[BC] Some historical questions

[nakayle@gmail.com]

 Well I stand corrected because you certainly do cover operator licensing
there is section 7.  I don't know how I missed that.

 As for the tower radiator, I'm just baffled that such a revolutionary
change in antenna design is so poorly documented.  There is much information
about the first directional antennas, but the change-over from T-flat-tops
of the 1920s to vertical tower radiators of the 1930s appears to be lost to
history.  Wouldn't you think the station that pioneered this now universal
antenna design would be well remembered?

 - Nat Kayle

On 6/17/06, Barry Mishkind <barry at oldradio.com> wrote:
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> At 04:12 PM 6/17/2006, nakayle at gmail.com wrote
> >     Yes Barry, I enjoyed exploring oldradio.com and appreciate your
> >contributions to preserving radio history.   I just don't recall seeing
> the
> >anwsers to these particular questions.
>
>          They are in the FAQ.
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>          www.oldradio.com/current/bc_faq.htm
>
>          Look in the first section under regulation.  (#7)
>
>
> >     I'm also still looking for info on the first station to use a
> verticle
> >tower radiator rather than a flat-top T-antenna, if anyone knows that.
>
>          I doubt there will be a specific reference to
>          "first" on that.... although I could be wrong.
>
>          The issue seems to have been based on the
>          development of base insulators, and
>          I've read the 1928 time period was when
>          they could support a full tower.
>
>          Of course, there could have been shunt fed
>          towers previously, not requiring a base
>          insulator.  But that didn't see too popular
>          at the time.
>
>
>