[AMRadio] old BC AM FM or TV rigs

Sat Apr 4 13:18:22 EDT 2009

This was a fairly recent Continental 5KW transmitter, all solid state except 
for the single ceramic PA tube  maybe a 4cx5000.  I figured little value for 
ham so it was sold to another small station.  It would be very difficult to 
get a bc rig into my shack but there could be room in the garage for one. 
This weekend I have to lower the crankup and repair my 40 meter dipole that 
fell in recent high winds.  I listen most evenings on 7160 but often hear 
little AM.  I am told when I am on I am very loud in some parts of the 
country.  I understand that 375 watts of carrier is all that is allowed on 
AM.  I used to think it was 1KW back in the 50s when I used to visit my ham 
neighbor.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Coleman" <jc at pctechref.com>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
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Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] old BC AM FM or TV rigs

> Jim:
>        There might have been a lot of cool parts in that FM station.  For 
> instance, I was given and old GE 10KW TV XMTR back about 30 years ago.  It 
> had a lot of stuff I did not want, but others did, and it had a whole lot 
> of stuff that was "way" cool that I wanted.  It had 270 degree 1ma meter 
> movement and large precision wire wound meter multiplying resistors.  It 
> had several large plate XFMRS and chokes.  It had oil capacitors.  Two of 
> the chokes were 12 Hy open frame construction which Don, K4KYV, 
> disassemble and rebuilt into a single 40Hy modulation reactor which I am 
> very proud to have and I use still today.  There were mercury vapor 
> rectifiers and filament XFMRS.  All of these things an more (I can't name 
> all) were used in the construction of my PP-304tL rig.  And parts that I 
> did not want went all over the South,  Of course you must have an empty 
> garage to do all this in and that is where most folks say "no", as they 
> might to building their own vehicle from scrap.  I
> f I had it to do now I would have to say "no" because there is just no 
> time or space in my life right now.  Hopefully that will change before I 
> get to old to walk.
>
> Anyway I hope someone got the old FM rig and used the parts.
> John, WA5BXO
>
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