[BC] RCA BTA 1R2

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In a message dated 11/18/2005 09:43:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
DG19075 at aol.com writes:

> Hi Willie...
>  In high school my best friend was Chief Engineer at WARV when the  
>  transmitter site was still om Chepiwanoxet Island in E. Greenwich. He took 
 
> me  down 
>  there once to see that rig.
>  And yes, I have to agree with you that Linc Hubbard probably has the  
>  schematic memorized...LOL
>   
>  Dave Gardiner  
>  
>  WVCH 740/WNWR 1540
>  
>  Philadelphia

Linc is an amazing man. A fine gentleman, who is also a gentle man. When it 
comes to ye Olde Tyme Radio, he's been there, done that. Anything analog, and 
he is absolutely in his element. All this digital stuff, though, leaves him 
cold. He can tell some War Stories, that's for sure! I love listening to him tell 
of some of the things he's seen and worked on through the years.

I am guessing that what you saw, was, indeed, this very same box that now 
sits in my TX room. I need to put everything back together again, wire it all up, 
then test it into the dummy load. I also need to take apart the x-tal oven 
unit, and see what kind of x-tal it wants.

Thinking of Linc's War Stories, there was a good one he told that happened 
quite some time ago. WARV's signal was going up and down, rather drastically, 
almost rhythmically one day. He punched-up the remote control, and saw the plate 
current jumping up and down. When he went out to the TX site, he noticed some 
kids inside the fence, near the tower. They had found a pie tin, and were 
using it to draw arcs off the tower! (It was this TX that endured that. Never 
left the air, just kept playing.) After getting them to stop, he gave them a 
lecture about RF and danger, etc. They learned their lesson.

Willie...