tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104908437911552400.post8578580486626916268..comments2024-03-13T10:36:05.451-07:00Comments on The Mighty 1090 KAAY: A Day In The Life Of A KAAY Engineerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17570209125522920917noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104908437911552400.post-11419666406777395502010-09-08T03:01:21.048-07:002010-09-08T03:01:21.048-07:00And there is more to that story. The burning AP&a...And there is more to that story. The burning AP&L truck tires produced a lot of soot that was sucked into the 50,000 watt Harris MW-50B transmitter. Nobody ever bothered to clean this out.<br /><br />I consider a dirty transmitter to be a bad reflection on an engineer. When I became Chief Engineer of KAAY in 1982, I spent at least 2 hours of the first four Monday morning maintenance periods cleaning the inside to that transmitter. I used pure ammonia and water in a bucket and I would make one pass with a sponge, turn it over, make another pass, and wring it out. Three sponges full of soot required ammonia water. And in the process, I discovered every sharp edge in the MW-50B. And although I did clean most of the transmitter, I never did get the soot off of the white high voltage cables.Hollis W. Duncannoreply@blogger.com