[BC] Class C... and now, the rest of the story

[Timothy West]

> I don't know of the shortest still in use, but WSAJ 1340 in Grove
> City, PA (a Class C) was licensed to use this rooftop wire at 100
> watts until several years ago:
>
> http://www.fybush.com/site-021024.html
>

the 250 watt WKRZ (and later, WOYL) transmitter mentioned in the  
fybush story is the one and the same Raytheon RA-250 that I am buying  
and moving here for ham use on 160 and 75 meters AM. it's been 90%  
restored by it's former owners and is fully operational. It will have  
a comfortable home here. :)

I am even going to be using the same type of antenna (cage or 3 wire  
T) mentioned in the fybush piece as it (tuned to 1.885 KHz) will fit  
on the property without too much trouble. Won't work as well as a 1/4  
wave vertical, but since I cant install a vertical that large it's  
moot. You do the best you can.

I was told the TX came out of Oil City, but it's kinda cool to have  
the fybush article fill in the blanks.

the WSAJ AM license was surrendered back to the FCC in 1996. I bet  
from the transmitter description
that it was a GE BT 20A.

Does anyone know of a 250 watt AM  that actually pays for the power  
bill, much less anything else?

Tim