End of an era. WALG mast antennas come down.
http://www.walb.com/story/29609766/walgs-ancient-mast-antennas-come-down
http://www.walb.com/story/29609766/walgs-ancient-mast-antennas-come-down
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WALG-AM mast antennas come down
- Thread starter bholt
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Made out of masts from a ship. Been to the old station location many times and never knew that.
Wow. The metal in the walls of those masts must have been VERY thin (and rusted through).
They folded like a couple of cardboard tubes.
They folded like a couple of cardboard tubes.
One also has to wonder just how efficient these antennas were that rusty considering that RF current travels on the surface of the conductor. Like I said, I have been to the station may times while living in Albany and NEVER knew they were old ship masts. The old studio at that location was a very cool Art Deco design.
Here is a WIKI link. The history of WALG is quite interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALG
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