[BC] tube sound (tube transmitters)

nakayle@gmail.com nakayle
Tue Jun 6 12:21:02 CDT 2006


  Well in defense of "old Bessies" everywhere, tube transmitters will shrug
off voltage spikes that can wipe out dozens of sold-state modules.  A
station I'm familiar with here in lightning country got hit at least once
every summer.  They ran a hybrid transmitter with solid state exciter,
driver and control logic- and tube finals.  Every hit would zapped one or
more solid state components but the old tubes would fire up and go right
back to work.

 -Nat kayle


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