[TowerTalk] Footnote to BC station XELO

[WarrenWolff@aol.com]

The powerful XELO was located on 800 KHz (kcs, in those  days).
The original owner/engineer was killed when he opened the cage  and the 17
KV zapped him in the head.
 
Best I recall, the filament for all those tubes were powered  by a
motor/generator set and rectifier delivering 133 amps.   Room was
a bit isolated because of X-Ray concerns.
 
Sorry to hear that it somewhere else on the band.  OTOH,  wish some of
the "new" high powered stations south of the border would drop  to 5 KW or so.
 
Warren; W5KKW