Salt Lake City FSS, 1925

Salt Lake City Air Mail Radio Station (SLC), Utah, March 1925

Famed 2KW arc transmitter at Salt Lake City, Utah, is the type used in the earliest FSSs.  The handle at the top is the wave length selector.  Cylindrical object at left is the water cooled arc chamber. “CW” key or “bug” can be seen immediately in front of the receiver