Radio Broadcast Technical Consulting and Sales
 10032 Island Drive, Brainerd, MN  56401
Phone: 218.829.1326    Fax:  218.829.2026

Working in the field

The company work van, sometimes known as "The Behemoth," at a transmitter site of one of America's great radio stations somewhere in Minnesota.  The van is a GMC Savana All-Wheel-Drive, which gives good traction on hills and slippery spots in the winter.  

An inside view of the van from the right sliding cargo door.  Steel racks store parts along with a large 6-drawer stainless steel storage cabinet.  Just what is needed for doing radio station repair.             

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Here is a photo of the passenger compartment of the service van.  It shows the setup for making occupied bandwidth and RF harmonic measurements on AM radio stations.  An IFR A-7550 Spectrum Analyzer is connected to a notebook computer for record keeping.  A Chris Scott LP-3 loop antenna is used outside to pickup the signal.   

Some of the equipment cannot be easily repaired in the field.  Instead, it is brought into the shop for maintenance and calibration to original factory specifications. 

The photo shows a Circuit Research Labs FM Stereo audio processing system that has been serviced and is ready to go back to a station.