[BC] Re: CCA FM-2500R "Rascal"

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

As far as I'm concerned, there never were any "good" 5CX1500s made; it
should never have been used in a broadcasr xmtr
M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin C. Kidd" <kkidd at kkbc.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: CCA FM-2500R "Rascal"


>
> Thankfully I have never had the distress of working on a Lil' Rascal.  I
> have worked on several AM & FM transmitters using 5CX1500 tubes and ALL of
> them have been a nightmare.  The old Collins 1.5kw(?) FM that WDXE had
> onair for years could have been used as a marker generator up and down the
> FM band.  Various CCA's using 5CX1500's as drivers ate tube sockets on a
> fairly regular basis.  I now do emergency work on a couple of CCA 20k FM
> transmitters for an old engineer friend.  The only emergency that usually
> requires my help is the @%$^@$% 5CX1500 driver section.
>
> I guess I came along after the last good 5CX1500 was built...