[Tech-Assist] AT&T 'MFT' amplifier card ??

[Gary Glaenzer]

even if he would have just approximated the settings on the old one would 
have been fine

It's AM Talk, not Symphonic Music............

and I think they use 'MFT Card' as a generic description for any card in a 
signal path

most likely it is a Tellabs 4008, that's all they used back in the 80's when 
this was set up (circuit was re-built in 82 after the Great KHMO 
Conflagration); there's one at the CO, one about 2 miles down the line, and 
one at the site about 4 miles farther out

From: "Alan Alsobrook" <radiotech at bellsouth.net>

> On 3/31/2012 1:08 PM, Gary Glaenzer wrote:
>> I suppose the CO guy just took the new one out of the box and plugged it 
>> in
>> without checking switch / jumper settings etc
>
> I would agree, they likely swapped the card and didn't realize that each
> card in the path has to be setup equalized and leveled. Unless they have
> an old tech, they may not even know how to, or have the proper test
> equipment anymore to set it up.