This JRC ‘main’ transmitter was installed, along with a virtually identical 6-channel model, at Auckland Radio ZLD in 1967. Both were used until the station closed in 1993.
Two-channel transmitter with relay channel switching
- Model: NSD-166N
- Power output: 1,000 watts
- Modes:
A3J (Single Sideband, Suppressed Carrier)
A3A (Single Sideband with -16dB Pilot Carrier)
A3H (Single Sideband, Full Ca - Frequencies: 2182 and 2207 kHz
- Output valves: 2x 5F65R
- Power supply: 400V AC
- Status: Not working, display only
- Era: Service manual dated August 1967
The transmitter used a solid-state exciter with valves in the power amplifier.