Over the past nearly two-weeks we’ve heard from KRPS listeners throughout the Four States regarding our reduced signal after powerful storms passed throughout southeast Kansas on May 11 and 12th.
Our tower was struck by lightning at least once that night around 3 am May 12. The station was off the air at 89.9 as a result until about 10 am, but online streaming continued without interruption.
The lightning strike caused considerable damage to KRPS’s ‘exciter’ at our tower site.
KRPS Engineer Art Morris was able to get the station back on the air with help with a back-up ‘exciter’ piece as we sent out the original, more powerful ‘exciter’ part out for repair.
Morris is on-site at KRPS’s tower this morning to install the repaired ‘exciter’.
As a result KRPS will be on and off the air this morning during the 10 o’clock hour.
Streaming will continue uninterrupted as these systems operate independently.
