From: VJB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Please take a look at this link. I've talked with a
few people, and kindly pass the link along to anyone
who has the interest in saving it from the scrap heap.
It would be a real shame.
That is quite a transmitter, dating back to an era when transmitters were
transmitters, built with no limits to cost, size or weight in mind. Gates
ads claimed that it was designed with performance as the only consideration,
and then the cost was calculated after the fact. It is double the size of
the later Gates kw boxes: 6 1/2 feet tall and 6 feet wide, 33" deep, and
weighing in at 2650 lbs. (The BC1-T weighs less than 900 lbs). The mod
xfmr alone weighs close to 200 lbs, and the modulation reactor is 100
henries at 600+ mills, and the plate xfmr is quite a monster. Uses a pair
of 845's to drive the modulator 833A's - with real E.F. Johnson 833A
sockets, not those house manufactured things on a strip of bakelite. The rig
actually has turns counters for the rotary inductors, and there are 13
meters on the front panel. There are 4 doors on the cabinet, 2 in front and
2 in back. Those doors undoubtedly add several hundred pounds to the
weight.
I'm not sure if the cabinet separates into two sections or not. If so I
would strip it down completely and then disassemble the cabinet and haul it
out piece at a time. Otherwise, strip it down, buy a few sheetmetal blades
for your skillsaw, and cut the cabinet into small enough pieces to get out
the door, and use the goodies to build up a nice homebrew rig. By carefully
cutting up the cabinet, the metal panels could be preserved for building
something a little more compact for ham use. I'm not sure, but the cabinet
panels may be made of aluminium, not steel. If so, this would be a real
treasure indeed.
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