transmitters (was: WCAP Update)

Kevin Vahey kvahey@gmail.com
Mon Sep 2 14:45:35 EDT 2013


Wasn't the WLLH Lowell transmitter at the old Giant department store on
Dutton St?

My recollection is that WLLH caused a RF nightmare at WXPO-TV 2 blocks away
and the TV station's hopes of becoming a commercial production house were
ruined as they didn't have the money to fix the problem.

There were several nights that we taped things in the middle of the night
when WLLH was off air.


On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Michael Wilkins <wilkinsmg@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Gary,  you're absolutely right! My mistake. (Sad, really. I was there for
> that move.) Mike
>
> > From: gary@garysicecream.com
> > To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
> > Subject: RE: transmitters (was: WCAP Update)
> > Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 12:03:42 -0400
> >
> > In all my days at WLLH I don't ever think they were ever on Middlesex
> > Street.  They went from Broadway to Church Street and then to the hotel.
> >
> >                     Gary's Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA
> > www.garysicecream.com           www.icecreamcollege.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org
> > [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@lists.BostonRadio.org] On Behalf
> Of
> > Michael Wilkins
> > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 10:52 AM
> > Cc: Boston Radio Group
> > Subject: transmitters (was: WCAP Update)
> >
> > Just for fun, and while on the subject of transmitters and tube
> replacement,
> > I thought I'd take two quick snapshots of the Western Electric 310A
> manual
> > cover:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgwilkins/9655397396/
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgwilkins/9652151007
> > On page 13, it actually has (under "General Features") a line for "Tube
> > Cost" which states, " An approximate cost of the replacement tube
> complement
> > (my note: that's 15 tubes for the 100-watt model)  $210.00" That's in
> 1935
> > dollars.
> > Btw, this transmitter was at the WLLH 4 Broadway studios (as a back-up)
> > until WLLH moved to Middlesex Street. (The transmitter did not make the
> > move)
> > Mike
> >
>
>


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