[BC] bta-250m

[Powell E. Way III W4OPW]

--- Charles Ring W3NU <charlesr at infonline.net> wrote:

> Powell E. Way III W4OPW wrote:
> The 1R's and BC1G among others can sound absolutely
> wonderful and they 
> can also sound like utter garbage when not
> maintained right. 

So can the solid state ones.



>Too bad the 
> skills to maintain them are dying, egged on by
> corporate suit&tie types 
> who threw people like me in the dumpster too. One
> "manager" looked at me 
> like I was a space alien when I said he should keep
> the perfectly 
> functional BC1G as a standby when the new SS
> transmitter arrived. I 
> could say more but it would be difficult to remain
> civil while doing so.

And when there's a failure of something in the SS box,
and the parts take TIME to get there...well they can
be OFF the air. 


> I suppose some here would agree with him.


It's not hard to maintain a BC-1G or the BTA 1R
series. It does take more effort than a SS box
however, and running one is certainly more expensive. 
The one at WKDK is meticulously maintained.  A good
sound makes money a lot easier to make on a stand
alone AM. 


Powell



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