Wonderful site, those tubes glowing. Ceramic tubes just don't have the charisma and solid state, what a laugh. But to hit the plate switch and see the wattmeter go up to 10 KW or more is a real charge.
I worked for KOMA in OKC back in the 60s when they had a WE 50 KW water cooled transmitter. Biggest problem was keeping water in the tank. Be sure you know a nice electrician. 220 single or three phase installation is expensive. 73 Jim de W5JO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dino Darling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] RCA BTA-1R1 Available in Washington State... > I posted a request to a "repeater" group for help in tuning up a 440 > repeater. I don't have a service monitor. I got a response from the > engineer for KFI here in Los Angeles! I took the repeater to the > transmitter site (location of the 750' tower in Los Angeles) and proceeded > to get a tour of the site! The Harris 50KW was plugging away, but I wanted > to see the real transmitter! > > He even flipped the switch and I got to see it glow (modulator > tube)! Since the solid state unit was operating, the tube transmitter was > switched in to a dummy load in the next room. > > All I can say is WOW! I really really really want an old AM transmitter in > my garage!
