AT&T High-Seas Service Radio Station, Dixon (KMI)

USA / California / Dixon / Midway Road, 7200
 Second World War 1939-1945, radio - do not use, place with historical importance, communication -to be cleaned / removed
One of three AT&T operated public coast radio stations that offered High Seas Service (high frequency radio-telephone service) to ships in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico.
Operations began in the '30s and ended 16 October 1999.
The site here in Dixon was the site of the transmitter equipment and antennas.
The receiver side of KMI was located at Point Reyes.

During WWII, this was also a Voice of America station operated by AT&T. As a VOA station, it operated betwen 1942 and 1945. Its callsigns were: KMI, KWU, KWV and KWY.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOO_(call_sign)
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Coordinates:   38°24'32"N   121°46'41"W
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