[BC] Worst Transmitter

[Ernie Belanger]

Ironic Dave, all of these transmitters had one thing in common.
From: <DHultsman5 at aol.com>
The CCA FM2500R was a 2.5 kW ..... Too much in one rack. The cooling of the 
tube was
difficult. Plate transformers had a high failure rate.....

> I guess I would have to say I think the worst FM transmitter I ever 
> operated
> or worked on was the ITA  FM5000,  FM7500 and FM10,000.   Parasatic PA 
> stages
> no variable neutralization .  No  variable loading control  5 K & 7.5K 
> models.  Inductive slider
> tuning with multiple right angle drives and  splines. Hi currents on the 
> tuning
> sliders routinely overheated.  Mercury  vapor power supply filament
> transformers constantly going to ground losing power  supply,  Replacing 
> with solid state
> rectifiers solved most of these  problems with