RCA Communications:
Tangier Radio Relay Station

Read an article about the station, from the December 1953 issue of the RCA Review.

Images

Photographed on February 9, 2008 by Sheldon Daitch
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South side of the transmitter building, from just inside the main entrance. The near corner of the building is the SW corner. This was the main transmitter building.

South side of the transmitter building, from just inside the main entrance. The near corner of the building is the SW corner. This was the main transmitter building.

Looking up at the windows where the balanced transmission line exited the building.

3/4 view of the old rigging truck, used to maintain the antenna systems.

Side view of the old rigging truck. Note the painted out new style RCA logo.

Side view of the old rigging truck. Note the painted out new style RCA logo.

A view inside the transmitter main power plant building. Not much is left, but we did find an intact 872B rectifier and the remnants of an 833A tube.

View of the plexiglas window where the balanced transmission line exits the building.

View of the plexiglas window where the balanced transmission line exits the building.

A good view of the transmitter building south wall, showing the balanced line output feed through insulators and below each output, the anchors for the feedline.

Another view of the exterior of the TX building.
Another view of the Transmitter building.

One of the guardians at the receiver area power plant building.

Concrete and wood structures used for the receiver building ends of the receiving transmission lines.

Concrete and wood structures used for the receiver building ends of the receiving transmission lines.

Some of the receiver building has been daylighted, for whatever reason, but a close examination of the floor shows where the racks may have been mounted, and cable troughs are in the floor for cabling.
>br> Some of the receiver building has been daylighted, for whatever reason, but a close examination of the floor shows where the racks may have been mounted, and cable troughs are in the floor for cabling.
View of Receiver building.

This building housed a generator in the section to the left, based on the footprint in that section.

Further out view of the receiver area.

View of the west end of the transmitter building.

A wide shot of the TX builiding area, from the entrance road, looking north.

The current sign at the entrance road.

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Created on March 29, 2008 at 13:23 by Albert LaFrance