[BC] RCA BTA5L & and other numbers (MAKE CORRECTIONS TO LIST)HISTORY

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WPGC, Morningside, MD was a competitor to WEAM, Arlington, VA.

It was WEAM that had the supermodulator.  It was a 10 kW modulator  
(audio amp) and modulation transformer, feeding a 5 kW RF section.   
It would do nearly 200% positive, though none of the audio processors  
of the day did it well.  The clipping on the negative side made it  
sound awful.  As I recall about 150% positive was about it.

It was also a bit strange in that it had a 52 or 54 Ohm output, that  
fed the phasor which was right there.  A later CE ordered up a new  
Nautel, which was put in the basement, quite some distance from the  
other transmitter and phasor.  He didn't consider where he was going  
to buy the coax cable.

On May 2, 2008, at 1:49 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 06:41:53 -0400
> From: " Milton Holladay" <miltron at mindspring.com>
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> What you call the BTA-5R and 5T were actually the 5T and 5U. Umber  
> gray with
> pink, blue, green or yellow were available. WIS/WVOC has a pink 5T; it
> always ran ~ 1.5 amps and performed quite well; now aux.
> WEAM , Morningside MD had a 5 or 10 U and was a supermodulator  
> until the
> 125% limit began.
> M
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