[BC] Worst engineering ever

[Chuck Lakaytis]

Tis true, and one reason why you will never here me pine for the good old 
days.  In most of rural America and some of the bigger markets, things were 
often in a sorry state.

Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
135 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
907 277 6300
907 277 6359 FAX
907 301 4339 Cell
----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: [BC] Worst engineering ever


>
> In a message dated 4/9/07 11:33:44 AM Central Daylight Time,
> broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:
>
> << > Years ago while engineering in western Kansas, I came across a 
> transmitter
>
> >  site that was repeating another station.  The equipment consisted of a
> table
> >  radio with a Shure microphone stuck against the speaker grill.  The 
> > Shure
> >  fed one of those incredibly bad Shure mixers. (M267?).  I had always
> >  wondered why the audio was so bad and where the blower noise was coming
> >  from.
>
> Oh no... this *must* a case of "You can't make this stuff up!"
>
> That has got to be one of the WORST cases of "engineering" ever! Can 
> anyone
> else top this?
>
> Willie...
>
>  >>
>
> This is as funny as the story I heard about a station manager who wanted 
> to
> use a Mr. Microphone for a backup transmitter. The man either liked RF 
> burns
> (assuming a VERY high powered Mr. Mic), or was not particularly concerned 
> with
> coverage beyond the receptionist's desk.
>
> But this too, is one of those stories you can't help wondering if it is 
> bull
> feces or not.
>
>
>
> Jeff Glass
>
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