[BC] Re:CATV and RCA BTF-10D

[Mike McCarthy]

I didn't know you spent time there Paul. When were you working there?

The building and tower are still the same...junk.  But at least BCR 
installed a HVAC system to cool heat that building and grounded the tower.

MM

At 10:08 PM 11/10/2005 -0500, Paul Christensen wrote
><< Since WDEK is now one of my stations....  The RCA went to Bill Florian.
>>It  went to him during the Big CIty Radio ownership between 2000 and
>>2003.  It's physical space is now occupied by a Harris Z-10.
>
>Mike, I would love to see that considering I haven't been in the TX 
>building since the mid '80s when I left DeKalb.  Next time I'm in the area 
>visting family, I would love a quick tour to re-live some memories there.
>
>>Very cool. The plate transformer from my BTF-10D came from Bill Florian so
>>maybe it's actually WDEK's old one.
>
>That Tx originated at WIAA in Traverse City.  The PA tube socket insulator 
>was a custom job courtesy of Spaulding Manufacturing in DeKalb.  I was 
>paged one damn-cold afternoon while sitting for a final exam at 
>NIU.  After the test, I ran out there and took the assembly to their 
>manufacturing GM, who personally created a new assembly from a sheet of 
>their glass epoxy stock. Not sure how well it held up over the years since 
>nobody really knew the electrical properties of the glass board.  It was 
>definitely a case of crossing our fingers and hoping for the best.
>
>Paul
>
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