I picked it up today. It's a ADM 24 channel stereo board and it's a monster. It's about five ft. long and feels like it weighs at least 200 lbs. The engineer said it was working when taken out of service about six months ago. One of the other station employees came outside and took a picture of it after we loaded it on the truck. He said he'd spent many hours on that board and wanted to get one last picture of it before it left.
My engineer friend took me to his house to see if I wanted some equipment that he'd picked up from various stations; but, the only thing I picked up was a '60's Electro variable DC power supply. He had a couple of smaller video switchers, some U-matic videotape machines, and some type of analyzer that looked like an old oscilloscope. One of the U-matic machines was a top loader Panasonic and the other two were front load Sony's. I could have gotten them for free; but, the truck was already full and I figured I'd better not push my luck here at home, as far as bringing more stuff home.
Actually, this monster board is a little overkill for my part 15 AM station. I'm hoping that I can one day trade it for something more suitable to my needs. I've always wanted an old tube mono broadcast console; but, they always seem to be expensive. Maybe some day, I'll run up on someone who has one who would be willing to trade it for this board. I'd also like to find two 16" turntables; but, there again, they are usually expensive and all the local sources where I could have gotten some cheap have tossed them years ago. There again, this board may end up being some good trade material. First, I am going to play around and have some fun with it.
I did see a '70's/'80's era cart playback machine in the storage room and I asked my engineer friend about it; but, he said that he was not authorized to get rid of it.
Just curious; but, I wonder what this beast cost when it was new? The new estimate of date of installation seems to be from the early '90's. Oh, and I did get the stand and power supply for the board.
