OK..LETS START THE LOW POWER FM

[deltas69]

http://nashville.craigslist.org/ele/939919879.html anybody have any ideas what one could do with this ??? bet scott is the first to answer..lol ;D

 

[mattthepm]

I wouldn't mind getting it just for the equipment rack.

 

[Tibbs4]

Twenty bucks, huh? Wow! After a few minor upgrades you could have yourself a nice little FM doing better business than the FAN.
I bet the entire overhaul won't cost a penny over $100,000.00. CR, Buddy, Scott...anyone want to chip in $4.00 each and offer $16,
firm?

 

[Tibbs4]

Man, brain in overdrive...this is it...I have tears in my eyes:

Top-rated MISTY 96 wets listeners whistles for Disco

WMRO-FM signed on with an all disco format and promptly ranks
#1 beating longtime market leaders WJXA, WCJK and WUBT.
Mix 92.9 is now number 34th and is considering an all-Rupert
all-the-time format after playing Christmas music. "Lionel
Ritchie started dancin' on the ceilin' at Misty and Mix imploded",
reports Mix's Bryan Sargent. "That's alright, them boys can't play
Rimes, Rascal and Ritchie like we can. Let 'em have the Bee
Gees." The seasoned owners paid $25 for the station and hope
to be debt free by 2075," says part-time air personality Dave
'Disco Duck' Ramsey. Buddy Sadler is voice tracking subliminal
"We Hate Scott" messages over WHIN to combat the Sumner
County listenership. The biggest success seems to be the
weekend dance parties all over town sponsored by Arbor Mist.
The station overall rated .... (edit) ....

 

[olebud]

Tibbs.....you have way too much imagination and way too much time on your hands....but I liked it.

 

[deltas69]

OK...enough joking around..seriously..could we pirate this thing off a tower up on the portland ridge..pretty high up there..lot of towers.old studio bldg still standing..needs a roof, floor, couple of walls..but hey..the transmitter is a steal..i can get a local bank to go for it...he!!..i've almost got enough in my checkbook to buy it outright...if only buck rogers were still around..ehh..olebud ? :

 

[Tibbs4]

I was just taking a much needed stress break on my last post...thanks for putting up with it.
I'm not sure the ridge is the best spot to maximize advertising. We could do it over at CC OHB/Btwd and
probably get away with it, or better yet use one of the Crumy towers..no one ever checks or
uses them.

 

[deltas69]

I'm not sure the ridge is the best spot to maximize advertising we're not going to worry about that..we're just going to play free form rock..everyone gets a six hour shift (with no pay true to broadcast standards)..BUT..on your shift..you get to play what YOU want to..we apply for a government grant ..or.. i bet...we could take pledges like public tv..there would be people willing to pledge to hear something totally different and live in nashville...people would listen just to hear what the heck is coming up next...think of the deeeeep playlist such a station would have...

 

[olebud]

Quote from Delta:

we're not going to worry about that..we're just going to play free form rock..everyone gets a six hour shift (with no pay true to broadcast standards)..

Sorry big D...but I never lived by those broadcast standards...even I have my limits...if I can't get at least 2.50 an hour, I'm out. >>but I'll try to listen once in a while

(free...no pay....don't know where this guy worked but....wow...wonder who saw him coming..... work for nothing....even old broadcasters have their standards....especially the old one... ;D

 

[scottwmro]

I'm not sure the ridge is the best spot to maximize advertising we're not going to worry about that..we're just going to play free form rock..everyone gets a six hour shift (with no pay true to broadcast standards)..BUT..on your shift..you get to play what YOU want to..we apply for a government grant ..or.. i bet...we could take pledges like public tv..there would be people willing to pledge to hear something totally different and live in nashville...people would listen just to hear what the heck is coming up next...think of the deeeeep playlist such a station would have...

Richard Pryor over at Gallatin Electric asked me about this the other day. Most of the ham operators I know are usually into the vintage AM gear, like Collins, Gates, Raytheon consoles and transmitters. I wonder who this guy is and how he got this old FM box? I like the old AM boxes myself, especially the ones with the 4-400 tubes. Anyone recall Ron Simpson's tube transmitter at the Portland station, that Ted Randall got his hands on? I wanted that box. I know Delta recalls it. The tubes were line up differently than the Collins Transmitters, but Ray McMartin who manufactured those AM boxes could never get it right. I've never seen one around this market not give anybody major trouble.

