[BC] Stealth antennas

[Glen Kippel]

The poles are still there, you can Google Earth them at 36 deg 58' 49" N.,
121d 54' 45" W, just north of Highway 1 on the west side of Aptos.  I
suspect that the station went dark some time ago.  Was that 1540 KMBY
Capitola?

On 9/24/06, John Burger <xlchief at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> The flag poles were topped by large "balls".  I have been told that during
> the Loma Prieta quake in 1989 a couple of those balls were flung a great
> distance like cannon shot.  One of the balls still hangs from the pole...a
> random tuning element.
>
> JKB
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 3:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [BC] Stealth antennas
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>
> > ------ At 02:07 PM 9/24/2006, Harold Hallikainen wrote: -------
> >
> >>I dunno many details, but I think there's a directional AM station in
> the
> >>Santa Cruz area that has its towers disguised as flag poles in a golf
> >>course.
> >
> > Hmm. If they ever had to fly the flags at half mast would that require
> > retuning the array?
> >
> > Rich
> >
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