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
>