[BC] The State Of Radio Today......

[Mark Earle]

HMMM inquiring minds want to know what "flamed out" so bad that it can't=
 be fixed?


Well.. the IPA stuff.. the radio had been on fire.. burnt wires out of t=
he step start contactors.. lots of stuff... we had planned on replacing =
it, and were able to get a new transmitter ASAP as it worked out. This i=
s the main revenue generator station for the group and it was / is desir=
ed to have a reliable main. =


The FM20H2 is one of the very early ones that didn't even have the overl=
oad lamps to tell you why it wouldn't start :-)

The nick-name of this series of radios is "FlameThrower" after all. 

This site loses power even on sunny days, and the 20H2 doesn't seem to l=
ike that - I think that added to it being pretty "cranky". =


A DRS/Continental (with the "Jet Engine" blower I dispise) is in service=
 now. =


Oh and KLTG is 96.5, not 96.4.. typo.. :)

Mark,
      How old are you? You are indeed fortunate to have those people aro=
und. I started in this business as the ripe age of 18, when I went to wo=
rk for WOOD-AM-FM. My boss didn't want to teach me anything (job =


Well, in my 40's.. barely .. :) been doing radio since 1997. USAF and ot=
her transmitter maintenance and two way before that. =


I love working with others and learning - I always learn something!

     ( (     Mark
      ) )    =

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