[NJARC] Atlantic City Broadcast Transmitter

[Phil Vourtsis]

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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