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WGN Transmitting Station 1939

Nice article. Still operating from the same place, but for how much longer? Their neighbor WBBM one mile south is planning on moving out.

Until recently I used to drive to work past both towers. Always an impressive sight.
 
I've toured several transmitter sites that date from this time, and what strikes me is how large the transmitters themselves were at the time, and how they've shrunk to the size of basically one rack. But at one time, the transmitter occupied a lot of square footage, and then there was the space for the engineering staff. Not so much any more.
 
Very impressive! I think that attention to detail they provided back in 1939 is still paying off now as WGN has one of the best rock solid AM signals in the US. Too bad people can’t enjoy it much anymore with the reduced protections for clear channel frequencies.
 
Back when I was in the Navy (1973-77), the base library had a copy of the Antenna Engineering Handbook. I must have checked that thing out and renewed it dozens of times...I wanted to buy it from them.
This article has a lot of the same caliber of information on medium-wave transmission as it did. Great read!
 
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