[Scan-DC] Confirmation - RE: message from the folks in IT

[Ed Tobias]

I had the pleasure of working with Granny.  I loved that he kept a Morse
code paddle and keyer on his desk, with which he occasionally played.

Granny was just one of several hams (Dave Garner, Art Rose, Steve Thompson,
me) who worked there at the time.



-----Original Message----- 
From: David Jones
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:04 PM
To: Rick Hansen ; 'Doug Kitchener' ; Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Confirmation - RE: message from the folks in IT

Granville (Granny) Klink (no kidding), who was the Chief Engineer for years
at WTOP, told great stories how the signal was recieved by everything from
braces and filings to the metal studs used in the construction of some
nearby buildings.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Hansen" <Rick.Hansen at apsglobal.com>
To: "'Doug Kitchener'" <oldsdoug at yahoo.com>; <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Confirmation - RE: message from the folks in IT


> Back to the scanning aspect, when WTOP had a 50,000 watt transmitter in
> Wheaton (is it still there?) the signal would get picked up by telephones
> in
> the area. I spend a day at a friend's house putting bypass capacitors on
> the
> telephone jacks. My fillings never picked it up, but some people claimed
> it
> would play in their head when they drove by on University Boulevard. Ah,
> for
> the days of dental fillings using mercury...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Doug Kitchener
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:01 AM
> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Confirmation - RE: message from the folks in IT
>
> eww... if I listen to WTOP in the car, will it screw up the radio and take
> over the engine control module?
>
> What about the Pepco smart meters and the steel plate in my head?
>
> :)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Rick Hansen <Rick.Hansen at apsglobal.com>
>>
>> For now, get your traffic info from www.sigalert.com.
>
>>
>> May we listen *and* browse well 'n often,
>>
>> R.
>>
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