[BC] Re: Buying new AM transmitters - Harris

[Bailey, Scott]

That was one of the PLUS features of the Harris Boxes.  I had a Gates
One and it had a tunable output. Nautel & BE didn't. Armstrong doesn't
either, but I bet they could build a custom on for a customer.

Scott

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Subject: [BC] Re: Buying new AM transmitters - Harris


In a message dated 4/23/07 10:17:25 PM Central Daylight Time, 
broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:

<< In a message dated 04/23/2007 12:08:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
sbailey at n
espower.com writes:    > I would buy a BE, but I've heard some strange
stories 
with them, unless
 >  they have cleaned up their act.  Nautel is too expensive, and Harris
is
 >  OUT of the question with me!
 
 Hmmm... interesting... how the *bottom* of your short list is actually
the 
 *top* of mine! ;)
 
 The old adage, "You get what you pay for" is absolutely true. In nearly
20 
 years in this biz, I have heard *nothing* negative about Nautel, and 
everything
  
 *positive*. I think you would do well to see if you can afford the 
additional 
 cost. Believe me, it's worth it. The quality of the box, along with
their 
 *outstanding* customer service has put them squarely at the top of my
very 
shor
 t 
 list.
 
 Back in 1996/7, it was down to Harris & Nautel for our new 5kw box. At
that 
 time, Nautel did not have a tunable output, Harris did. I do not regret

getting
  
 the Harris Gates 5 for a minute, though. :) It's been a "cream puff".
The 
 only "major" work it has needed in all this time, was the replacement
of 4 
larg
 e 
 electrolytic caps in the PDM system. (Their failure mode: sloshing.)
 
 Suffice it to say, if the time ever comes that I need a new box, it's
going 
 to be a Nautel. Over time, the additional up-front expense will work
itself 
out
  
 to be a bargain!
 
 Willie...
  >>
Willie:

If you like your Harris so much, why would you want to go Nautel? I have

nothing against Nautel; they make a darned nice box and I would love to
take ca
re 
of one. 

Not sure what the difference in cost is between Harris and Nautel, but
it 
must be more than a complete set of replacement PDM capacitors, or you
would ha
ve 
one. Once you have something that's winning, why change? 


Jeff Glass, BSEE CSRE
Chief Engineer
WNIU WNIJ
Northern Illinois University

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