This is the Equipment Archive Section of
The Broadcast Archive

Maintained by:
Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Last Update 8/6/24

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.)

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:

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

Antennas and towers:

Control, Monitoring, and Test:

Processing:

Receivers:

Links dealing with receivers:
radioblvd.com

Car Radios: A history of key dates relating to car radios
Another brief history of the car radio

Philco

Tabletop and monitor speakes:
Bang & Olufsen

Miscellaneous:

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