Ancient VOR Transmitter ??

In article ,
Stan Gosnell wrote:

wrote in news:1106347341.980871.225150
@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

I recently received this large single-frequency transmitter
from an elderly gentleman who used to be a ham radio operator.

I have not been able to pin down exactly what it is. Some
folks have given the opinion that it may be an old VOR transmitter.

I'm wondering if someone can identify it? Give a date range?
or any other information?

pictures:
http://www.yipyap.com/radio_stuff/VOR/index.htm

Chris

p.s. I know some of the pictures are fuzzy. I'll cull them out.
Thanks!


Maybe an NDB, but certainly not a VOR.

One of the dataplates had a spot for "FREQ", near the top, but I
couldn't read the number through the glare from the flash. If you've
got the number, that should answer the question.

If it's in the 108 to 117.9 MHz range, it's a VOR. If it's in the
200-ish to 500-ish kHz range (I forget the exact limits), it's an NDB.

I noticed an 829B tube in the final which was commonly used for
VHF frequencies of that era in a push-pull configuration. It may
be an early FM broadcast transmitter (88 - 108 Mhz), but I doubt it
because it appears to have a modulator (which an FM transmitter would
not have).

"kontiki" wrote in message
...
I noticed an 829B tube in the final which was commonly used for
VHF frequencies of that era in a push-pull configuration. It may
be an early FM broadcast transmitter (88 - 108 Mhz), but I doubt it
because it appears to have a modulator (which an FM transmitter would
not have).

If it is VHF it could be an ILS or localizer transmitter.

Roy Smith writes:


One of the dataplates had a spot for "FREQ", near the top, but I
couldn't read the number through the glare from the flash. If you've
got the number, that should answer the question.

If it's in the 108 to 117.9 MHz range, it's a VOR. If it's in the
200-ish to 500-ish kHz range (I forget the exact limits), it's an NDB.

If it's a VOR, where is the goniometer?
--
A host is a host from coast to
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433