[BC] RCA History earliest transmitter

[Jerry Mathis]

WDNX, 89.1 Savannah, TN installed one, but it never was on the air except
for about one day.Your description of it is pretty accurate. WDNX bought it
from Dean Spidel in Cape Girardeau, MO, where he had one actually on air and
operating full-time. Unfortunately, the Engineer at WDNX had a penchant for
"jury-rigging" things, and by the time he was through, the GEL was a piece
of junk. It still sits in the old transmitter building, at the base of the
150' self-supporting tower.

JM



On 12/29/06, Mark Humphrey <mark3xy at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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
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