This is the Continental Equipment Section of
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Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Last updated 3/28/04

The Continental 816 Series

  816R-1 - 10 kW
First unit to WHYN (93.1), Springfield, MA
  816R-1A - 10 kW
First unit to XHME (89.5), Jalisco, Mexico
  816R-2BS - 10 kW
First unit to Jamaica B/C (92.1) Jamaica
  816A - 11 kW
First unit to WSRQ (90.1), Thief River Falls, MN
  816B - 11 kW
First unit to XHGAL (93.7), Monterrey, Mexico
  816R-2 - 20 kW
First unit to KXLS (99.7), Enid, OK.
  816R-2A - 20 kW
First unit to WCUZ (101.3), Grand Rapids, MI
  816R-2B - 20 kW
First unit to WDET (101.9), Detroit, MI
  816R-2C - 20 kW
First unit to KMGE (93.1), Eugene, OR
  816R-3 - 25 kW
First unit to KFAT (106.1), Corvallis, OR
  816R-3B - 25 kW
First unit to KRQQ (93.7), Tucson, AZ
  816R-3C - 25 kW
First unit to Gabirno Del Estado (102.1), Monterrey, Mexico
  816R-4 - 27.5 kW
First unit to KMGL (104.1), Oklahoma City, OK
  816R-4B - 27.5 kW
First unit to CKY (92.1), Winnepeg, Canada
  816R-4C - 27.5 kW
First unit to XHMG (102.9), Monterrey, Mexico
  816R-6C - 30 kW
First unit to WAIA (93.3), Jacksonville, FL 
  816R-5 - 35 kW
First unit to KUPL (98.5), Portland, OR
  816R-5B - 35 kW
First unit to WGFX (104.5), Gallatin, TN
  816R-5C - 35 kW
First unit to KSLX (100.7), Scottsdale, AZ

 

 

 

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