[BC] Nautel

[Gary Glaenzer]

I'd bet that BE would have

Harris ?  anyone's guess


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Cason" <scott at lagrange-com.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:42 AM
Subject: [BC] Nautel


> >>Anyway, in light of the present discussion, (all of it, not just the
> above) 
> it looks like my 50/50 opinion between Harris & Nautel just leaned a
> little 
> more in Nautel's favor. Maybe 45/55.
> 
> Since I'm on a self imposed "snow day" (hey, if Jefferson county schools
> can let out early for a "trace" of snow, I can have a snow day too),
> I'll respond to this from Willie.
> 
> It's getting to the point now that all transmitters are basically the
> same.  Everyone has a solid state rig that can fit into a rack. And most
> of these rigs are somewhat reliable. However, I had an experience with
> Nautel that has garnered them even more favor with me I want to relate.
> The Monday before Thanksgiving last year the phone rang at 7 am.  THIS
> is never a good sign and I could tell by the ring something was wrong.
> One of my clients was still using a Bauer 707 and it had finally given
> up the ghost.  I drove down to see if there was anything that could be
> done.  After two hours of working on the rig, I determined it's time to
> replace it (I have since found repair parts and hope to get it back up
> and going when the weather is more hospitable).  At 4 that afternoon, we
> had convinced the owner to replace it with a new Nautel Jazz 1000 rig
> and the order was placed.  11pm Tuesday night, the new transmitter was
> waiting for me at the Louisville airport (a 1kw transmitter shipped in
> two boxes, who would have thunk it?).  By 6 o'clock Wednesday morning
> they were back on the air.  We eventually had to go back down and retune
> the antenna to make the Nautel happy, which also explained why they were
> going through two sets of PA tubes a year.  Although it was Thanksgiving
> week, the guys at Nautel really bent over backwards for us to get the
> transmitter here.  Would Harris or BE have done that?  Possibly.  Past
> experience with Nautel had me convinced this is the transmitter I wanted
> for these guys.  Nautel didn't let me down.
> 
> Scott Cason
> LaGrange Communications
> www.lagrange-com.com
> (877)265-9773
> (502)213-0024
> 
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