****Re: [Boatanchors] broadcast transmitter for sale

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:28:28 -0700

You are to be congratulated on such and effort and undertaking!

Thanks!

Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC

See the Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation
online at:
http://www.smecc.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mick" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] broadcast transmitter for sale

> 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" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> 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
>
>
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