[BC] tube sound (tube transmitters)

[PeterH5322]

>Their back room is one of the coolest broadcast museums I've ever seen. It's
>loaded with old tube stuff, Heathkits, etc. They even have a complete 
>lathe in the back room.

Checkout photos of KFBK on Barry's site.

Lathe, sheet metal brake and sheet metal shear, etcetera ... everything 
necessary to put something into limited production.

KFBK developed the Amplifuzz from a concept into a reality, installed its 
home-made 50 kW at its home site in Sacto, and made another, this second 
one being 5 kW, for its Reno site, proved the design in actual broadcast 
operations, and then transferred the design it to RCA.

Likely, the McClatchy "out-phasing" transmitters were superior to RCAs.

Certainly, these were a lot simpler, especially in the exciter.