WXKW Albany

[Robert F. Sutherland]

the WXKW data I have, is from (from "the brief history of WXKW" 
an article I found online, but I lost the URL & the article except for:
 
"AM 850 (10 kW-U DA-1) licensed to nearby Albany NY. 1947-1952"
"TX located in Selkirk NY about 10 miles south of Albany."
"The array comprised six 300' Blaw-Knox square-cross-section
 self-supporting towers"   

"95.5 Albany   never on air    1950's?"

"call letters 1600 Troy  500w transmitter located off 19th St.
 in Watervliet   about 1961 to 1966"

   
Years ago, I read USGS Topozone 1:25,000 (pre-2005) coords at center
of --5-- towers shown:  42° 32' 50", 73° 47' 32"   Delmar quad 
site was west of Hudson River, nne of Selkirk (20 deg?),
e of Beckers Corners.   e of 9w,  w of I87 & 144)
also  west of Cedar Hill

from USGS I calc'd spacing between towers as 283 degrees.
orientation due north = 0 deg

Towers not on Google Earth 7-15-08  (no surprize)
[Watervliet site not found on USGS]

I have a pre-2005 USGS map (from Topozone)
showing the site, if anyone wishes, I can send the gif to you.

or, use Global Mapper (Discover life) "Make map" 
(enter coords in dd mm ss form)
http://pick4.pick.uga.edu/mp/20m?act=make_map
"set map resolution" to 4.07m  (equivalent to Topozone's former 
most close-up USGS scale 1:25,000)
and insert the coords above (note: lat & long are vertical, pia)
[surprizingly, the 5 towers are still shown!]

Thanks for the WGY-KOA insights, Dan & Scott.  

Bob  / Madprof