[BC] Re: CCA FM-2500R "Rascal"

[mike ridley]

I have an AEL FM25K  that has a 5CX1500 driver that is mounted base up .i am 
replaceing the socket as the proper one was never installed  This is socket 
#3.It will be used as a back up at the old site when we move to our new 
tower.It has never been stable in power output,it keeps drifting abt 1kw 
when I am running 22kw and very touchy to tune the driver.

Mike Ridley VE3MKR
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From: "Kevin C. Kidd" <kkidd at kkbc.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: CCA FM-2500R "Rascal"


>
> Thankfully I have never had the distress of working on a Lil' Rascal.  I 
> have worked on several AM & FM transmitters using 5CX1500 tubes and ALL of 
> them have been a nightmare.  The old Collins 1.5kw(?) FM that WDXE had 
> onair for years could have been used as a marker generator up and down the 
> FM band.  Various CCA's using 5CX1500's as drivers ate tube sockets on a 
> fairly regular basis.  I now do emergency work on a couple of CCA 20k FM 
> transmitters for an old engineer friend.  The only emergency that usually 
> requires my help is the @%$^@$% 5CX1500 driver section.
>
> I guess I came along after the last good 5CX1500 was built...
>
> At 07:19 AM 5/17/2005, you wrote:
>>
>>What's a  Lil' Rascal?
>>
>>
>>Also the 5CX1500A in FM Service as a single ended 2.5 kW. transmitter does
>>not
>
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