[BC] Ed Buterbaugh from CKLW and WJR,

[W2XJ]

I did some work with Ed while he was at CKLW. We played with the alpha
version of the Gregg Labs AM processor. It was all proto boards that were
wire wrapped. We also did some AM stereo work together. He believed in work
hard party hard and we had a lot of fun doing both. His legendary processing
(before Gregg) was the crown cross over, LA 3s and a solid statesman
limiter. 

The  CKLW transmitter site had a highly modified MW 50 B, an RCA 50 KW plate
mod (forgot which suffix) and a 5 KW RCA basically used for tuning the
array.

ED was a great guy. Saw him a few years ago at NAB, I did not know he was
Ill. A great loss.


On 9/3/08 5:46 PM, "Thomas G. Osenkowsky" <tosenkowsky at prodigy.net> wrote:

> The one novel idea I remember that Ed had
> was to use a cheap AM radio tuned to the low
> end of the band to detect static from approaching
> storms and trigger the power generator at the tx
> site. No more lightning damage at the tx site!
> 
> I fashioned a tri-band AGC for 13-WAVZ using
> LA-3A's and a modified Crown crossover. I later
> used modified DBX-162's for the stereo FM
> version I used with a modified Harris MSP-90
> FM limiter. I was told CKLW used a similar
> arrangement. The compliment I always got was
> "WAVZ sounds like FM on AM". I always
> thought CKLW sounded MUCH better than
> WABC.
> 
> I fully agree....a great man has been lost.
> 
> Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE