[BC] Oldest Transmitter still in daily service

[Scott Fybush]

>Now and then, people have mention Gates BC-1F's on the list that are still
>running, but I don't recall where. The BC-1F dates to about 1950. I think
>if you look hard you might also find a few Collins 20V2's out there, and
>those date to the mid-50's.

There is a Collins of that vintage that's still running at KSTN in 
Stockton, California. I can't find my notes from that trip to confirm 
the model number, and I'll have to get with Paul Shinn, their chief, 
to confirm. (If anyone can figure it out from a not-very-good 
picture, there's one here: http://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-051118.html)

I can say with more certainty that the two oldest transmitters I've 
seen that are still in place, albeit non-working, at an active 
transmitter site are a 1930 McClatchy homebrew 100-watter at KWG in 
Stockton (you can see it at the URL above, too), and of course the 
1927 Western Electric at WLW. Sadly, I was told during my last visit 
to WLW a month ago that the heat exchanger for the Western failed a 
couple of years ago, and so the old beast isn't currently operable - 
but, being WLW, they hope to get it fixed sometime soon.

s