[BC] Harris Corp. Seeks Cuts in Transmitter Business

[Robert Meuser]

Well, you know when I grew up to be in the position of having a lot of 
purchasing power, I did buy Harris gear including a number of MW 50s. I 
bought enough that I was invited to Quincy for a number of focus groups 
as to how to improve the products both technically and image wise. The 
phrase Quincy Tin works was used more than once by a number of engineers 
in those focus groups. We collectively pretty well ripped many of the 
existing products at the time. Those focus groups and other research 
done at the time is what brought about the fine products made today. Bob 
Wireather was the man IMHO who was responsible for pushing for the turn 
around of both the quality and design of the brand. Things have changed 
drastically since the bad old days. I am sure the company will survive 
the cut backs.

R


Gary Glaenzer wrote:

>you were taught incorrectly, then
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>----- 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
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>>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.
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>>R
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>>Phil Alexander wrote:
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>>>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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>>> 
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