[BC] BE FM-35A

[gRAdy Moates]

I have a client who successfully upgraded one of these boxes with the new 
IPA, new grid circuit and new tube socket, and it sings like a little 
birdy.

Of course, they had owned it since it was new, so
there was not old transmitter to buy, no packing, loading, unloading and 
installing, and since they had owned it since it was a baby, they knew all 
of it's stresses throughout it's life.

But, it sounds much better, has much lower Incidental AM, and the IAM is 
doesn't drift over time.

The owner thinks it was a good investment to upgrade, rather than buy new.

Grady

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark W. Croom" <markc at kjly.com>


> Is it not true that an A series transmitter is upgradeable with a new 
> controller, etc? I thought that was one of the cool selling points for 
> BE, that they made their new designs compatible enough that the older 
> boxes could be upgraded.
>
> If I didn't have a new transmitter as an option, I'd consider something 
> upgradeable (given a knowledge of all the costs, which I don't have at my 
> fingertips).
>
> Mark
> MN
>
> Cowboy wrote:
>> On Monday 08 September 2008 12:45 pm, Jim Offerdahl wrote:
>>
>>>  We are looking at purchasing a used 1986 vitage BE FM-35A transmitter.
>>>
>>
>>  An A series ?
>>  Run away, run away.........
>>
>>  As I recall, the logic in there is RTL, which hasn't been produced
>>  by anyone for years.
>>  Sometimes, you can swap chips around to get it back on the air,
>>  ( spent the better part of a cold night on Cheyenne Mountain )
>>  but sometimes not, and then you're pretty much done. There are no 
>> replacements, unless you buy another A for parts.
>>
>>  As I recall........
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