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Re: WGY 810

Is WGY directional?

Bill O'Neill


> Hi Dan,
>
> The WGY tower is right off ( and very visible from) the Thruway in
> Schenectady. It is a tIWall, uniform cross section tower and has
been there as
> long as I can remember -- 30+ years. What gets me is that they don't
seem to
> have the knock-out signal they should have for their low dial
position & 50
> kw.
>
> Mark Casey
>
> > And the tower, which most likely still stands, was a
> > 665' uniform-cross-section tower originally built for
> > use on 790, which was WGY's frequency immediately pre-
> > NARBA (March 1941).
> >
> > I'd bet a nice dinner that this tower had been in use
> > from whenever WGY switched from a long-wire to a single
> > vertical radiator. My hunch is that tower dates to the
> > 1936-1938 era.
>
> >
>
>