Some background on it all:
http://radioclubofamerica.org/history.php?page=1921.html
Annnnd - voila - pics and schematics and wiring schema for the antenna:
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=1bcg+antenna&oq=1bcg+antenna&gs_l=hp.12...2257.12512.0.13686.12.12.0.0.0.0.1349.4826.0j3j1j1j4j1j0j1.11.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.4.psy-ab.CIa0jMuklEk&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42768644,d.aWc&fp=ec0991bddc456b56&biw=1120&bih=481
72, Jim R. K9JWV
> From: w9ac@arrl.net
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:23:51 -0500
> Subject: Re: Topband: Webinar - The first Top Band DX Contest â?" the 1921
> Transatlantic Test
>
> Tha's a great topic and I'm sure Frank will add a lot of interesting
> information. About twenty years ago, I became interested in the 1921
> transatlantic tests and slowly began collecting information. The fall, 1921
> issues of QST are a great source as is the Radio Club of America's (RCA)
> early 1950s publication on 1BCG. That publication gives a detailed
> explanation of the antenna and is copied from an article by George Burghard
> from the February, 1922 issue of QST.
>
> In 1951, the RCA dedicated a granite memorial to 1BCG. That marker can be
> clearly seen on Google maps.
>
> 41°4'15"N 73°37'23"W
>
> Look for it near at corner of Clapboard Ridge Road and North Street in
> Greenwich, CT. Just to the west of the marker is a large section of land,
> previously owned by the Minton Cronkhite family - and now the location of
> St. Michael's rectory. The antenna was a caged T-top with elevated
> counterpoise and from detailed photos, it's clear that the "T" ran E/W along
> Clapboard Road at the spot where the rectory now stands. That must have
> been one interesting and busy intersection back in 1921! If the 1BCG
> antenna was operational today with 1KW, it would have one helluva' smoking
> signal.
>
> Paul, W9AC
>
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