Looking at the vintage meters on that old Collins FM box, I would say that was a late 40's or early 50's FM box. It would make a good back up for one of the commerical FM's around here, but it may not be able to handle FM IBOC. Those round western electric meter's remind me of the RCA Transmitters of the late 30's thru the mid 40's. Really Cool. If it was an AM box, I would buy it!

 

[scottwmro]

Let me back up, I looked at the transmitter again. I think that is a 60's vintage transmitter. It's still good, and can be retuned to any channel on the FM band. Collins always made the best gear in radio.

 

[deltas69]

if I can't get at least 2.50 an hour, I'm out. Shocked >>but I'll try to listen once in a while..now buddy...you know i can't pay you as much as WHIN...we're doing this for the glory..the fun..the ego..on second thought..at 2.50 per hour..you can do a five minute newscats every hour..lets see..2.50 per hour..one five minute newscast..thats 1/12th of an hour ..comes to..naught goes into naught..ughh,,..well..it's less than a quarter..ok..your hired..

 

[olebud]

Okay....I'll work less than the $2.50....but have to have insurance and vacation.

I'm over that ego thing too...it's all about the perks,

 

[deltas69]

yea..perks..remember the days of trade outs ? i used to tradeout burgers,pizza, cokes at the tastee freez, beer at rochelles mkt...got into the sumner drive in free,..had carte blanche' at the snack bar...gas was 30 cents a gallon..working 10 to 3...life was good..til 1974..got married..gas doubled, lost the trade outs,..rest of my life has been like "rainman".. :'(

 

[jharmon]

Low Power FM's? Most full power FM's are struggling in today's recession.
I got an idea, let's get a license for 1kw daytime AM. That should make a difference in today's world.

 

[K4WRF]

That is a Collins A830 stereo generator and exciter circa 1966 alright. The cabinet looks like an old two-way radio chassis. It used a 2E26 as final and 5763 as driver tube. Most of these had a basic design flaw in the driver that resulted in having to replace the driver tube about every month. I was able to resolve the issue but it has now been so long ago I can’t remember the specifics of the fix. Anyway, you would not like it because the low-pass filters in the stereo generator would over-shoot; you wound up running the modulation low to compensate for this condition, NOT acceptable in today’s competitive environment. I received an FCC citation for over modulation, learned a hard lesson.

Take your hard earned money and buy your grandkids a gold certificate. It’s a better investment and they will need it someday.

w/

 

[deltas69]

but watt..this would make such a great conversation piece in my living room..get all the lights and stuff to come on..maybe a little 60 cycle hum coming out of it...maybe hide a short wave inside and tune in far off places..surely someone could have a lot of fun for 20 bucks..lol

 

[K4WRF]

but watt..this would make such a great conversation piece in my living room..get all the lights and stuff to come on..maybe a little 60 cycle hum coming out of it...maybe hide a short wave inside and tune in far off places..surely someone could have a lot of fun for 20 bucks..lol

No! No! NO! and NO!!!
Fuggitaboutit…. You just gonna get in trouble with your wife! Besides, if you buy this thing then at some point, you’re going to want to hook an antenna to it. Then you will have to have an audio console, microphone, speakers, turntables, on and on; next, it’ll be audio processing because it ain’t as loud as 105.9…. Oh God! Then when it breaks, you’re gonna want me to come over there and fix it at two in morning right smack in the middle of a damn snow storm. You see!
Just go buy one of those electric imitation fire places, naugahyde couch and a lava lamp, you’ll be just as happy…. Trust me on this.

w/

 

[deltas69]

well i have everything but a tower..heyyyyyy wait a minute..i could hook it up to the wife...have her hold an old shower rod i have...is 10 watts fatal ?

 

[scottwmro]

but watt..this would make such a great conversation piece in my living room..get all the lights and stuff to come on..maybe a little 60 cycle hum coming out of it...maybe hide a short wave inside and tune in far off places..surely someone could have a lot of fun for 20 bucks..lol

No! No! NO! and NO!!!
Fuggitaboutit…. You just gonna get in trouble with your wife! Besides, if you buy this thing then at some point, you’re going to want to hook an antenna to it. Then you will have to have an audio console, microphone, speakers, turntables, on and on; next, it’ll be audio processing because it ain’t as loud as 105.9…. Oh God! Then when it breaks, you’re gonna want me to come over there and fix it at two in morning right smack in the middle of a damn snow storm. You see!
Just go buy one of those electric imitation fire places, naugahyde couch and a lava lamp, you’ll be just as happy…. Trust me on this.

w/

Watt,

I wonder if Dave Hultsman has had his hands in this box? I'll ask him when I see him at NAB "09" in Vegas.

Scott