On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:14:54 -0800 (PST), Jack
wrote:

Years ago I had the biggest Channel Master TV antenna that was made
with a rotor, and had it hooked up to, among other things, a Marantz
stereo receiver that I had at the time.

Yep. On top of my Dad's tower were two Channel Master's co-phased -
that was an amazing sight - damn things were almost as big as his
Mosely tri-bander. :)

Ah the good old days of real radios.

After midnight, I could turn it towards Atlanta, and from about 180
miles away I could tune in 96 Rock, WKLS Atlanta. Got TV stations
from Charleston and Charlotte anytime I wanted. Kids these days just
don't understand. :-)

We used to monitor channel two all the time - when we got a signal
from Albany, it was time for six meter DX.

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:17:46 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Good story but I'm sure he'll find himself a rig somewhere, let's just
hope he doesn't get a big amp to go with it. :-)

We used to monitor channel two all the time - when we got a signal
from Albany, it was time for six meter DX.

During the sun spot max in '57 and '58, I remember some guys
monitoring the European TV stations to know when 6 meters was opening
up.

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:38:21 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:17:46 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Good story but I'm sure he'll find himself a rig somewhere, let's just
hope he doesn't get a big amp to go with it. :-)

We used to monitor channel two all the time - when we got a signal
from Albany, it was time for six meter DX.

During the sun spot max in '57 and '58, I remember some guys
monitoring the European TV stations to know when 6 meters was opening
up.

Yeah - that too. Dad got a WAS CW and SSB on six doing that. :)

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:38:21 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

Good story but I'm sure he'll find himself a rig somewhere, let's just
hope he doesn't get a big amp to go with it. :-)

That was another thing - he saw the modified "california kilowatt"
Henry floor amp - THAT he knew about because he noticed the heavy
power cable. :)