[BC] Anthropomorphisms (WAS:National NC-121)

[SHAFFER, RANDY L]

>>Does anyone give their transmitters names of their own? Our 1950 (RCA)back-
>>up was REX while our main(RCA) was KORG. Both had/have name plates on the 
>>front.
Ron replied -
>   Objects of beauty, speed or grace are often referred to in the feminine gender,
>I've never worked on a transmitter I cared to name.
>   On the other hand my Saturn (car) has a name and it's name is Crappy.


Actually, when I worked at my first transmitter site, much like a fine car, on Friday nights you would paste wax the transmitter. Main was BTA-5F, Aux was a beautiful 1942 RCA 1K. Don't know about speed, but their lines were graceful. They weren't named except when there was a failure. I won't repeat the names the CE used for them at those times.

Randy Shaffer