At any rate, I was glad to be up on Coon Peak. We went back inside and Dad showed me the transmitters. The first one consisted of two panels, about three feet across, and seven feet high. I don't know how far back it went since it was mounted in the wall of the main control room for the transmitter station. Dad said, "This one is on the air right now. If something should happen to it, we have the older one . . ." he pointed to the next transmitter that looked older and larger, " . . .which can take over."
Next to that was an even older one. It was about four times the size of the new transmitter. Dad said, "If worse came to worse, and the standby transmitter went out, we could switch to this oldest one here. But it is only broadcasts in black and white." I thought, it sure would be better than nothing.
It was nearing 1:30 and KSL television was about to sign off for the night. They were playing a tape of the 10 o'clock news. When that was over, the station would sign off and the programming would be replaced by a test pattern. This would stay on all night while my dad tuned the new antenna.
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