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<73 <Frank <W3LPL Problem is most AM / FM stations these days all contract out the work for regular maintenance. They are all SS, and minimal work required. Broadcast engineers are a thing of the past. Most broadcast feeds are digital, with digital STL links, and redundant backups, etc. I know several broadcast engineers in the US that all get paid varying monthly retainers for a large number of stations. It's the only way they can make a living. They wait for the phone to ring. Most of the SS final PA's, consists of a rack full of 1 kw SS PA modules..and a mess of combiners. If one module fails, the other nine take up the slack. I was told they can be hotswitched, my pulling them out, and replacing them with a spare module. The janitor can do that job in a pinch. Or replaced when WX permits, if say in the winter time, etc. That's probably why getting a hold of the..'engineer' is more difficult these days. Jim VE7RF _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector