Abandoned broadcast station - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2017, 12:29:15 am
content: How very sad, on many levels.Apart from the whole 'society in economic collapse, loss of technical knowledge, history in the trash' thing, it's also painful to see explorers with apparently zero technological awareness 'fiddling with controls'. The camera person twirling the finger post on a radio tuning knob, like he thought it was a control of its own...I would NOT like to explore with those guys. I'd end up punching someone.Sigh. There was an old Tektronix video line monitor. Might have even been a valve model.Btw, in the video theme image showing on this forum's page, the bit of gear seen sticking out from a rack, has _those_ rack slide rails, that we had a thread about recently.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/what-are-these-old-style-rack-slide-out-rails-called/Obviously it will have both halves of the rails, meaning if someone was desperate enough for the unobtainium rack mounting part, they could take a trip to Detroit.

author: Quarlo Klobrigney
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2017, 02:14:44 am
content: Oh, how sad to see VT broadcast equipment in such a state...Oh it's Detroit...Never mind"it's also painful to see explorers with apparently zero technological awareness 'fiddling with controls'."We used to call them "KT's" or Knob Twisters" which, if a stick was handy, would get you a whack on the appropriate hand, thus eliminating the original sin, and further temptation.

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 27, 2017, 11:27:43 pm
content: The whole area is basically in a state of economic shock from the effects of disinvestment.That could be any of our communities.

author: Moshly
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 31, 2017, 09:46:10 am
content: KT's meh, looters, vandals & graffiti bastards are the ones I'd punchI do find it funny when they have absolutely no clue what they are looking at & start making wild assumptions.The best explorers know they don't know diddly squat about what they are looking at and start to 'take the piss'.What annoys me most about the ill informed explorers is that they tend to skim past the interesting stuff.When they do look at something interesting they don't zoom in enough to read a make or model numberIt always amazes me what gets left behind. I think what happens is that they close for whatever reason but they are hopeful of getting more funding in the near future. So they store everything ready to start up again rather than selling it off, but the funding never comesThere is a (semi annoying) video on the old 3AW Melbourne studio (no electronics of interest), apparently it was suppose to be demolished for housing development, but that was ~9 years ago.yes Melb outer CBD.Similarly there is a video by the Proper People (channel) that shows a huge office full to the roof of office furniture from the 80's. Apparently some large business couldn't afford the city rent and moved all the contents there, ready to move into the new premises. (includes pristine Atari Centipede machine)

author: Harb
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2017, 04:11:28 pm
content: Not much of any real value in there other than curiosity, but I would like all those New Boxed Valves in that store room.........And probably the Optimod

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 01, 2017, 05:22:08 pm
content: YouTube has some crazier and scarier videos ofabandoned nuclear power station.Search for the term.

author: cdev
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2017, 03:27:29 am
content: "Managed Decline"

author: Towger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2017, 05:57:25 am
content: The video mixer equipment has no value, except to a museum/collector. But it would have cost a fortune in its day. The technology has moved on too much. A single PC with capture cards is far superior.The radio gear on the other hand....

author: iampoor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 02, 2017, 08:19:33 am
content: Quote from: Harb on September 01, 2017, 04:11:28 pmThe General Electric Tube Mixer at 10:45 ish would probably sell for 3-5k if it worked, and depending on what modules it has installed.