[IRCA] KYPA-1230 flat top antenna is gone

[Dennis Gibson <wb6tnb@xxxxxxx>]

>From the CGC Communicator:

THE HISTORIC KGFJ 1230 KHZ TRANSMITTER SITE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN

On May 24, 2004, an historic AM broadcast transmitting site
was turned off after 80 years of service. In 1924, KGFJ started broadcasting from the Odd Fellows Lodge Building on Oak Street near downtown Los Angeles. In more recent years, the station call sign was changed to KYPA. Shortly after 4 PM on May 24th, I turned on the new 1230 kHz transmitter. Its signal is diplexed into tower #6 at the KBLA 1580 kHz site.

The old KGFJ "flat top" antenna had been in continuous use by KGFJ/KYPA since 1924. That antenna may well have been the last full-time use of a flat top antenna anywhere in the country.

Does anyone know of another still in operation anywhere?

mailto:KFIam640@xxxxxxx

[To see some photos Marvin took of the old KGFJ site and the new diplexed setup at KBLA, visit Marvin's web page at
http://earthsignals.com/Collins/ and scroll to "KGFJ 1230."

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