[MRCA] Interactive Radio Map

[MICHAEL ST ANGELO]

Al,


I like it. You may also want to add some historic radio sites on Long Island.


Since New York, as well as San Francisco and Miami, were financial centers they built LF and HF stations in the vicinity.


The RCA Radio Central Transmitting site was in Rocky Point LI and receiving site in Riverhead LI. RCA moved there after vacating the Marconi site in Wall.


ITT World Communications had their WSL receiving site in Southhamption LI and the HF transmitting site in Brentwood. The LF transmitter was at Amaganesett LI. They also had a MF transmitter WSF on top of 67 Broad Street in Manhattan.


I worked at ITTWC at 67 Broad from 1976 to 1994. When I was there WSF was long gone but the coax was still in place from the roof to the 4th floor. I used the coax to feed the signal from the roof mounted preamp to our LORAN receiver which was used as a time standard.


I visited the WSL Southampton receiving station before it closed down. They had upgraded to solid state Watkins Johnson receivers but still used SP-600 receivers with a Northern Electric Oscillator for their remaining HF Point-to-Point circuit; a diplomatic RTTY circuit from the UN Cuban Mission to Havana. The Cubans refused to move to a cable or satellite circuit.  ITT could not close down the station until they found an alternate site for the circuit. I believe WLO in Mobile took it over but don't hold me to this.


ITT also housed ARINC HF equipment. While I was Southahmption they got a call form ARINC with a request to adjust the audio level in one of their receivers.  The ARINC station is now located on Route 104 in Riverhead LI.


You should include the Telefunken Radio station in Sayville LI.


You may also want to add Tesla's transmitter in Rocky Point but I would not consider that a radio (wireless information) but a power transmitter. Maybe that was what attracted the Martians to Grovers Mill NJ


One question about NJ stations. I remember in the early 1980's driving south on the Garden State Parkway south of the Driscoll Bridge and spotting HF Log Periodic antennas on a hill to the left. Does anyone know who owned them?


Mike N2MS

 

> On January 13, 2017 at 11:43 AM Al Klase <ark at ar88.net> wrote:
> 
>     Gang,
> 
>     Some recent brouhaha concerning the demolition of the AT&T High-Seas transmitter site at Ocean Gate, NJ reminded me of a slumbering project of mine.  It's an interactive map, based on Google Earth, the documents some of the historic radio sites in NJ.
> 
>     If you already have the Google Earth ap on your computer, simply execute the attached .kmz file.  If not, go HERE http://www.ar88.net/radio_map/ for instructions.
> 
>     Let us know how you make out.
> 
>     Al
> 
> 
>     -- 
>     Al Klase – N3FRQ
>     Jersey City, NJ
>     http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
> 
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