Hi Doug,

What and where was KQV?  I live in Western New York State and I don't 
recall ever hearing that one.

On 1/30/2015 10:46 AM, doug and sheilla emerson wrote:
> I've been d xing since I was young. My first radio was an electric table top
> radio which I got for my birthday in 1960. d xing in California is quite
> different from Ohio. I still can't get used to hearing k's instead of w's. I
> only heard three K's back east on a regular basis. KDKA, KQV, AND KMOX.
> Also, KYW which was in Cleveland buyt was returned to Philadelphia in 1965.
> Though I don't d x as often as I used to, I do from time to time to see
> what's out there. Sure wish that there was something to listen to though!
> That's the problem with us ole folks! Not much to listen to on the radio
> anymore. The stuff I like has moved to the internet. 73 and God bless. Doug,
> N6NFF Sacramento
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Scovell
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 5:15 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Broadcast Band
>
> Lou,
>
> I love those old radio broadcast band stories.  Thanks for sharing that one.
> I hope others do the same.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 5:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Broadcast Band
>
>
>> While I was in high school, my bedside radio was a crystal set that my dad
>> and I built. It had a 1n34 diode as the detector and a tapped coil that we
>> wound  on a wooden form plus 2 variable capacitors. We were close enough
>> to
>> the philly transmitters that I could receive WFIL with no problem. since
>> it
>> was broad as a barn door, the fidelity was terific,even on AM.
>> Lou Kolb
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 7:48 PM
>> Subject: Broadcast Band
>>
>>
>>> I am still a broadcast band DX hound.  I started at about age 6 with a
>>> crystal set in the shape of a little red rocket ship listening by
>>> clipping
>>> the ground aligater clip on anything I figured was going to ground.  Got
>>> one
>>> station, of course.  We used to stand outside in the freezing cold at the
>>> Nebraska School for the Blind, with our radios pressed up against a light
>>> pole behind the school building because the close proximity help increase
>>> signal strength.  We could copy X E R F just over the Mexican border and
>>> loved listening to Wolf man Jack.  He did a year of broadcasting here in
>>> Denver in his later years.  I about fell off my chair when I heard him
>>> locally one day years ago.  Anyhow, My Icom 7000 is a super broadcast
>>> band
>>> receiver.  All the features, notch filter, DSP, crystal filters, etc..
>>> and
>>> the 3 levels of pre-amp settings work, too, so plugging in all those
>>> frequencies of favorit stations makes it easy tuning, not to mention the
>>> QSY
>>> er used to tap in the frequencies.  Changing frequency increments, point
>>> one, point 01 and point 001 helps fine tuning and the 3 levels of
>>> Amplitude
>>> modulation makes a big difference as well.  It is still fun to tune the
>>> bands and now even below 500 KHz.
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>> K0NX


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