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Author Topic: WROV "engineering" page some good reading  (Read 3087 times)
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N3DRB The Derb
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« on: September 10, 2009, 01:46:31 PM »

they had a raytheon RA 250 and a Gates BC 1T!

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"Every time I called Al to come fix the transmitter in the middle of the night he'd always show up with his black pants pulled on over top of his pajamas, fix it, then when leaving I'd say 'Well what was the problem?' and Al would always say '"Oh the damn thing crapped out....' and I'd say 'What was it, a bad tube or something?' 'Oh the damn thing just crapped out...'"


http://www.wrovhistory.com/Engineering/engineering.htm

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« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2009, 02:30:32 PM »

I wish they had shown a close-up of the base of the tower, including the insulator if they used one.
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« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2009, 11:09:31 PM »

That's a great page, Derb, thanks!!!
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« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2009, 12:11:47 AM »

It's hard to make out but there's an insulator in the tower photo.  It's a single point ceramic from the outline against the background of the transmitter hut.  I can't tell if it is the Lapp taper type or the newer Austin cylindrical. 

Rob K5UJ
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