[BC] RCA History earliest transmitter

[Mark Humphrey]

On 12/29/06, Dana  Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
> Was there not a GEL FM transmitter? I recall seeing one back in the 70's at
> WVCA in Glousester, MA.

Yes, I think GEL stood for General Electronics Labs of Cambridge, Mass.

WVOR in Rochester started out in 1962 with a GEL, I recall it had a
pair of 4CX5000As in the final and was rated for 15 kW output.   It
was replaced with a CCA in the late '70s when Bob Denny was CE, but
was still on site as a backup through the mid '80s.

GEL also made a Serrasoid exciter and SCA generator, which WVOR's old
sister station (WDDS 93.1 in Syracuse) retrofitted into their RCA, in
place of the "Iron Fireman".

Mark