[BC] The cause of Gates Radio's slide

[Stan Tacker]

>My Sta-Level doesn't have the decal --  but IIRC, Gates' tagline in
>those days (late '50s) was something like "Hi-Watter -- More watts per
>dollar".

I can remember an older engineer claiming that the Hi Watter series used
lower cost components with wider tolerances.  I don't know if there was any
truth to that.  I still have a BC 1-F as a backup at one station and it has
a Hi Watter sticker inside it.  The 1-F is the two cabinet kilowatt, built
like a tank.  Loudest tube transmitter I have ever owned.  The 1F dates back
to around 1948, well before the days of "tin."  Suppose they made a regular
series transmitter and a Hi Watter in the same module?

stan