[Boatanchors] broadcast transmitter for sale

[Mick]

Dear Paul,
     Please let me introduce my self. My name is Michael Harley and I am the
curator of the "Radio Shack" section of the Caboolture Historical Village at
Caboolture here in Brisbane, Australia. Six months ago a old AT&T type
training collage about 20 miles from where I live was to be also knocked
down. This building was 4 stories high and had not been in use for about 10
years and there was no electricity connected or lifts, cranes etc working.
On the top floor of this building was a 10Kw am transmitter that had been
used by our version of your FCC and who used to use this transmitter to test
all the new Broadcast engineers for there ticket on. As several hundred
engineers over the years would have obtained there ticket on this
Transmitter, we, the local Amateur radio club decided that we had to save
this very large transmitter (from the late 1940's) for the museum. We were
given a deadline of 7 days before the wreckers moved in and levelled the
whole building. About 10 of us moved in with hand tools and removed most of
the heavy transformers (200/250Lbs each) and other big panels and carried
them down 8 flights of steps (each level had the stair case change direction
eg corkscrew in-between each floor. We then using a generator to supply
electricity and used a large industrial angle grinder to cut the Rack into 4
sections across ways and using manpower and  ropes slid the heavy sections
down the stair case on large pieces of flat steel (like Railway tracks)and
onto a 1 ton  truck.We grunted and groaned to lift the pieces but lift them
we did. We made many trips with this truck from the city centre to our
Museum and within 5 days we had saved what was considered to have been
impossible . We have not rebuilt the transmitter as yet but plans are being
worked out to do just that. It will take us around a year to do the
rebuilding but we will all toss our hats into the air and cheer on that day
and will think that we have done something well worth the effort.
    My advise is to get in touch with your local Radio club, put messages
over the local 2meter repeater, even a small advertisement in your local
paper but stir up interest in the saving of this transmitter for some museum
or Radio Club.
We did it here against impossible odds, you can also.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Manuel" <k4pdm@yahoo.com>
To: <boatanchors@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 12:09 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] broadcast transmitter for sale


> Hi,
> I hope this posting is not out of place, but I feel someone on the group
> may be interested.
> I have for sale a Gates BC-5P AM broadcast transmitter, circa 1955. Three
> rack sections, weighs probably 2000 pounds. The modulator and final tubes
> have been removed, but it seems to be in good condition otherwise. Tuned
> to 900 kHz. $500.
> The building containing this transmitter will be demolished in a couple of
> weeks, and I have no way to get it out. If no one will buy the whole thing
> and remove it, I will attempt to remove certain parts and sell them
> separately, but it would be great to see the whole thing go to one
> purchaser. The transmitter is located in east Kentucky.
> Again, sorry if this is out of place, but two weeks is all we have.
> 73,
> Paul K4PDM