[BC] Gates BC-5 and 10H

[Cowboy]

On Friday 20 May 2005 02:41, Phil Alexander wrote:
> On 19 May 2005 at 17:58, Rockwell Smith wrote:
> 
> > 
> > >
> > > Didn't the  BC5H and BC-10H had an RF Driver tube?
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > I've only worked on one of these, and it had a 4-400 RF driver.
> 
> Possibly. Gates had problems with the solid state drivers in the
> early days thus it's possible some were modified to tube type
> similar to their "P" version predecessors.
> 
> Also, you have started me wondering about the RF driver and if
> they may have kept a tube driver on the RF side. I'm sure the 
> H's were designed to have solid state modulator drivers but
> my memory about the RF side is a bit foggy.

 Of the stations in my past.....
 One BC5P2 was all hollow-state devices, through and through.
 One BC5HA was solid-state mostly, but did have a 4-400 RF driver.