On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:47:55 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce in Bangkok wrote in
:

Ah.. just a bunch of young whippersnappers..

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)




I know, I know.....You busted 1AW in 1915 for a spark gap violation with
the Commerce Dept. Radio Inspectors....(c;]

Nope but they did come looking for my younger brother in about 1949 0r
50. somebody gave him a "Tesla coil machine" and he used to come home
from school and "experiment" with it. Eventually there was a funny
looking panel truck driving around, had a big "ring" on the roof, and
one day a pleasant young guy rapped on the door and asked my mother if
anyone in the family was a radio operator. She showed him the Tesla
coil and he laughed. told her to tell her boy not to play with it when
people wanted to watch TV. It seems that my brother in his
"experiment" had attached an antenna to the coil and was broadcasting.

Bruce, did you know Roger Long's grandfather was on the air in 1905?! They
made him get a license much later and he became 2ABT in Albany.

Gives new meaning to being "Grandfathered".

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)