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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Crosley Radio built the Bethany, Ohio transmitter for VOA. "<span>In 1943, Crosley engineers built the U.S. government's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America_Bethany_Relay_Station" title="Voice of America Bethany Relay Station" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bethany</a> shortwave transmitter site,<sup id="ydp16d83909cite_ref-70" class="ydp16d83909reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLW#cite_note-70" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[68]</a></sup> which was later taken over by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America" title="Voice of America" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Voice of America</a>." (from Wikipedia). I drove past this site many times when working in Ohio. The "antenna farm" is visible from I-75 north of metro Cincinnati. One time I got off I-75 and took a "tour" of the antenna site from outside the fence.<br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span>The WLW transmitter site is in Mason, Ohio, just East of Bethany.</span></span> Here is a photo tour of WLW:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://700wlw.iheart.com/content/2022-06-15-touring-700-wlws-historic-transmitter-and-mammoth-tower-in-mason/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://700wlw.iheart.com/content/2022-06-15-touring-700-wlws-historic-transmitter-and-mammoth-tower-in-mason/</a></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Photo #9 shows the transmitter tube like the one in the Wireless bldg.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The transmitter site is being developed into a retail center:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="https://www.wvxu.org/media/2021-05-06/work-starts-on-30-million-development-under-iconic-wlw-am-tower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wvxu.org/media/2021-05-06/work-starts-on-30-million-development-under-iconic-wlw-am-tower</a></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">DC</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 07:48:50 AM EDT, Ken Carr via Thursday <thursday@newsm.org> wrote:
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While waiting for visitors this past Saturday I made some<div>on air contacts with our Icom 706 transceiver and OCFD</div><div>antenna. The Ohio QSO party was going on. For the</div><div>non-hams in the group, a QSO party</div><div>is a ham radio event that involves making as many on</div><div>air contacts as possible with hams in one particular state.</div><div>Saturday was Ohio’s day.</div><div><br></div><div>One contact I made was with station WC8VOA. This is the</div><div>Voice of America (VOA) amateur radio club. The club meets in</div><div>a beautiful building that was once a headquarters for the</div><div>Bethany, OH VOA station (the VOA is still active but this </div><div>building is no longer used by them). The building now houses</div><div>the VOA museum. It is impressive. You might want to take a look</div><div>around their website: <a href="http://www.voamuseum.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.voamuseum.org</a><span> </span></div><div><span>Many of the exhibits relate to radio and TV, much as ours do.</span></div><div><div id="ydpe98579f5yiv9236957538temp-enhancr-placeholder" data-size="medium" class="ydpe98579f5yiv9236957538enhancr-placeholder-medium"></div><br></div><div>Many of their exhibits are related to</div><div>Crosley Radio which besides making radios (and cars and </div><div>refrigerators and other items) <span>h</span><span>ad their own broadcast radio station.</span></div><div><span>WLW ( <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLW</a> ). WLW is still on the air.<div id="ydpe98579f5yiv9236957538temp-enhancr-placeholder" data-size="medium" class="ydpe98579f5yiv9236957538enhancr-placeholder-medium"></div></span></div><div><span>Once again, The National VOA Museum of Broadcasting </span></div><div><span>website is at <a href="http://www.voamuseum.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.voamuseum.org</a> <div id="ydpe98579f5yiv9236957538temp-enhancr-placeholder" data-size="medium" class="ydpe98579f5yiv9236957538enhancr-placeholder-medium"></div></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>For interested hams you may want to listen for WC8VOA on</span></div><div><span>Sept. 24. On that date the club station will be on the air as a</span></div><div><span>Special Event Station. You will be able to contact them and</span></div><div><span>get a cool QSL card! See their QRZ page for more details.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Ken Carr</span></div><div><span></span></div><div><br></div>
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