[BC] bta-250m

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In a message dated 06/02/2006 2:35:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dpuopolo at usa.net writes:

> Don't get me wrong...I'm not faulting (the) Orban Optimod one bit.
>  -D 
>  
>  ------ Original Message ------
>  From: "Bailey, Scott" <SBailey at nespower.com>
>  
>  If one would read the book, be it Orban, Omnia, & Inovonics, they tell
>  you that if your using a Plate (tube) Modulated Transmitter with their
>  processor, there are warnings about using excessive bass frequencies on
>  those boxes. PD and jocks at those R-n-B/Rap Stations won't read the
>  book and end up costing the station money when they blow the mod
>  transformer with their music. 
>  
>  If I was forced to use one of those RCA BTA-250M's with a hard
>  processor, I lock it up at the tx building and not allow no access to
>  PD's and jocks.

Dana- how could you fault the poor Optimod for being forced to regurgitate 
that "noise"? ;) You certainly can't blame the poor transmitter for committing 
suicide, either.

Back when we were still running "Ol' Bessie" (the CCA AM5000-D) it had 
extremely poor bass response. Ol' Bessie sounded almost like someone doing 
raspberries on every bass note.  It was pretty nasty. I remember tweaking the bass 
control on the Texar processor all the way to minimum. It was *just* enough to 
make the music sound "acceptable". Since we're 90% talk, anyway, this was the 
best compromise. 

Once we got the new Gates 5 and the Optimod, things improved by at least an 
order of magnitude. For a lowly AM, what little music we do play sounds quite 
good, now. Of course, the voices sound a whole lot better, too!

When I finally get that old RCA working, I'll probably need to put a 
high-pass filter inline, to roll back the bass. Don't wanna fry it's x-former... that 
happened once, already, before we got it. The old tranny only has one 
surviving secondary coil.

Willie...