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When did you last see a manned AM or FM transmitter site?

frankberry said:
When I was CE for WGTO, Cypress Gardens, Florida (until 1982), I staffed the transmitter site during daytime 50kw operation.
I can vividly recall the sound of the Johnny Ball insulators as they "snapped" as bad weather approached. This caused the MW50 transmitter to "burp" due to the VSWR.
During the dayime hours, we spent much of the time designing and building some of the on-air equipment and maintaining the 53 acre site.
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Wow WGTO what a signal! That's interesting about the MW50. I never heard one burp, but I used to hear the WFTL MW1 Solid State transmitter burp during thunderstorms so I know what you're talking about.

One thing is for sure, most of the big old AM sites looked a lot better when they were manned. The building and grounds were usually kept up much better. Some of the sites look sad today. That transmitter engineer did more than read meters that's for sure!
 
WFTL 1400...I was in Nassau in 1989 and WFTL was not the strongest signal from South Florida, but it was easily listenable. To date, that's the most distant daytime AM graveyard signal I've heard. Of course, I suspect it goes about 25 miles west & dies a quick death.
 
BobOnTheJob said:
WFTL 1400...I was in Nassau in 1989 and WFTL was not the strongest signal from South Florida, but it was easily listenable. To date, that's the most distant daytime AM graveyard signal I've heard. Of course, I suspect it goes about 25 miles west & dies a quick death.
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Bob I'd bet old 1400 WFTL had a better signal in Nassau back before 1974. I say that because the transmitter was located on the coast not far from Port Everglades. They moved the transmitter to the center of Broward county to better cover the western suburbs.
 
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