A video about a software tool for radio amateurs called WSPR or Weak Signal Propagation Reporter which is commonly referred to as ‘whisper’.
Radio hobbyists rescue a retired broadcast transmitter to restore and retune for vintage storytelling on shortwave. More at amfone.net
Video Rating: 4 / 5
im in the process of working out a deal with CHVO on their old AM transmitter. they switched to FM a few weeks ago.
Men of iron!
73, Mark
WA5VQM
Very lucky! That is an impressive machine.
Great video. I think my back started to ache watching those guys haul around all that iron.
we ahve som old transmitters that ill part out and salvig it
It fit like a glove in that van,Fantastic. Good luck with it!
Ahhh ye ol 1G I had care of a 1T in my early engineering days (early 90’s) Its still on the air as a daytimer.
Yep yep hauled many a transmitter in the family truckster.
That rescued transmitter looks an awful lot like a Gates BC-1G (or is it a T)?
Its a “Big G” as Gates called it. The older “T” had the triangular viewing window, and the newer “H” had a rectangular viewing window across the door. The 833A were arrayed left to right in the “H,” a configuration seen in the 1950s “J” model and older.
What would be the output of something like this?
These were marketed to stations that were licensed for 1,000 watts, and typically also had a “nighttime” or pre-sunrise power authorization of 250 or 500 watts. There is a power reduction setting and circuitry to accomplish this. A very similar model is the BC-500, which has only a single 833A in the fnal.
I wonder what station this is????
I have 12 of these in the craw space of my home.
Well done.
73..Karl
VK7HDX
That buzzing around 3:15. I hear that here in the states, too. I don’t hear broadcast, though.
Thanks!
de KB2MEN
That right window’s colors represent the strength, I think. It might be age. The calls are listed lowest frequency at the top and highest at the bottom.
Thanks I will let my Dad know, he also thought the buzzing 3:15 was something to do with the building next door but if you hear it in the States as well, it is not them next door to us at fault.
Tnx for the video – I’m just starting in this and it’s been helpful. Yes the colours represent how long ago the signal was last heard. There’s some good stuff on the K1JT website including a manual.