[BC] WGUN Westinghouse

[Brian Urban]

Does anyone know if KKYX 680 in San Antonio still has their Westinghouse 50?
I saw it on air shortly after I got into the business in the mid '70s.
Pretty impressive box--I mean building section.


On 3/27/07 3:32 PM, "Tom Taylor" <taylorengineer at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Dave mentioned WGUN and the old Westinghouse HG-2 in Atlanta.
> The HG-2 is still at the site. It has not been operational since the late
> 90's....at least that's the last time it was reported as exercised in the
> transmitter log.
> I wish I had the time to restore it....she's a quite impressive
> transmitter....was built to be 100,000 watts....and I believe it was
> originally built as a ship transmitter with "light iron." The "Frankenstein"
> high voltage vault is awesome!
> 
> Tom Taylor
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