[ARC5] Crystal Headphones

[Michael Bittner]

KNX comes in on my electric razor.  Just kidding.  I'm in Palos Verdes, 6 
miles away from their Torrance location.  If you can't get their signal on 
your latest homebrew, it's back to the soldering iron.

The KFI vertical was knocked down by an aircraft taking off from Fullerton 
airport.  It has been replaced by a shorter vertical with a 50-foot diameter 
flat-top.  It still has as much of a blow torch signal as it ever did.

Mike, W6MAB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 16:30
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Crystal Headphones


>     Funny to think that both KNX and KFI were out in the sticks when 
> built. At the time the regulations required that stations not "blanket" 
> the surrounding area so high power stations were not located in the city.
>     KNX had a vertical radiator at its old location, given as Sherman Oaks 
> but actually near the present Sepulveda flood control basin. The Torrance 
> site also had a full half-wave vertical and an RCA 50D transmitter (sort 
> of a copy of the Dorherty). KFI had a big flat top until about 1948 when 
> it was replaced with a half-wave vertical. Their publicity at the time 
> said it increased their coverage by 35%.
>     These were and are the only "unlimited" 50KW stations in the city, 
> others must either reduce power or become directional at night or both.
>
> On 9/25/2018 4:22 PM, Robert  Eleazer wrote:
>> . "I live very close to 50kw KNX 1070..."
>> I used to live in Torrance and if you built anything and could not pick 
>> up KNX on it, you had done something wrong. It did not matter if it was a 
>> light dimmer or a UHF receiver.
>> Wayne
>> WB5WSV
>>
> -- 
> Richard Knoppow
> 1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
> WB6KBL


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