Topband: Two Wire Beberage antennas

[K1FZ-Bruce]

21 Sept. 1921 Radio Corporation of America purchased the International Radio & Telegraph (ship-shore) station at Belfast Maine. 
 
6 October 1921 Mr & Mrs, David Sarnoff came to the Belfast radio station site and stayed at the Windsor hotel. 
 
Early in 1923 Engineers H.P. Hassner, Carl Erikson, & Samuel "Wintrop" Dean, including  Albert B. Moulton came to Belfast to construct a long-wave radio station. 
The Marconi Cable company was hired to install a ~10 mile two wire wave antenna  South-west to Moody mountain to receive England. 
A single wire wave antenna  to the Northeast was not possible as Belfast Bay was close by in that direction. 
 
Albert B. Moulton applied for a Patent for a two wire system  November 1, 1922.  
 
http://www.qsl.net/wa3mej/Articles/Beverage%20Patents%20&%20Notes/1556122_MOULTON.pdf
 
In the WW II  period, I was 10 years old 1944.  I walked  under the wires,  that were still there, when my father took me rabbit hunting.   My job was to jump on the large brush piles to disloge the bunnies. 

 
73

Bruce-K1FZ
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