BE FM 5A IPA Need and or FX 30/50

[musiconradio.com]

Good afternoon all,

I am looking for the IPA for a BE FM 5A and (or) a FX 30/50 exciter. If anyone has suggestions for a good substitute for the IPA it would be appreciated.

Thank You
Damon Collins
WLYB FM
vidcom@gulftel.com

[Dale H. Cook]

I am looking for the IPA for a BE FM 5A

Do you have a dead BE IPA or are you missing it entirely?

[musiconradio.com]

Missing it entirely.

[ChuckG]

I have replaced them with Armstrong amplifiers. They're a bolt-in upgrade. And it is an "upgrade", particularly if you had the blue IPA drawer with no parts availability.

[musiconradio.com]

Thanks Chuck.

[RFWarrior]

Alternately *warning, shameless sales plug follows*, assuming the original IPA had a 50 ohm output, one of our VS series transmitters (probably the 300W?) would replace both exciter and IPA. It wouldn't mount in the FM5A, so you'd need to consider airflow in any upgrade - possibly leaving the original pieces in place but disabled.

Just a thought </shameless sales plug>

Jeff

[KPJL FM]

Damon, we talked on the phone yesterday about an entire FM5A you wanted to 'part out'. I'll discuss this next Tuesday with my GM, I think we'll be able to get this done.

[Dale H. Cook]

It wouldn't mount in the FM5A

It might - those BE transmitters were standard rack width, the exciter and the IPA were each, IIRC, 3 RU high, and both were quite deep, perhaps at least as deep as the VS300, which is about 25" deep.

[musiconradio.com]

Thanks again everyone. Got the set thanks to the board .