[BC] Re:1 5/8 foam coax

[Gary Glaenzer]

"There is no good excuse for running  something that old"

Oh, give us a break

While some other party's justifications may not agree with your opinions on
the subject, a blanket statement such as above is nonsense.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Meuser" <Robertm at broadcast.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Re:1 5/8 foam coax


> First it has been proved in the very smallest markets newer TXs save
> money and pay for them selves. There is no good excuse for running
> something that old. At the minimum your tubes will continue to be harder
> to get,  will be of less quality, cost more and have a shorter life. All
> that and you pay more for power and are not as loud as you could be.
>
> That being said, in the specific case given in the thread a  317B was
> installed in 1992.   That design was replaced in 1966 but a much more
> efficient design. Since that time newer technologies have replaced that.
> So more than even age, we are talking about something that is three
> design cycles old at the time of install. We are talking about something
> that takes up much more space, uses much more power and requires much
> more cooling than newer designs. Then after all that it does not
> modulate nearly as well as newer designs.  Power consumption is a
> significant cost factor at 50 kw.
>
>
> Age of a TX is not always important as an absolute number. For example a
> 27 year old Amphet TX would be reasonable to keep on air if you can
> still find the transistors. It is not the newest design but it is
> reasonably close if you really need to save the money, that is if it has
> been reasonably maintained over the years.
>
> R
>
>
> Radiofldude at aol.com wrote:
>
> >What's wrong with a 30 year old transmitter?
> >
> >I've got a 50 year old  one and minus a few easily repairable problems
and
> >the fact it's a powerhog, it  works fine.  If a 30 year old transmitter
works
> >fine.........and that's  what the station can afford, what's wrong?
> >
> >It certainly isn't your place  to knock their choice.
> >
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