[BC] bta-250m

[Stan Tacker]

As a curator of a 250GY, BTA-1R, 20-V3, BC1-F, and BA-1k, I can attest that
these rigs sound great with fresh tubes.  All of these have been replaced
with solid state transmitters as the main.  As for using the tube rigs as a
standby...well, just don't turn off the filaments!  Let these rigs go dark
for a few days and the tubes get gassy quick.  (Actually the McMartin can be
counted upon to restart at some power level, since it has a solid state
driver).

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Powell E. Way III
W4OPW
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [BC] bta-250m



--- 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



w4opw at americanbroadcastdx.com
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