OT: Do 50kw vacuum tubes still exist?

I’m told those 50,000 watt AM stations usually have them in the little house at the base of their big antenna.

This article says yes:

Peter H.
Sep 2, 2003, 9:12:00 AM

I’m sure there are still a few RCA Amplifuzz’s out there.

There are a pair of RCA BTA-50Fs (high-level plate modulated) in Cleveland.

The Harris MW-50 has tubes.

With a Harris DX-50 requiring only 86 KVA for 100 percent modulation, and an
RCA BTA-50F requiring about 150 KVA for 100 percent modulation, the economics
are heavily weighted in favor of solid-state 50 Ks.

The DX-50 can generate 50 kW from three voltages of about 200 volts and below
(see the Harris patent for details). The BTA-50F requires several kV (seven ?)
to do the same.

Almost all older transmitters of 5 kW and above were three-phase.

You could run a 5 kW or 10kW on a rotary phase converter if you were desperate.

50 kW requires three-phase, usually 277/480.

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.radio.broadcasting/c/us08XGTWq_o

Here’s the RCA Manual for them. 50K tubes last page.

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Courses/RCA-1932/RCA-13-07-Air-&-Water-Cooled%20Transmitting-Tubes.pdf

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