Don't remember Quincy Street anymore, let alone the tower.
I do recall another station in town, but not the call.
Your Heliax story reminds me of when I was CE at Tulsa University's KWGS.
The off-air audio had a "gurgling" sound to it. On inspection, there was water
inside the coax which was actually boiling. Fortunately, there was more coax
than needed in the run, so the short leaky section was removed.
We had the thing basically charred carbon all through the heliax. So the engineer climbed to the top of the tower and dumped trichlor down the hose to clean out the carbon from the heliax. Yeah. We had trichlor.
even tho I've been here since 2012, I never introduced myself formally...like anyone cares..
and yeah, I'm a refugee from the cesspool....like quite a few others here...
some know me here as "Dish Boy" from my former avatar....quite the honor I think...
retired after 46+ years doing electronics stuff...mostly for da Gov't in various capacities...
if ya really want to know about me, you can always visit my personal website in my sig line
tommy
my personal web page http://users.gilanet.com/~tfrost
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"If you're not living on the edge, then you're taking up too much space"--Unknown
It sure is. They hang a nickname on you here, and you're good to go! It's not unlike the butt-sniffing thing dogs do to a new member of their pack. :)Originally Posted by NM5TF
QAnon / GOP Republicans mentally lack the necessary intelligence to even tell a decent lie (Ex: A cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic pedophiles run a global child sex trafficking ring and conspired against former President Dotard dRUMPf during his term in office... Jewish space lasers, etc.). What in the hell makes anyone believe these melon heads can actually govern?
JAGE - Just Another Government Employee like a lot of us :) Welcome to the Island. Gotta ask, did you get to meet Jody Foster?
"Love Trumps Hate."
"You Facist, Sexual Predator!"
" I thought a lot about blowing up the White House"
Uh Huh, What Love?
actually, I did meet Jody Foster & James Woods at the lunch tent on site....they had a 50 foot semi that was a rolling
commisary....they cooked almost anything to order that you could think of....the lunch tent was the size of a large
circus tent....they had almost 150 people on site...no wonder movies cost so much to make
Warner Bros was kind enuff to let us eat in the lunch tent with them...I was sitting with a couple of co-workers having
some Crab Salad...yeah fresh Crab flown in from the coast that morning.....
Jody saw us sitting there in our coveralls & asked if she could join us to get a feel for what it was like to work at the VLA
of course we said yes...while we were conversing with her James Woods walked up & also joined in the conversation...
we all thought she was very nice & genuinely interested in what we did there.....Woods is as wacky off screen as the
characters as he plays on screen....
Tom Berenger is a real man's man....he spent his off screen time playing poker with the crew...just one of the guys...
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my personal web page http://users.gilanet.com/~tfrost
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"If you're not living on the edge, then you're taking up too much space"
I always liked JF. She seems very down to earth. And welcome, 253 posts and over a year ago. Next time we go by there when we take the scenic route to Austin, we'll have to try to meet up for an eyeball. I try to go different ways since I-10 is such a boring drag.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
Well, I suppose I should introduce myself.
I am Billy, AE5CP.
I also live in Northwest Arkansas, and work for the big one that is homed there.
I have spent my fair share of time in southeast Kansas, Pittsburg, Fredonia, Parsons, Coffeyville, Iola for work in the past (just because I recognize some of the names and places mentioned).
I am a half-assed homebrew radio operator who gave up and bought a kenwood ts-590.
I actually participate in my local club, and chair the field day committee. I am also an ARRL member, but mostly for QST.
I can't stand anything Gordon West does, that dude is a douche.
I also drink Miller Lite, and TONS of it.
You're gonna fit in here just fine. Welcome to the Island, Billy. Order up whatever you like and put it on the Vatican's tab.
—Pope Carlo l
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Welcome to the madness Billy.
"Friendships come in strange packages
The best ones are opened with a smile"
NA4BH '15
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