[K6BW] Fw: [QRP-L] Time for my Gene Shepard story.

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If you haven't been monitorning the AMI frequency on 3870, or lived in New
York, you may not know who Gene Shepard was.  His radio show on WOR, New
York was his own - he was a storyteller.  He was a ham radio operator and
there exists a truly great narrative of his story of "Heising Modulation"
where he gets his first homebrew transmitter on the air.  Here is a personal
tribute to Gene from a then high school student in 1954.  Let your
imagination be your guide.

Good tidings and cheer to all!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Davewb4 at aol.com
To: qrp-l at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:37 PM
Subject: [QRP-L] Time for my Gene Shepard story.


Have to go back 42 years and I am a senior at  the Bronx High School of
Science in New York. My English  class assignment  was to try and interview
a local
personality. Of course my selection was Gene  Shepard. After a few phone
calls to the station ( I think it was WOR) I hefted  the classes  Webcor
tape
recorder ( must have been 40lbs) on the bus in the  north Bronx then to the
D
train subway for my appointment with Gene. Arriving at  the station about
10PM I
was ushered into a hallway outside Gene's studio.  Through the glass I saw
him
and he looked up and waved to me. I could hear the  program in the hall via
some wall mounted speakers. After about 5 minutes he  turned the
conversation on
air to me and as only Gene could do spent the next  half hour talking about
this strange guy in the hallway... was I FBI?
what  had he done wrong, was I the IRS? had he paid his taxes? Was I the
FCC?
The  interview lasted over an hour ( I actually ran out of tape). It was
then
off to  a local diner in lower manhattan for a treat on Gene. An experience
I
never  forgot.
73
Dave Rogers
WB4CHK
P.S. I called him Gene because that's  what he wanted

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