[BC] Speaking of old transmitters.....

[Kent Winrich, K9EZ]

Phil Alexander wrote:
> On 30 May 2006 at 6:44, Kent Winrich, K9EZ wrote:
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>> LOL, Next time I get a pic of it I will know what it is as I will be in 
>> front of it.  I was there and just shot a couple of pics.  This station 
>> is running a Gates 5P as the main (!!) and has a newer Collins just 
>> sitting there and not hooked up.  I may end up engineering this station 
>> in the near future.  If so I would LOVE to get this old transmitter 
>> running!  Got to love the glow of those tubes!!  Such classic stuff!!
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> Kent,
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> I thought maybe you could rescan what you had, or perhaps you had 
> others that could show higher resolution of the logo.
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> The transmitter should be capable of operation if the modulation
> transformer is good. That is the key. The 845's will be hard to
> find, 810's easier. As for the rest of it and the general design,
> if it was done by Ed Lorentz, he was one of THE great ones along
> with Carl Smith and Bob Silliman.
>
> You probably would need to replace all the oil filled caps with
> non-PCB and obviously any electrolytics. You may also need to
> replace quite a bit of wiring that is probably fiber covered
> rubber.
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> Other than having a very nice output network with air variable,
> this box is relatively similar to the original Gates BC-250GY.
> At one time the FCC dictated tube lineups that would meet type
> acceptance for various powers. There was also a section about
> construction and data submission for "composite" (home-brew)
> transmitters.
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> Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
> Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
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The pic I posted was direct out of a digital camera.  I should be there 
in two weeks or so to look at it.

It might be a fun project (in my spare time HA HA HA) to bring it back 
to life.  You should see the old Gates 5P they have on air now!

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