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

[wolfbob]

During the same era (1946-9) as my 6V6 broadcast station, I 
repaired neighbors radios. I would stuff a number of 35W4, 
50L6, 12SA7, 12SK7, 12SQ7s etc in my pockets and go door to 
door asking to see any dead table model radios. A tube swap 
almost always fixed the problem and I asked only 50 cents 
for the used replacement tube. I could make $4-5.00 after 
school. (on the weekends I would collect and sell golf 
balls, but that is another story)

WBob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Barnes-Roberts WA6DZS" <wa6dzs at att.net>
To: <vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 2:53 AM
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re: Vintage-Audio]V41#7- BC Xmtr


> 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
>>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>>>>>> 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.
> -- 
> '---O=o=O---'
> 73, Phil Barnes-Roberts WA6DZS < Mailto:pbarnrob at acm 
> dot org >
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