Interior Views of KPO Transmitter Building in Belmont

Tube storage  Battery room

LEFT:  Tube storage room;  RIGHT: Battery room.  The batteries provided clean DC power for the audio and control circuits of the transmitter


    Battery panel   Still   

LEFT:  220 Volt distribution panel, which fed power from the battery room to the transmitter;    RIGHT: Water stills and pumps, which provided distilled water to the transmitter to cool the amplifier tubes.



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