[BC] WORM-AM-FM Savannah, TN

[Jerry Mathis]

When I was there, the AM transmitter was a Gates 250-C-1, using 4 type 810 
tubes, 2 as rf amps and 2 as modulators (common arrangement) the audio 
drivers were a pair of 6L6's. The exciter was a separate rack-mount unit 
that had two ceramic crystal ovens. A little thermometer came out of each 
one, and there were wires embedded in the glass, so when the mercury rose 
enough to touch both wires in the glass, the oven heater was cycled off 
until the temperature (and the mercury) dropped, at which point the heater 
turned back on.

There was a rack-mounted frequency monitor that drifted far more than the 
actual operating frequency did.

The FM was an RCA FM-1-D as I recall. It had that famous RCA tube exciter in 
it that had the compactron output tube. That thing was nothing but trouble.



Jerry Mathis
Clear Channel Radio, Tupelo & Meridian MS





>From: DHultsman5 at aol.com
>Reply-To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>To: broadcast at radiolists.net
>Subject: Re: [BC] WORM-AM-FM  Savannah, TN
>Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:35:16 EDT
>
>
>In a message dated 10/1/2005 1:15:09 PM Central Standard Time,
>thebeaver32 at hotmail.com writes:
>
>WORM is  still in use by the AM in Savannah, although I believe the FM has
>different calls now.
>
>
>WORM AM 1010 Khz.  and WORM-FM  101.7 mHz.  Are both alive  & well  same
>tower location.  Both have CEC Solid State  transmitters.
>
>WORM-FM is also simulcast on WXOQ Selmer, TN.  You hear the  break  "101 
>the
>Worm and Q-105"
>
>Dave Hultsman
>
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