[BC] AM Transmitters

[Chuck Lakaytis]

My understanding is that Continental is dependent on the Nautel IOC exciter, 
importer and exporter for their linearized FM line.  Without that 
Continental would be out of business.

I know that Continental took a big hit when the Texas accelerator project 
was canceled.  But their attempts at solid state AM were pitiful.  Maybe one 
reason that Nautel is so successful is that they never had any tube design 
engineering baggage.

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 ----- 
From: "Dana Puopolo" <dpuopolo at usa.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] AM Transmitters


Two years ago at NAB, the big news was that Continental and Nautel had 
joined
forces. Nautel transmitters would be marketed as Continentals in the USA, 
and
Continentals sold as Nautels in Canada and elsewhere. Did this deal go west?

-D



------ Original Message ------
Received: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:28:03 PM EDT
From: "Scott Cason" <scott at lagrange-com.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: [BC] AM Transmitters

>>Our domestic USA  AM Broadcast business was discontinued in  2001.
But watch
out you never know when "We'll be back".

But will it be too late?  With domestic production discontinued six
years ago, to bring Continental back would mean fighting through the
current crop of manufactures.  I liked Continental then, thought you
guys built solid AM transmitters. Now, with the disappearance of
Continental, I've been sold on Nautel.  For me to consider a new
Continental transmitter, you are gonna have to build and support them
better than Nautel in my case.  What I'm trying to say is that
Continental created a vacuum that's been filled for the most part.  Do
you think they could successfully get back into domestic AM production
now?  It would be a tough row to hoe.


Scott Cason
LaGrange Communications
www.lagrange-com.com
(877)265-9773
(502)213-0024


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