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Uploaded by on Jan 17, 2008

Radio hobbyists rescue a retired broadcast transmitter to restore and retune for vintage storytelling on shortwave. More at http://amfone.net

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  • What would be the output of something like this?

  • These were marketed to stations that were licensed for 1,000 watts, and typically also had a "nighttime" or pre-sunrise power authorization of 250 or 500 watts. There is a power reduction setting and circuitry to accomplish this. A very similar model is the BC-500, which has only a single 833A in the fnal.

  • That rescued transmitter looks an awful lot like a Gates BC-1G (or is it a T)?

  • Its a "Big G" as Gates called it. The older "T" had the triangular viewing window, and the newer "H" had a rectangular viewing window across the door. The 833A were arrayed left to right in the "H," a configuration seen in the 1950s "J" model and older.

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  • I have 12 of these in the craw space of my home.

  • I wonder what station this is????

  • Ahhh ye ol 1G I had care of a 1T in my early engineering days (early 90's) Its still on the air as a daytimer.

    Yep yep hauled many a transmitter in the family truckster.

  • It fit like a glove in that van,Fantastic. Good luck with it!

  • we ahve som old transmitters that ill part out and salvig it

  • Great video. I think my back started to ache watching those guys haul around all that iron.

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