Here are some photos of the early 1960s vintage Gates BC-1T AM broadcast transmitter I've been working on lately...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32025136@N03/sets/72157635109428347/I've got my first Gates that I acquired a few years ago positioned to the left along the wall, and this new second one is to the right. I converted the first rig to 160 meters, and this one will be on 75 meters when I'm done. Right now I've got it all back together and restoration is complete - it is running smoothly with a kilowatt output into a dummy load at its original 1400 kHz. I've also added the various step-starts, silent contactors, PTT and antenna switching, and other mods to make it much like the other rig. Next step is to move it up to 3885 kHz.
This second rig was in better physical condition than my first, for two reasons. (a) it was a one-owner rig kept in a nice transmitter building. (b) I hosed the dust out of it in the driveway. The first one was much dirtier and more corroded due to (a) being a twice handed-down unit abandoned in a tumbledown "shack", and (b) it was a wintertime project so I did not have the option of washing it out with the hose before bringing it into the house.
You can see photos of my earlier BC-1T project for 160 meters on my website at
http://www.wd8das.net/gates.htmlA summary of my mods for the BC-1T can be found at
http://www.wd8das.net/Gates/GatesNotes.pdfSteve WD8DAS
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