{"id":1388,"date":"2010-09-08T15:37:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T19:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:56:22","slug":"the-bauer-transmitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2010\/09\/the-bauer-transmitter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bauer Transmitter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a Bauer FB-5000J transmitter, stashed away in the corner of a transmitter site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bauer-FB5000J-medium-wave-transmitter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bauer-FB5000J-medium-wave-transmitter.jpg\" alt=\"Bauer FB-5000J Medium wave transmitter\" class=\"wp-image-1399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bauer-FB5000J-medium-wave-transmitter.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bauer-FB5000J-medium-wave-transmitter-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bauer-FB5000J-medium-wave-transmitter-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/bauer-FB5000J-medium-wave-transmitter-400x315.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bauer FB-5000J Medium wave transmitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sorry I can&#8217;t get a better angle on it, as I said, it is stuck in the corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what vintage it is, it seems to be from the early 1960s or so as it has a low serial number. \u00a0It ran as the main transmitter until the Harris Gates BC5H was installed in 1976. \u00a0The transmitter is in beautiful shape, almost a museum piece. \u00a0I don&#8217;t know if it still has all its original iron, as the modulation transformer may have contained PCBs and been disposed of. \u00a0Otherwise, it is complete and tuned to 1,460 kHz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the owner might be willing to donate it to a reputable organization, preferably a 501(c)(3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a Bauer FB-5000J transmitter, stashed away in the corner of a transmitter site. Sorry I can&#8217;t get a better angle on it, as I said, it is stuck in the corner. I don&#8217;t know what vintage it is, it seems to be from the early 1960s or so as it has a low &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2010\/09\/the-bauer-transmitter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Bauer Transmitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,4,1],"tags":[87,32],"class_list":["post-1388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-tech-stuff","category-uncategorized","tag-am","tag-am-transmitters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12289,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/12289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}