[TriLUG] Old Guy Stories

[J.C. Jones]

Shawn,

I worked for a short while in Southern Pines, NC for a 5KW am station in 
the late 50's. The transmitter was a used RCA probably of  1940 vintage. 
The transmitter was at least 24 feet long and a minimum of 8 feet deep.

Later after work in Columbia, SC and Rocky Mount, NC , I ended up in 
Raleigh at a 10KW am station. The 10 KW transmitter was not much more 
than 6 feet long and  about 4 feet deep. Electronics continue to shrink.

Not too long ago, I had the opportunity during my last physical to see a 
modern day EKG unit. I can't help but wonder what the same equipment 
looked like in the fifties.

jcj

Shawn William Taylor wrote:

>JcJ,
>
>When I went back to college to finish my first attempt. (It actually took 
>me 3 tries on that first degree! There were many that doubted, yet I 
>prevailed) I digress... I took a room from a couple. He had been in 
>Radio/Television as well. We used to drink red wine all night and he would 
>tell me stories about his world travels. There were only three or four 
>places I had ever asked him he had never been... He was a retired merchant 
>marine (Worked in comm) then he went on to work 20 years for the CBC [ 
>Canadian Communist Radio! :-') ] When I met him he was completely retired 
>and spent his summers in Schomberg, Ontario and his winters in the Bahamas 
>on a 33 foot Concrete sailboat.
>
>He used to talk about the equipment he started with and the equipment he 
>ended with at the CBC like it was 500 years between them. From 4 cases 
>that required 2 guys to lift a case to one backpack he could sling around 
>himself.
>
>My how things change...
>
>Cheers,
>
>Shawn
>
>
>JcJ Wrote:
>
>
>Jim,
>
>At least you have had the opportunity to get an "education" in 
>computers. What I have learned has been through necessity and I don't do 
>a very good job of learning.
>
>The world of broadcast automation has changed drastically since I was 
>first exposed to it in the sixties.
>
>I need to visit one of the local radio stations and see how they are 
>using automation, pc's, etc today. I am sure that it is nothing like my 
>days of radio and television.
>
>jcj
>  
>

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