Well wudda ya know, it was born the same year I was. Might even have been born on the same day I was conceived, as I am a December child.
That damn thing was so strong, our radio instructor told a story of a guy who built flashlights which could be WABC-powered. How's that possible, you may ask? A simple diode circuit to turn radio frequency energy into low-level current to power a flashlight bulb if you're close enough to the transmitter. The problem with doing that is that when you turn on the device that uses the enrgy from the transmitter to run it, it actually affects the radiation pattern and signal strength. So this guy's idea of inventing radio-powered flashlights never got off the ground. On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:20:09 -0400, you wrote: >Having grown up in the shadow of that venerable station I can attest to >the voracity of that article. > >Dave Marthouse >dmartho...@gmail.com > > >On 4/23/2014 8:58 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Even though this article deals with stations in the U.S. it still makes for >> interesting reading. >> http://www.musicradio77.com/transm.html >> >> >> ********** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane >> >> >> >> >>
