[AMRadio] WTAG 580 IBOC off for the 2nd day in a row

Sat Sep 18 18:56:33 EDT 2010

I also agree. I take care of 10 small market stations. With the exceptions of a couple of BE AM1 units, the rest are not spring chickens. No Gates FM-10s anymore however.
Ken KC8QO

--- On Wed, 9/15/10, BILL GUYGER <bguyger at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: BILL GUYGER <bguyger at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] WTAG 580 IBOC off for the 2nd day in a row
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 11:21 PM
> Yeah, especially with today's
> economy, not that much has changed, there are some 
> seriously old boxes on the air especially in small markets.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 9:33:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] WTAG 580 IBOC off for the 2nd day in
> a row
> 
> Yeah Bill, I was wondering if there are any used DX50s or
> Nautels out
> there.  I wonder how bad a used solid state rig would be,
> but maybe
> broadcasters are like hams, if they have a good rig they
> keep it so
> maybe used Nautels are unobtainium hi.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
> 
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 8:44 PM, BILL GUYGER <bguyger at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> > Hi Rob
> >
> > I'd kill for a DX-25, the DX series just seems to
> work. We have two DX-10's 
> and
> > no problems what so ever. I got one of the exec's at
> Harris to admit on a
> > conference call that the DX series were better
> transmitters than the 3DX. He
> > actually admitted that the whole reason for the 3DX's
> was cost cutting. They 
> >did
> > things like take the big Vacuum Variable out of the PA
> and approximate the
> > ideal value for different frequencies with multiple
> paralleled Mica's
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
> > To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service
> <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 3:10:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] WTAG 580 IBOC off for the 2nd
> day in a row
> >
> > Ah Bill, so you wound up with the DX after all. 
> Sorry to hear it.
> >
> > Around here the WCCO night time IBOC on 830 kills the
> local 820
> > station at night which is down to 1.5 KW and a six
> tower DA to protect
> > WBAP.  I really hate medium wave IBOC.  The night
> 670 IBOC which is
> > only about 10 miles away (the former WMAQ) destroys my
> reception of
> > WSM.  I could go on with other examples.
> >
> > Rob
> > K5UJ
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:53 PM, BILL GUYGER <bguyger at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> >>  It's a Harris 3DX-50 masquerading as a 25. I was
> campaining for a Nautel
> > NX-25
> >> but apparently the company has an agreement with
> Harris.
> >>
> >
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