[BC] WLW DAVE

[Gary Glaenzer]

I've heard stories about transmitters 'built by GE by hand' (upstate NY
stations) that had 'power wire color coding' of the control circuits

IOW, black was 'hot' and white was 'ground' (neutral)

can anyone confirm this story ?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DHultsman5 at aol.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] WLW DAVE


>
> In a message dated 12/28/2006 3:00:06 PM Central Standard Time,
> stanleybadams at yahoo.com writes:
>
> GE which  was 40 I believe at the time of 1928.
>
>
>
> ***********************************
> Stanley
>
> No Doubt that GE was an old company,  but electrical equipment, switch
gear.
> transformers and appliances were the main business other than  Broadcast.
I
> would like to hear of some early GE transmitter dates.   My recollection
that
> either General Electric or Westinghouse  built the AC  distribution &
control
> panel for the RCA  BTA-5D transmitter I  had.
>
> Dave
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