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   Message 483 of 2,531   
   Ed Vance to TOM WALKER   
   Re: Resurrected   
   15 May 14 20:47:00   
   
   05-14-14 08:10 TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT about Resurrected   
      
    TW> @MSGID: <5373E9BA.433.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    RW> TW> I also rembember the Day of WLW in Ohio. AM 700 with a 500 KW signal   
      
    RW>I read somewhere on the 'XERB Wolfman Jack" page that stations xmitting at   
    RW>night using their daytime pwr limit of 65kw was illegal. It was an FCC   
    RW>requirment to reduce pwr to 50kw at night.   
      
    TW> The WLW Crosley Broadcasting station WLW had a special FCC   
    TW> permit to run 500 KW in hte 30's   
      
   Tom,   
      
   When I was in High School a group of us Hams went to WLW on Sunday,   
   after the Hamvention in Dayton, Ohio.   
      
   Those Tubes in the Final Amplifier were HUGH, IIRC 3 1/2 Feet Tall.   
      
   You Tube has a Video of a Tour of the WLW TX Site.   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaeRRGi-hRM   
      
   Another WWL video at   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbHjcwIoTiY   
      
      
      
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