Tour of Voice of America Transmitter Plant Part 1 of 5

[sonria2007]

Oh, thank you so much for this -- it brought back memories. My father worked there 1978-1990.

[rbratcherjr]

How did you get permission for your tour? I doubt you could do that today in 2011....

[powertube5671]

@rbratcherjr I believe I put up a message on a Usenet broadcast group rec.radio.broadcasting asking if anyone had leads or knew who to contact to get a tour of the facility, hence, I got a name and a telephone number. You can access it now through Google groups if you have a login account.

[tonytonytee]

great video.. thankyou for taking the time of putting it up.. tony t.. n0amy.

[Arabhacks]

Now it is all being done by satellite.

One can frequently get an old dish for little or nothing.

Call some of the embassies around and they may give you a brand new outfit.

[Erzahler]

Gotta love the AC hum from those old transmitters. Tells you they are alive! I know these tube-and-iron monsters had their own personalities and they ran great when they behaved, and could give you all kinds of trouble when they misbehaved.

[mushroomscouser]

Check out the little shrubbery to the right of the entrance path...rather nice, i think.

[seatboi]

WOOOW! You can actually HEAR the RF being picked up by the camera, along with a little video interference! What a fantastic HUMMMMMMM by those old GE xmitters! LOVE ITT! Thanks for this!

[mtv70pn]

i love this!

[thelazycomic]

Is this facility still around ?? I know some VOA sites closed. All in the name of progress I guess. (Ho hum).

[powertube5671]

Yes, it still exists according to the conversation I just had with Carl Lineberger who took me on the tour. It is, however, closed down for standbye.

See end credits on part 5 of 5.