This is the AEL Section of
The Broadcast Archive

Maintained by:

Barry Mishkind - The Eclectic Engineer
Last updated 1/23/07

AEL (American Electronic Laboratories)
Lansdale, PA 19446
 (215) 822-2929

AEL was founded by Dr. Leon Riebman and Conrad Fowler in 1950. The basis for the original business was medical products. Growing out of defense contracts, broadcast transmitters came to be a product line. 

AEL still exists, but mostly as a defense contractor, the broadcast areas of interest long sold off. 

 

Transmitters:

AM transmitters:

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AM-5KD - 5 kW   

Courtesy: Jeff DePolo
  AM-10KD - 10 kW
  AM-50KD - 50 kW
   
 

FM transmitters:

FM-15QE Exciter
Courtesy: Stan Carter
FM-20E Exciter
  FM-2.5KE - 2.5 kW
  FM-5KE - 5 kW
            FM-10KE - 10 kW
  FM-15KE - 15 kW 

FM-20KB - 20 kW 

WOLX

FM-25 KD - 25 kW
  FM-25 KE - 25 kW
  FM-25 KG - 25 kW
  FM-25/25KE - 50 kW 

 

 

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