This is the Equipment Archive Section of
The Broadcast Archive

Maintained by:
Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Last Update 3/28/08

If you can help share some information, tech tips, pictures, dates and original prices, please do. Thanks! 

Transmitters
(Some tech tips are embedded as folks share them with us.)

AEL 

Bauer

Broadcast Electronics

CCA

CCI Cetec-Sparta Collins Radio Continental Electronics
CSI de Forest Energy Onix Federal Telegraph
Gates Radio General Electric Harris

ITA

Larcan McMartin Nautel, Ltd. QEI
Raytheon RCA REL Singer
Standard Visual

Western Electric Westinghouse Miscellaneous

Additional Tech Tips: They may say "Parts is Parts," but you should check out 
John Stortz' Top Ten list 
of rules to consider when dealing with replacement parts.

Where do old transmitters go? Many older units end up with amateur operators who
restore the transmitters and love to watch the tubes glow! Check out amfone.net

Studio Equipment:

Ampex

Autogram

Broadcast Electronics CCA

Cetec-Sparta

Collins

Continental Electronics

Electro-Voice

Fidelipac Gates Radio General Electric General Radio
Harris ITC Klotz MacKenzie
McMartin Magnecorder Ramko RCA
Studer Ward-Beck Western Electric Misc

The first:
Solid state console: 1958 - Cyril Brennan
Alternative: GE - 1960??
Stereo Console - ???

Antennas and towers:

Blaw-Knox

Dielectric

ERI

Jampro

Phelps Dodge

Pi-Rod

Rohn

Shively

Stainless

Utility

Wincharger

Test and Monitoring:

Burk

General Radio

Moseley

Nems-Clark 120-E

RCA

Rust

TFT

Processing:

CBS

Collins Radio

CRL

Dorrough

Gates

Harris

Omnia

Orban

Television equipment:

RCA TV Studio Gear

Ampex Studio Gear

Transmission Basics:

AM
FM
AM Stereo
FM Quad
IBOC (IBAC)
AM Antennas
FM Antennas

Receivers:

Want to see a lot of old AM radios? Try this link to Ernest Erb's site: radiomuseum.org
or this link to amradios.com

Other links dealing with receivers:

Philco
Bang & Olufson

Miscellaneous:

 

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