[NJARC] RCA New Brunswick Transmitter Site

Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:25:55 -0500

Thanks Bob,

That's helpful.  I was experiencing some confusion.  I'll 
have to check out Marconi Park at JFK and Easton Rd.

Al

Bob Kulow wrote:
> 
>>
>> I am locking for information regarding the actual location of the RCA 
>> site.  I get the impression that the antenna was a mile long and was 
>> in Franklin Townsship, possibly along the Delaware and Raritan canal.  
>> I suspect tower foundations may still exist unless extensive 
>> development has taken place.  See: 
>> http://www.midnightsociety.com/web/Finds/Blocks/blocks.html
> 
> About 30 years ago, a friend who lived in the area took me to that 
> site.  We did find some of the tower foundations and some broken 
> insulators.  It was on the NorthWest side of John F Kennedy Boulevard.
> 
> I just took a look at a street map of the area and it looks like it's 
> now a housing development.  Might be worth a visit anyway, just in case 
> some of it was preserved.
> 
> 73
> Bob WA2UEH
> 
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