[BC] Our Wild TECH Youth

[Michael Nerenberg]

I'm curious now. How many of us may have "hypothetically" begun our 
career in the broadcast industry with an "unlicensed" radio station?
-Mike

tosenkowsky at prodigy.net wrote:
> On the subject of Heathkit and 6146's...
> 
> I once recall the story of a now reputable engineer who, in his senior year
> of high school, happened by a DX-100. He had a crystal for 1412 Khz and an
> 80 meter dipole strung between two tall trees in the back yard. Having been
> offered a job as a stringer for the news dep't of a local station, this
> talented individual wanted to start his own station. Since most of his
> classmates didn't know where or how to tune 1412 Khz (this was in 1972-73)
> he had the brilliant idea of 'dial dominance'. He told everyone to tune
> around 14 on the AM dial and adjust for the clearest signal without the
> sirens (2 Khz whistles).
> 
> He modified the screen voltage regulator to be a 10 Khz oscillator which in
> turn made his station appear at 10 Khz intervals all over the dial. His ego
> was tremendously boosted the morning following his first broadcast when a
> classmate told him "I heard the sirens, all the other stations faded away
> the I heard your voice and then the music".
> 
> This story is, of course, purely hypothetical and any similarity to actual
> persons or events is purely coincidental.
> 
> Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE
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