[BC] RCA History earliest transmitter

[DHultsman5@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/29/2006 5:36:59 PM Central Standard Time,  
jsomich at gmail.com writes:

Saw an  NEC UHF transmitter in very nice condition in Seattle a few years
back.  I'll bet its still in operation, but I can't remember the  call
letters.  It even had the original NEC  exciter!



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I haven't included foreign manufacturers in my origional list.  If  so,  on 
of the oldest if not the oldest companies that is still operating  is the 
German company Telefunken,   which recentkly changed its  name.  As I recall when 
they were owned by Continental I jad some  literature from them that dated back 
to pre 1900 a very historical  company.
 
RE; NEC TV transmitters,  I have never met a NEC TV owner that was  unhappy 
with the TV transmitters.  Things are changing now since the single  US support 
employee has retired.   There are two NEC TV transmitters  paralleled in 
Birmingham on Channel 6.   They built UHF and VHF  transmitters and sold quite a 
few in the US.
 
NEC also built FM transmitters but I only saw one in the field in a small  
station in Cocoa Beach, FL.  The others were seen at the NAB show.
 
Dave