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Dave Heil[_2_] · August 7th 08, 12:39 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

J. B. Wood wrote:
In article , "Walter Maxwell"
wrote:

Do really believe that there was a transmitter in the 1920's that could
deliver
500 kw?. The first station that could come up with that amount of power was in
the 1930's,W8XO, the experimental station of Powell Crosley, that became WLW
again when the experimental period was over.

Hello, and I grew up in Cincinnati where Crosley might well be regarded as
Cincinnati's equivalent to Pittsburgh's G. Westinghouse. Don't know if
Cincy had a Tesla, though ;-) The operations of WLW over the years are
well documented in technical journals and newspapers so I would ask of the
OP what is his information source(s). Sibncerely,

John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail:
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337

From Joe Rice's (W4RHZ SK) book "Early Cincinnati Radio, 1910-1970":

The history of WLW presents a story of American enterprise and ingenuity
as colorful as any story in the world. It has the distinction of being
one of the few radio stations in all of American of running 500,000
watts of power. This is did from New Years Eve of 1934 until 1939.
From a modest beginning of about 20 watts power to the super power
range is a real success story of one man. Growth of WLW was constant
and it operated on different wavelengths until 1927 when it stabilised
at 700 kilocycles and then in 1928 it increased power to 50,000 watts."

Dave K8MN

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