[BC] In search of Harris SX1

[Broadcast List USER]

I MORE than agree with you.

I once was the chief at a major market station.  When I took over,  
the AUX would only make just under 5 kW, on a 25 kW PA.

Once I fixed it, that MUCH OLDER transmitter became my Main, and the  
newer transmitter of the same design became my Alternate Main.

WHY?  Because the newer transmitter would ALWAYS come up when cold.   
The older one -- maybe not.

The older one would STAY on the air, but may not always start from cold.

I get it.  Your Alternate Main, or Auxiliary Transmitter MUST start  
reliably.

--chip

On Mar 9, 2009, at 6:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 25
> From: Xmitters at aol.com
>
>  Hi Mike.
>
> not sure what you mean by that last line, even though I am a bit of  
> a Trek
> fan :-) My main and auxiliary need to have equal reliability. I do  
> not like
> midday carrier interruptions even if I had the most reliable backup  
> on earth.
>
> There is a very bad engineering attitude that has been floating  
> around for
> years. " Ah what he hell, it's good enough for a backup."  Eh,  
> sorry, no. The
> backup has to be reliable because when you need it, you NEED IT!.
>
> Jeff Glass
> Northern Illinois University