[NJARC] Atlantic City Broadcast Transmitter

[john ruccolo]

Hi Ray/Phil/Folks,

1360 pounds??? I thought it was "only" 1200 pounds?

Think about it -- that's THIRTEEN Heathkit DX-100's or
Apaches. And you thought THOSE were heavy....;-).

Put another way, the BTA-250 is about FIVE POUNDS PER
WATT of output. It was built to run forever -- it was
on the air as recently as two years ago, according to
Tom O'malley, the engineer. However, it has spent most
of its later years as a backup.

In our own whacky NJARC way, we had fun. It was quite
an experience. We were a good team!

Steve G. -- I'm not volunteering you for anything, but
I know you spend a lot of time at InfoAge. I think we
need to brace up the xmitter in the middle. I think it
will sag if left on those 2x4's on the ends. But I
hope I'm wrong.


Regards,

JR


--- Phil Vourtsis <pvourtsis at optonline.net> wrote:

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> _______________________________________________
> Job well done guys. My back was hurting just
> thinking about you today.
> Why don't you reward yourself with a nice relaxing
> movie that includes
> Nikoli Tesla. Tesla is played by David Bowie in the
> new movie "The
> Prestige". Reviews have been very good.
> 
> Phil Vourtsis
> Pres. New Jersey Antique Radio Club
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Ray Chase
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:30 AM
> To: NJARC
> Subject: [NJARC] Atlantic City Broadcast Transmitter
> 
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> The work crew of Sal Brisindi, John Ruccolo, Steve
> Goulart, Ray Facinelli
> and Ray Chase, greatly assisted by Tom McNally, the
> station Chief Engineer,
> successfully removed the 1947 vintage transmitter
> from the station building
> in Atlantic City and moved it to InfoAge where it is
> temporarily stored.
> This was accomplished without smashing any fingers
> or toes although there
> will be some sore backs today.  We removed four
> heavy transformers and with
> judicious planning maneuvered it out of the building
> and onto Sal's flat bed
> trailer.  The transmitter is a RCA BTA-250L 250 watt
> AM unit, 7 ft. tall and
> fully loaded weighting 1360 pounds.  They sure made
> them tough in 1947.
> While removing the heavy "iron" reduced the weight
> by about 400 pounds, that
> big heavy steel cabinet was tough to handle (no hand
> holds).  The unit needs
> a lot of cleaning, some flaked painting repair (any
> good body & fender
> craftsmen available?) as well as replacement of a
> jury rigged circuit
> breaker.  Site
> http://hawkins.pair.com/atcitynj.shtml shows a
> picture of the
> transmitter along with much other useful information
> about the transmitter
> site.  BTW, the station call is WMID @ 1340 khz and
> this transmitter was the
> backup to the backup unit and was used on the air
> several years ago.  Many
> thanks to the owners and workers at WMID for
> donating this equipment to
> InfoAge and to the club members who did the work.
> Ray
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