[BC] Re:1 5/8 foam coax

[Robert Meuser]

That was not an opinion it is a fact. Please enlighten me other wise.

R


Gary Glaenzer wrote:

>"There is no good excuse for running  something that old"
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>Oh, give us a break
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>While some other party's justifications may not agree with your opinions on
>the subject, a blanket statement such as above is nonsense.
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>----- 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
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>R
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>>Radiofldude at aol.com wrote:
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>>>What's wrong with a 30 year old transmitter?
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>>>I've got a 50 year old  one and minus a few easily repairable problems
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>and
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>>>the fact it's a powerhog, it  works fine.  If a 30 year old transmitter
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>works
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>>>fine.........and that's  what the station can afford, what's wrong?
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>>>It certainly isn't your place  to knock their choice.
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>>>Paul Walker
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