[BC] Harris FM10 250 driver/Cont 816R-1A

[Tom Bosscher]

      Has anyone bought just the plate for the Continental 816R-1, that 
has the N connector on it? I have one of these at a contract station, 
and the tx is in very good shape. But I would like to get rid of the 
pair of 4cx250s's. I bought one of the Nautel VS300 just as an 
replacement exciter for a 816 with solid state driver. I run it at 
around 30 watts, using 100 feet of rg-58 as an attenuator and that 
systems plays very well.
     I know Continental does the entire IPA replacement, but a VS300 
would not be obsoleted f I went this route. I doubt the organization has 
money for a new transmitter for a long time.

     tom bosscher

On 11/16/2010 10:12 AM, Tom Taggart wrote:
> Talking with Nautel at the NAB radio show, they discussed
> the possibility of a retro-fit kit to integrate their new VS
> series 300 watt into a 10K. Not clear to me whether they
> were doing it, or someone else was working on it.
>