{"id":8913,"date":"2015-12-17T13:31:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T17:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=8913"},"modified":"2024-03-14T20:10:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T00:10:32","slug":"the-gates-air-flexiva-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-gates-air-flexiva-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gates Air Flexiva 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We just finished installing one of these units for one of our clients. This is the third one that I have dealt with in the last two years. I have to say, these transmitters are pretty cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gate<\/a>
Gate Air, Flexiva 1 running at 990 watts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We also installed a 7\/8 transfer switch and a 1.5 KW test load:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"New<\/a>
New installation of the transmitter, transfer switch, and test load<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another view:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Transmitter<\/a>
Transmitter installation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

New transmitter rack, processor, and remote control:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"New<\/a>
New transmitter installation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The former main transmitter, the venerable BE FM1B:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Broadcast<\/a>
Broadcast Electronics FM1B transmitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

View of the 7\/8 inch coax going out of the transmitter room to the tower:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Coax<\/a>
Coax out to the tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rarely, if ever, have I worked with a 7\/8 rigid transmission line. Usually, it is a 1 5\/8 or 3-inch line, which requires some amount of patience when installing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nice little transmitter site upgrade project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We just finished installing one of these units for one of our clients. This is the third one that I have dealt with in the last two years. I have to say, these transmitters are pretty cool. We also installed a 7\/8 transfer switch and a 1.5 KW test load: Another view: New transmitter rack, … Continue reading The Gates Air Flexiva 1<\/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":[337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-installations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8913","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=8913"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12494,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8913\/revisions\/12494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}