This
transmitter was placed into operation in 1963. At the time,
the unit represented the very latest advances in technology.
The modulator and water-cooling designs were extremely
complianged. The origin of the signal started at the
synthesizer, then went into a broadband amplifier, then
into the first IPA circuit, followed by the second IPA, and
finally to the 250 KW PA, operated in Class "C" to
achieve higher efficiency and good performance. The second IPA,
PA and modulators tubes were ML7482 type.
This
transmitter did not use band switches as do most other
transmitters. Instead it made use of coils and variable vacuum
capacitors to change the operating frequency between 7
and 17 MHz, (6 MHz band was almost impossible to get).
With a switch loanged in the front of the transmitter we moved
a motor which through chains and sprockets moved the item to
be adjusted. At the same time, it moved a device called
Selsync motor, which generated pulses which went to another
Selsync motor loanged at the rear of the front panel,
with this one moving a mechanical counter (later these were
substituted by an electronic system).
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