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Broadcast Electronics console

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jimoneal

I am trying to find information, preferably photos, on a particular (fairly common, for the era) Broadcast Electronics console. It was installed at an AM/FM combo I worked for in the early 1980's. The three studios AM control, production room and FM control used various models in the same BE product line; two 5 channel mono units and an 8 channel stereo version in FM. This was in 1983 and the boards didn't seem to be any more than 10 - 12 years old; I assume manufactured in the 70's. I've researched the company's website and found manuals that featured similar units, but the consoles I am looking for had a variation in the design. The pots were rotary, silver colored with no silk screening, with only a slight taper of the console face. The switches had rounded knobs not the tapered design of the "newer" vintage. Last year I did find an 8 channel mono unit on eBay, but did not win the bid. I would like to outfit my vintage home studio with one of these BE units in good repair, any info would be appreciated.
 
The model you are wanting is a BE 100 or 200 series.. The "newer" version was the 150-250 series. What other information are you looking for about these consoles? I have a few of the manuals and would be glad to help you with whatever you need.
 
100 series, that makes sense; Thank you. The BE website has the 100 and 200 series manuals, but they did con contain photos of them so I was not 100% positive these were the right units until now. Was the 200 series an "upgrade?"
 
If memory serves, the 100 series had carbon pots for the attenuators, while the 200s had step attenuators. There might of been a couple of other changes as well.
 
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