[BC] when you had to bunk at the station

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

General Electric called their phase-modulator a Phasotron and the nameplates of the schematics listed (google Phasotron) in ebay also use that spelling and BTW, it is the current spelling for an electron device that uses an electron beam in a retarding magnetic field, the low-power principle upon which the FM modulator worked.

http://www.oldradio.com/archives/stations/LA/mtwilson3.htm

Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Fry" <rfry at adams.net>

RichardBJohnson recently posted these clips on Radiolists web pages:

> Surely someone who writes with such authority would at least spell-check 
> their text.
and
>My first venture into a real radio station was as a runaway and I stopped 
>by WTAG-FM on Asknebumskit Hill in Paxton. The Engineer in charge showed me 
>around the facility. He had to keep a transmitter log every 30 minutes, at 
>which time he would read the meters on a huge General Electric Model 4TF5A1 
>Phasotron transmitter and type the log.
and
>--sorry, I couldn't resist...
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With due respect, your own spell-checking is not perfect, either, even 
though, IMO, you present yourself with great authority.

Please research the correct spelling of "Phasotron."

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

RF