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  • Voice Of America

    Delano, Calif.

  • VOA in Delano, CA

    Between Visalia and Bakersfield, this 801 acre location houses

    one of the last powerful HF international

    broadcast stations.

  • View from Melcher Road

    Dipole array towers Rhombic towers

  • Rhombic Antenna Towers

  • Dipole Array Towers

    These are 406 ft ‘skyhooks’

  • Delano Transmitting StationCompound and Antenna FieldDecember 1998

    Total of 6 reversible Rhombics

    Low band dipole curtains

    High band dipole curtains

    VOA Delano, Calif.

  • Dipole Array Tower(Side View)

    The precision design and workmanship were extraordinary.

  • Immense Footings

    Can you imagine the forces exerted on each tower leg?’

    Mark Carson painted the towers

  • Up close and ‘personal’

    Notice the perfect, alternatingwhite and red painting detail

  • Part of the dipole arraysstrung between the towers

    Multiple transmission linesallowed for azimuthal and elevation angle slewing.

  • Maintenance at 200’

  • Balanced, open-wire feedlines connectedthe antennas to the switch-bay on the right.

    Each of the lines could handle 250 kW.

  • Precise tensioning resulted in this wire layout

    This was built in the early 1940’sand is still functional

  • Tensioning weights

    Each of the 13 plates probably weighs well over 100 lbs

    Look how flat the terrain is!

  • HF Exciters

    The 1 Megawatt transmitter had already been disassembled

  • Delano Transmitter/Operating Schedule

  • Several of the higher power amplifier tubes

    Where does the power come from?

  • Forward and Reflected Power Meters

    2 kW is considered a reasonable reflected power

  • Perfect for your new High Power 6m linear amplifier? They have probably all been thrown out by this time. They must have had 40 of these there.

    JenningsVacuum

    Variables25 – 650 pF

    55 kV

  • Early View of VOA Control Room

  • 2012 view of the control room after dismantling

    Much of the Electronics

    were in these cabinets

    An IBM “386-x” controlled all antennas and transmitters

  • VOASatellite

    InterconnectSystem

    Delano connected by satellite the US, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions

  • Satellite Interconnections

    Washington, DC provided the programming for overseas broadcasts

  • LargestSatellite System at

    VOA

    That’s It Folks!

    Questions?


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