{"id":5392,"date":"2012-07-28T15:01:17","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T19:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=5392"},"modified":"2023-04-29T08:26:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T12:26:42","slug":"machinery-as-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2012\/07\/machinery-as-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Machinery as Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have always been fascinated with mechanical things. Moving parts; engines, motors, turbines, actuators, et cetera are all designed with function over form in mind. Still, there is a certain beauty to a well-designed machine or piece of equipment.  Somebody had to design the equipment to fill a basic need.  In that design process, a certain amount of creativity was used to determine how it looks.  The title specifies machinery, however by extension, transmitters are included in this category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some pictures of various equipment and things found in a radio station:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Onan<\/a>
Onan diesel generator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Onan diesel generator, WROW-AM transmitter site, Albany, NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Overhead<\/a>
Overhead Conduit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Overhead Conduit, WRKI transmitter site, Brookfield, CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Borg<\/a>
Borg transmitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Playing around with Photoshop. The back of a Nautel V 7.5 transmitter, WSPK transmitter site, Mount Beacon, NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Fire<\/a>
Fire tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sixty-foot tall Aeromotors LS40 fire tower, Clove Mountain, NY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nautel<\/a>
Nautel NV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back of Nautel NV-40 transmitter, WVPS, Mount Mansfield, VT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"LEA<\/a>
LEA TVSS surge suppressor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

LEA TVSS surge suppressor, WSPK, Mount Beacon, NY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"RCA<\/a>
RCA BTA1 transmitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

RCA BTA1AR transmitter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nautel<\/a>
Nautel V-40 transmitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nautel V-40 transmitter (combined V-10 x 4), WHUD, Peekskill, NY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"WHHZ<\/a>
WHHZ studio console<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WHHZ studio console, Gainesville, FL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have always been fascinated with mechanical things. Moving parts; engines, motors, turbines, actuators, et cetera are all designed with function over form in mind. Still, there is a certain beauty to a well-designed machine or piece of equipment.  Somebody had to design the equipment to fill a basic need.  In that design process, a … Continue reading Machinery as Art<\/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":[3],"tags":[94],"class_list":["post-5392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-equipment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392","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=5392"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11573,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392\/revisions\/11573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}