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This closer view of the walking beam transfer switch makes it easier to see its construction. We hope to re-activate at least this part of the old tuning gear so we can one day hear the satisfying "CLACK!" that must accompany its operation. The tuning gear associated with the current MF transmitter is pretty boring compared with this man-eating installation.

The antenna fields at KPH are strewn with artifacts of a past age. Here the great antenna for the Alexanderson alternators once stood, supported by 11 Marconi pressed steel cylindrical towers, each 300ft. tall. The bases of these towers, the helix bases and their guy points remain, like the statues on Easter Island, mute and mysterious. This is the base for one of the many helexes that were the secret of the success of the Alexanderson multiple tuned antenna. Building 1, where the great alternators once resided, may be seen in the background at the cliff edge overlooking the Pacific.

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