I had the thrill of standing INSIDE a kazillion watt transmitter's final
cage, at VOA -- Dixon, CA .. back in the late 6Øs .. awesome! The tour of
that station really got me into broadcast engineering. Heck, a 1ØKW
transmitter was just not as forbidding after that! A ham that I had met on
4ØM .. possibly WCARS .. had invited me for a personal showing .. wow! I
have somewhere some outside views of the facility, cannot remember why I
don't have inside pix... perhaps security? Hmmm. Dixon is `twixt SF and
Sacto ... farmlands abound thereabouts.
Mark Nelson - AA6DX
mailto: AA6DX@ARRL.NET
1. Re: WLW 500 kW transmitter Message: 1
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 09:11:43 -0500
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I went by the old VOA site. It is now a county park. Also drove by WLW
transmitter. It is right in downtown Mason.Wish my camera had been working
:-(. Awesome sight!
Joe W4AAB
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Joe,
In your short drive you passed a lot of history. Yep, next time you will
probably have your camera at the ready.
73,
Ken W2DTC
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I went by the old VOA site. It is now a county park. Also drove by WLW
transmitter. It is right in downtown Mason.Wish my camera had been working
:-(. Awesome sight!
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