[BC] Oldest Transmitter still in daily service

[Rob Atkinson]

Interesting that in broadcasting there are also old boatanchors hanging on.  
  how do those old rigs (eg. the 1927 weco) sound?   to the trained ear, is 
there anything to distinguish them from a new s.s. rig?   when wgn first 
went to a dx50 i thought i could tell a difference in the sound but i wonder 
if i was just imagining something.

thanks,

rob atkinson



From: Mike Erickson <wirelessmedia at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Oldest Transmitter still in daily service
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:46:15 -0500

I know WNBZ 1240 AM in Saranac Lake NY has a Gates from the early 1950's as
their main (and I believe ONLY) transmitter.

=Mike Erickson=


On 12/10/05, Scott Fybush <scott at fybush.com> wrote:
 >
 >
 > >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
 >
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=Mike Erickson=
W1WHN

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