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KPTS(DRT)
Call Sign History
Channel 17DT
Virtual Channel 8

Hutchinson, KS
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





KPTS Service: LD - Digital TV Translator or LPTV Station (ATSC3 Station)
Channel: 17 Zone:
Hutchinson, Kansas
Nielsen DMA™:  Wichita - Hutchinson Plus
Network: PBS
Virtual Channel: 8
DTV TSID: 1179
Facility ID: 33345
FRN: 0002331361

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 11/06/2013
License Expires: 06/01/2030
File Number: BLEDT-20131106AHP
Prefix Type: This is a license for a noncommercial educational digital TV station

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Site Location: 37-48-13.9 N 97-20-55.4 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 37-48-13.9 N 97-20-54.2 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 13.7 kW
Electrical Beam Tilt: 1 degree
R/C AGL: 129.5 m (425 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 544 m (1785 ft.)
Emission Mask: Stringent

Site Elevation: 414.5 m. (1360 ft.)
Height Overall*: 148.7 m (488 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: Andrew ALP160C
Antenna ID: 16496

Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 16496
KPTS LD File: BLEDT-20131106AHP
Andrew - ALP160C
Service: LD
Standard Pattern: Y
Pattern and Field Values Include a 180° Clockwise Rotation
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.676100.672200.659300.642
400.623500.608600.602700.609
800.631900.6681000.7151100.767
1200.8201300.8711400.9151500.951
1600.9781700.9941801.0001900.994
2000.9782100.9512200.9152300.871
2400.8202500.7672600.7152700.668
2800.6312900.6093000.6023100.608
3200.6233300.6423400.6593500.672
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1288320

[ASR Heights Differ from KPTS Application]
Structure Type: GTOWER
Registered To:
Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc.
Structure Address:
N.w.1/4 Section 8 Twp 26 S.r.e.
Park City, KS
County Name: Sedgwick County
ASR Issued: 07/25/2013
Date Built: 10/21/2013
Site Elevation: 407.8 m (1338 ft.)
Structure Height: 137.2 m (450 ft.)
Height Overall: 138.7 m (455 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 546.5 m (1793 ft.)
FAA Determination: 03/21/2013
FAA Study #: 2013-ACE-200-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1K
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 4, 8, 12
Removed expiration date from determination. Scenario 1./jjs/case#635066
37-48-13.9 N 97-20-55.4 W (NAD 83)
37-48-13.9 N 97-20-54.2 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
KPTS(DRT) Licensee Information

Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc.
320 W. 21st Street N.
Wichita, KS 67203
Phone: 316-838-3090
Not-for-Profit
20131106AHP Applicant Information

David W. McClintock
Date: 11/06/2013
Application Certifier
Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc.
320 W. 21st Street N
Wichita, KS 67203-2499
Applicant
Gregory L Best
9223 N. Manning Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64157
Consulting Engineer
Dave McClintock
Kansas Public Telecommunications Service, Inc.

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


 BLP00866 Broadcast Auxiliary Low Power
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 KO6377 TV Pickup
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Study Date: 11/21/2024; Study Duration: 0.1151 Seconds.
Database Sources:
11/21/2024 FCC LMS,
11/19/2024 FCC ASR,
11/19/2024 FCC ULS Microwave, and
11/19/2024 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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