT towers!

 
 
WCAX-TV's video control room, this is where the director sits.
WCAX's Audio Board.
WCAX's microwave and associated remote control equipment
WCAX's Master Control.
The WCAX Studio
The towers high atop "The Nose" of Mt. Mansfield. The left tower is WCAX's. Taken before the digital towers were installed.
WCAX's analog transmitting antenna.
A better view at the helical radiator.
WCAX transmitter control is on the immediate left, with associated gear used
to receive the signal from Burlington on the right.
The WCAX transmitter. This was one of the first Solid State TV transmitters used in the US.
This tube transmitter used to be here as a backup. With the addition of the new building and towers,
it was subsiquently removed from service.
WCAX's associated broadcast gear used for linking remote sites to the studio and transmitter monitoring.
WCAX's new digital transmitter in the new building.
 
The combined WCAX-DT and WPTZ-DT antenna.
The 13/43 tower left, and the 53/14 tower right.
A look at all four of the towers on the peak.
The generators up at the new multi site DTV site.