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Another Iconic 50K Radio Station Reaches 100 On April 10th
This time, it's WBT, the legendary 50,000 blowtorch from Charlotte, North Carolina.
It's amazing the humble beginnings some of what would become the biggest stations in North America had. The Mighty 1110 was no different.
"The microphone and amplifier were on the dining room table, the transmitter was in another room of the house, and the receiver was located in a chicken coop in the home’s backyard. In March of 1921, an experimental license was issued, and the call letters assigned were 4XD."
WBT’s 100th Anniversary
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After I got a transistor radio for 1965 Christmas, one of my school friends introduced me to the wonderful world of DX. WBT was the first really distant station I received.
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mace wrote:
After I got a transistor radio for 1965 Christmas, one of my school friends introduced me to the wonderful world of DX. WBT was the first really distant station I received.
Me too. Now, as I enter the twilight zone of my years, what do I do with all the QSL cards, letters and envelopes that I, for some unknown reason, have kept all these years? Shredder?