[Vintage-Audio] Re: Vintage-Audio]V41#7- BC Xmtr

[Phil Barnes-Roberts WA6DZS]

vintage-audio-request at mailman.qth.net opined  on 12/16/2007 01:03 AM:
> I did have a report of a noisy signal 5 miles away. I lived on a hill 
> (Mt. Tabor, in Portland, OR) and was heard in Council Crest, another 
> hill. My house was next to a park and I played tennis and liked to 
> listen to MY MUSIC while I practiced. My little tube portable radio and 
> my record changer would give me about and hour of good stuff. I had a GE 
> portable with a rechargable lead acid 2 volt battery and it would last 
> about as long as my stack of records.
> 
> WBob, WB6JPI
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>>>>> I wonder how many on this list would admit to building a 100 
>>>>> milliwatt transmitter and playing 45 rpm singles over the air as 
>>>>> they had visions of being a DJ dancing in the canyons of their minds?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO

In 11th grade (1961) in Tustin CA, living next to an orange/avocado 
grove (since all condos, of course), I built the 50C5/35W4 
oscillator/rectifier (resistor to drop the rest of the filament string 
from 115) from the article (in PopTronics???), and played some 33-1/3 
Benny (Goodman) in Brussels etc. through it - for a while.

Never did get any reports - or complaints either.  Gave it up when I 
realized I couldn't take a portable somewhere else _and_ take care of 
the changer too.

*Sigh*- a very short career in neighborhood broadcasting.  Fixing 
neighbors' TVs and adding commercial-killer buttons for a few $$ became 
more interesting.
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73, Phil Barnes-Roberts WA6DZS < Mailto:pbarnrob at acm dot org >
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