[BC] WGUN Westinghouse

[Milton R Holladay Jr.]

I believe KXEL had one, too...................
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Urban" <burban at kut.org>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] WGUN Westinghouse


> 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