Visit the Fascinating VOA Museum!


One of the best monthly radio-related video podcasts around is the one put out by the crew at AmateurLogic.tv/blog. This month, George Thomas W5JDX is taken on a wonderful tour of the transmitters and antennas at Bethany, Ohio.

 One of the former VOA engineers at Bethany, Dave Schneider, goes into quite some technical detail on how the transmitters first originated during World War II, and the operations of antennas, feed lines, control panels, switching procedures and transmitters at the Bethany site.

 George W5JDX is a former AM and FM broadcasting station engineer himself. So he asks all the right technical questions of Dave!



This is a brilliant 45-minute video that should be watched by all DXers and SWLs! You can download the program:

 1)  At iTunes by searching under Podcasts for AmateurLogic,

 2)  In a variety of formats by going to http://amateurlogic.tv/downloads.htm, or

 3)  You can view it on YouTube at http://youtu.be/3w_ZXRJol_4.

 The video is well-produced so it's well worth downloading the 720p HD version if you are able.

 Of course, you can also visit the official National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting website for further information of a more non-technical nature at http://www.voamuseum.org

UPDATE NOTE:  You will not find the AmateurLogic video at the VOA Museum site! You must go to the AmateurLogic site or the YouTube link.


73 and have a great weekend everyone!

 Rob Wagner VK3BVW


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