[BC] The cause of Gates Radio's slide

[Phil Alexander]

On 4 Feb 2007 at 11:40, Gary Glaenzer wrote:

 > you were taught incorrectly, then
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Robert Meuser" <Robertm at broadcast.net>
 > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:48 AM
 >
 > > Maybe I am spoiled, but I never had to work on original Gates gear.

Indeed! And obviously so. The real GATES hardware was quite good.

The "Quincy Tin Works" moniker came about through George Diveley's
edict to build at lower cost once Harris-Intertype bought Gates in
1957. (Although Parker Gates stayed for 10 years as President, the
major policy directives came from Cleveland.)

Gates, before Harris, made good iron that, for the day, was all a
broadcaster could want. The Gates BC-250GY, BC-500GY, BC-1F, BC-5B etc.
were reliable, easy to work on, strongly built and would withstand
more abuse than anything on the market in the 50's. This was the
second and last generation of true Gates equipment. After that,
the mantra was - build it cheaper, build it cheaper. The result was
the infamous BC-1T in its first incarnation.


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Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD