HAD 2YA BEEN 500 WATTS
WHAT THE COMPANY’S ENTERPRISE MEANT Last week, for «a couple of days, listeners experienced what 2YA would have been like had its power been 500 watts instead of 5000. The Broadcasting Company’s original obligation, according to its agreement with the Government, was to erect a station of 500 watts, but subsequently the coimpany agreed to incur the greater risk and indebtedness in erecting a station of ten times the power, On Tuesday evening last, and on Thursday afternoon, the station had to run on 500 volts. This was due to a break in the high-tension filament transformer, The breakdown served to enable listeners to make a comparison between 5000 watts: and 5060.
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Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 42, 4 May 1928, Page 4
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117HAD 2YA BEEN 500 WATTS Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 42, 4 May 1928, Page 4
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