[BC] Harris Corp. Seeks Cuts in Transmitter Business

[Gary Glaenzer]

you were taught incorrectly, then


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Meuser" <Robertm at broadcast.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Harris Corp. Seeks Cuts in Transmitter Business


> 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.
> >
> >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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