WARU (1600 AM) was a

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format. The station is licensed to

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, United States. The station was last owned by Dream Weaver Marketing, LLC. Its license was deleted on September 30, 2021.

Technical

An Harris model SX-1A all solid state transmitter (featuring their patented "Polyphase" pulse duration modulator) fed a T-match network that provided impedance matching into a slant wire fed quarter wave monopole that was grounded at its base. A slant wire feed is an old grand-fathered (now obsolete) method that made it easier to install additional antennas on the tower without the need for the costly base insulator or isocouplers.

References

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 71276 (WARU)
in the FCC Licensing and Management System
FCC History Cards for WARU
(covering 1953-1979) ARU Radio stations established in 1954 Radio stations disestablished in 2021 Defunct radio stations in the United States ARU 1954 establishments in Indiana 2021 disestablishments in Indiana {{Indiana-radio-station-stub