[BC] Oldest Transmitter still in daily service

[Bob Groome]

 I recall seeing a Gates BC-1E in Dillion, SC. At
the time it was their only rig.
Check with Corneleas to see if the RCA BTA-5F is
still servicable at WERE
There  was a Collins  21E in Hazelton, PA (5 kW
DA) a few years ago.
WMFJ AM had a Collins 300G (1940's) don't know if
it got moved or not.
Bob

--- Mike Erickson <wirelessmedia at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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Bob Groome 
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