You work on transmitters every day. Have you ever removed a large tube socket for repair or replacement? It can be a daunting task. I hope you don’t have to do the job overnight when you are tired.

A standard early electronics project or kit has for many years been the construction of a small broadcast transmitter with enough power to reach the immediate area, but no further. These days that ...

It’s been a long time since vacuum tubes were cutting-edge technology, but that doesn’t mean they don’t show up around here once in a while. And when they do, we like to feature them, because there’s ...

In the first three installments of this series, we discussed whether or not an old transmitter was even worth fixing, followed by some techniques I ve used to repair high-voltage power supplies, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. CINCINNATI — GatesAir, a global leader in over-the-air broadcast solutions for television and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This is the actual 80 kW GatesAir solid-state transmitter installed at this UHF broadcaster. It ...