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title: TWiRT 408 - Liquid Cooled FM Transmitters with Don Backus | Telos Alliance
description: Don Backus of Rohde & Schwarz explains why liquid cooling is making a comeback in radio transmitter technology on This Week in Radio Tech.
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## TWiRT 408 - Liquid Cooled FM Transmitters with Don Backus | Telos Alliance

By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Aug 17, 2018 1:58:00 PM

# TWiRT 408 - Liquid Cooled FM Transmitters with Don Backus

The largest radio transmitters were liquid-cooled about seven decades ago. Forced-air cooling has ruled transmitter sites since then.  Now, liquid cooling is making a comeback—and for some very good reasons. Don Backus with Rohde & Schwarz is here to show and tell us why.

 

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Guest:  
[Don Backus - Radio Transmitter Evangelist with Rohde & Schwarz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/donbackus/)

Show links:  
[Rohde & Schwarz FM Transmitters](https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/products/broadcast-and-media/radio-transmitter/pg_overview_64079.html)[How a Transmitter is Built](https://youtu.be/Pd08ftdTpwA)[Fluke non-contact IR thermometers](https://www.fluke.com/en-us/products/temperature-measurement/ir-thermometers)

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Chris Tobin, [IP-Solutionist](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctobinnyc/)[Kirk Harnack](http://about.me/kirkharnack), [The Telos Alliance](https://www.telosalliance.com/), [Delta Radio](http://www.deltaradio.net/), & [South Seas Broadcasting](http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/)Follow [TWiRT on Twitter](http://twitter.com/twirtshow) and on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/pages/TWiRT-This-Week-in-Radio-Tech/154534786156)

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