[BC] Now, THIS is a job!

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Ah, the good old 1250.... I've listened to them online before.

My RCA BTA 1M keeps my studio fairly warm in the winter and colder days..

Paul



On 4/25/07, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net <RichardBJohnson at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> One time Chris Payne (of NAB engineering fame) and I climbed the
> towers at WARE to change some light bulbs that had burned out. I was
> the new "chief" and Chris was the outgoing chief, moving on to build
> WTTT, in Amherst. Anyway, the outside towers were guyed. They were no
> fun. The middle tower, however, was self-supporting. We swung that
> tower back-and-forth by swinging from the top, never even thinking
> that it might be dangerous. Several months later, I noticed that one
> of the base insulators was cracked ;^;) Those were the good old days,
> and yes, changing the tower lights AND painting the towers were part
> of the job. I was, however, able to live at the transmitter site so I
> didn't have to pay rent. It would get pretty cold in the nighttime
> after the Raytheon RA-1000 was shut down. That transmitter was in my
> "kitchen."
> --
> Cheers,
> Richard B. Johnson
>
>