[BC] AM Radio Kit

[WFIFeng@aol.com]

Fascinating discussion, this! :)

I remember my first "broadcast" was when I discovered that a CB channel 14 
toy "base station" could be heard plain as day at 108Mhz on an FM radio. I 
played "DJ" for hours with that thing. I also wired-up those "multi-in-one" kits as 
AM transmitters many times over. I measured my "coverage area" on foot... 
usually less than a block... but I took my role as a "broadcaster" seriously. 
Between records, I was cautioning people (in winter) to be careful on the 
sidewalks.

When I got to my teen years, I built a transmiter that was a wee bit more 
powerful. I don't know for sure how much RF I was pumping out, but it was 
sufficient to go several miles. (From less than a block to several miles... I was in 
my glory!) It amazed a friend of mine who lived about a mile and a half away, 
that he could hear me loud & clear on his AM radio.

So, one night, we went out driving (he had a car, I didn't) with an old 
"Blondie" 45 playing on a repeating turntable... that record was worn-through to 
the other side by the time we got back! We were also quite sick of "Heart of 
Glass" by then! ;)

I called it "WQDX" and ran it a couple of times on 1160.

Then there was the time he and I played a practical joke on his wife... using 
his CB in the car so I could hear them, and my AM transmitter (from my home) 
in a full duplex operation... heh heh heh... freaked her right out!

Ah, youth. ;)

Willie...