[BC] Transmitter metering

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I had such a job, and it was very exciting from time to time,  
especially when the site was hit by lighting.  And it was.

Then again, I got to rewind a lot of carts, fill out my tax forms, and  
study for my EE.

It was a great job.

--chip

On Nov 11, 2010, at 7:22 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 23
> From: "Rene Tetro" <rene at wfil.com>
>
> Boy, does that take me back.  My very first engineering job after  
> getting my
> First Phone in May 1971 was sitting at a directional transmitter  
> eight hours
> a day, five days a week, and taking 1,2,3, and 5 below every 30  
> minutes.  By
> that time we didn't record oven temperature.  To this day, it still  
> remains
> one of the more boring jobs I've had.  Two years later, after  
> submitting
> proof to the commission that the array (which was installed in 1970)  
> was
> stable, we installed a Moseley remote control and I moved to the  
> studios and
> got to do some actual work.
>
> Rene'
>
> Rene Tetro
> WFIL-WNTP
> Philadelphia