[BC] RCA History earliest transmitter

[Robert Meuser]

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R


Dana Puopolo wrote:

>Another company that made exciters in the '50's/early '60's was ERCO Corp,
>Based in (I believe) Nassau County, Long Island, NY.
>
>I saw one of their exciters when I contracted for (now defunct) WGLI 1290,
>Babylon back in the '70's. It was in their back room - and took up a whole
>rack. It was on 103.5 (WTFM). It was designed to work with the Crosley stereo
>FM system.
>
>Jim Allsopp worked for me at WGSM. I gave him the exciter, as he had worked
>for ERCO and actually designed it. His initials were all over the blueprints.
>His mother in law owned the company, and when he got divorced, the company
>foundered.
>
>I have no idea if ERCO made transmitters, but I wouldn't be surprised if they
>did.
>
>-D
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>------ Original Message ------
>Received: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:58:30 PM EST
>From: "Mark Humphrey" <mark3xy at gmail.com>
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] RCA History earliest transmitter
>
>On 12/29/06, Dana  Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
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>>Was there not a GEL FM transmitter? I recall seeing one back in the 70's at
>>WVCA in Glousester, MA.
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>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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