WLW AM Transmitter Tour 1997
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very intereting I would like to see the old tranmiter n a mssuim kuje the Smithsoniian for few people will ever e a transmiter of this power oh I hate thse odl ahm operators who wanted make it very hard to get intothere little furternady for who needs mors code or tests like how to build a tranmiter going back to the l920, I as disapointed athe meda for nto asking whyafter sommercial broadcssting was deregulated to bad more could not enjoy there little hobby
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@RadioHamGuy I hear ya,...I enjoyed this video and his five part series on the VOA site!
Same goes for old ham gear!
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i noticed a few weeks back driving down tylersville that the owner finally cut down all the brush surrounding the cooling pond. also about a week ago another fence was built around the transmitter. probably to reduce interference
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The tower is of the classic Blaw Knox design, it is NOT 2 towers put together.
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Wow those are the largest tubes Ive ever seen.
What would it take to fire up that transmitter again?
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Sorry - ....*862 final tube....CW
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Your great vid made me recall, find and read again the brief WLW history in The Old Timer's Bulletin by W.L. Schwesinger W8TCO°, 9-1983. Notes one 862 rect tube was given to AWA museum by WLW eng Jack Gray W8JDV. I wonder if any of the still pictures have survived of the 500KW RF sustaining lightning arcs across guy wire insulators as mentioned in the article, would love to see one. There is a pic in the article of Powell standing next to 50 ton mod transformer, are those in the basement?
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It looks like when it was operational it wanted to explode like a Nuclear Plant ;)
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It's been 14 years now since this video was made. Does any of that old behemoth still remain?
Erzahler 8 months ago
@Erzahler Yes, it does. I was recently in contact with someone out there.
powertube5671 8 months ago
From what I recall in a 1980's video on the WLW transmitter, the shape of the tower came from the inverted stacking of TWO free-standing towers. The lower section of the tower is from a free-standing tower being FLIPPED, where the tip of that tower is actually the tower base. Then halfway up the tower is where a second free-standing tower is stacked on top of the lower section of the tower. I hope the 1980's video of WLW is around for posting on YouTube, it is a good production.
Edjard1 10 months ago
@Edjard1 I'd love to see the video. If you find it, you may post the link here in another comment. Thanks!
powertube5671 10 months ago