[TowerTalk] BC Antenna + Radials

[Jan Erik Holm]

XELO doesn´t seem to be listed for more then
5 kW on 1010 kHz, guess they are just like the
hams when it´s up to power.
In any case they still seems to be operational
since they have been reported heard in Finland
during 2004.

73 Jim SM2EKM
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WarrenWolff at aol.com wrote:

> Many many years ago, I was fortunate to have an opportunity  to
> tour BC station XELO in Juarez, Mexico.  Interesting  visit.  We walked
> through the inside of the transmitter!  It was modulated  at the 1 KW stage.  
> The finals were six(?) 892R's, water cooled, running  150 KW output.
>  
> We walked to an antenna tuner in a separate building and were  guided
> through the dark by a large fluorescent  bulb carried by the chief engineer.
>  
> Now for foggy recollection:  I believe that the ground  was a screen 
> wire reaching in all directions - - maybe 150 feet.  All  of the residential
> wrought iron fences within a couple  hundred yards had to be grounded to
> protect children.  I guess that  eliminated RF?
>  
> There were provisions for a second vertical, but the signal  was so
> strong that they never installed it.  I could hear it  well in Hawaii many 
> years later.  If any one has toured the place since, I  would be interested in a
> trip report.  Cannot hear it hear in So CA; is it still  in operation?
>  
> Regards,  Warren; W5KKW