LOL. You know Pittsburg really well then. When I lived there, the callsign was Kiss Our A$$, Man. I don't think I remember a Dan. Was he a ham? That attitude employers had was pretty similar across Kansas. WTF do you need equipment to work? Do your work without any tools. Kiss Our A$$ Man.

At night, I could receive that station in Austin, TX, but I couldn't hear it in Arma. It seemed pretty directional at night.

In 1997, I lived in Lawrence. Inlaws lived in Neosho, Mo. I was taking that bypass around Pittsburg all the time back then.

Did you belong to the PRO? Pittsburg Repeater Organization? The 146.94 repeater was on the TV tower and the transmit side used the batwing antenna at about 650 feet. It was horizontally polarized. The receiver was on the tall tower at about 800 feet. Those were the good old days.