[BC] Why an older transmitter may be a good choice

[Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE]

Absolutely keep the old TX.  Of the 10 SS tx's I have 
installed for clients only 2 completely removed the old 
rigs.  They were dead anyway and would have cost a fortune 
to make even partially operable.  A couple are setup to be 
transferred by remote control.  Most require moving audio 
and antenna.

A 2.5kw Omnitronix has had the audio and antenna 
connections worn out from changing back and forth to the 
old CCA while the Omnitronix is broken...  I begged the 
owners to wait and buy something else.

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At 06:01 PM 2/20/2007, Rob Atkinson wrote
I agree that a s.s. tx makes sense monitarily, but 
something happened recently that made me think keeping an 
old tube rig as an aux is not a bad idea.  I can't recall 
what it was for sure but it may have been the WFIN tower 
accident.  I guess if you have an antenna emergency and you 
have to temporarily work into a less than satisfactory 
load, a tube rig might be happier with that.

rob atkinson
st. charles IL
k5uj

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I once bet a station that they could borrow the money and
make payments for 5 years on a new 1kw Energy Onyx for the
same as maintenance and energy costs on the old RCA.  I
told them that I would pay the difference if they couldn't
do it.  I should have put a stipulation in that they had to
pay me the difference if it was less.  They paid it off in
a little over 4 years of maintenance and energy
savings.  It was running a bunch of PSSA power into a dummy
all night.

The new transmitter has operated over 4 years with no
maintenance other than cleaning and a couple of high
current bridge rectifiers.

At some point it just doesn't make CENTS to keep throwing
money at an old transmitter.

Later,

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