[BC] Harris Corp. Seeks Cuts in Transmitter Business

[Robert Meuser]

Maybe I am spoiled, but I never had to work on original Gates gear. I 
was taught that it was inferior and real broadcasters used Collins or if 
high power they used Continental or they used RCA. That being said, my 
real world observations pretty much agreed with what I was taught.  When 
the Gates One came out, my impression was it was named that way because 
it was a cheap transmitter that adhered to the old Quincy Tin Works 
standard that Harris after many years had purged from their newer gear. 
I have had to work on those and they certainly are not up to current 
Harris standards. Then there are a number of other brands that could not 
meet the Quincy Tin Works standard on a good day. Then there is Nautel 
that learned well from Continental in their glory days.

R


Phil Alexander wrote:

>I thought this was the reason they tried to revive the
>Gates name 10 years ago, and it might have been. But,
>demand spiked with digital rolling out in TV and radio
>so they stuck around.
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>For those who are nostalgic, the true "spirit" of Gates
>left the building with Larry Cervone and George Yazell
>when they moved across town and started producing a
>full equipment line with what had been Spotmaster.
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