Growing up in the north Georgiaa mountains, I regularly listened to WOWO out of Fort Wayne, Indiana late at night on a Panasonic cassette/radio player.
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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
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I listened to WBZ, Boston. I was in Michigan.Growing up in the north Georgiaa mountains, I regularly listened to WOWO out of Fort Wayne, Indiana late at night on a Panasonic cassette/radio player.
I never did the QSL cards(I couldn't remember what they were called b4). Most people had a P.O. box for those. I was too cheap.
I can believe that, easily. Those early clear channel (designation, not company) stations were fully intended to be heard across huge areas.
I can believe that, easily. Those early clear channel (designation, not company) stations were fully intended to be heard across huge areas.
WLW is one of those stations. They utilize 50,000 watts at night and are licensed to go up to 500,000 watts in the event of a national emergency. Also, they have US Army on site at the broadcast tower 24x7.
Amazing what lurks on the internet labelled "vintage." (?!
) This was the model of Panasonic I had:
Probably a pic of me on there somewhere...Amazing what lurks on the internet labelled "vintage." (?!
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I can believe that, easily. Those early clear channel (designation, not company) stations were fully intended to be heard across huge areas.
Yup, when I was a kid, I pulled in KOMA Oklahoma one evening on my 3 tube regenerative receiver. It was in Hawaii. KOMA was a clear channel station.
Sheesh, what really sucks is seeing something YOUR KIDS had that's called vintage.Amazing what lurks on the internet labelled "vintage." (?!
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I had a tank top with that logo in the '80s; also this logo, but this company is still around:
We used 2 way radios when we went camping. They’re like long range Walkie-Talkies. They also worked well at Cedar Point pre-cell phones.
In a nutshell, not since the advent of cell phones.
The FRS (Family Radio Service) band walkies like the ones SubHuman posted above technically require one to fill out a license application and send it in to the FCC (in the US, at least), but pretty much no one bothers to do that.
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I notice(b/c I used to drive 18 wheelers)that trucks still have antennas. I'm guessing that people meet on CB and trade phone numbers. The last time I went 'on air', the static was so bad that to squelch it out, my receiving range was prolly less than 1/2 a mile. That was on ch 19. IDK 'bout other channels-or sideband.In a nutshell, not since the advent of cell phones.
The FRS (Family Radio Service) band walkies like the ones SubHuman posted above technically require one to fill out a license application and send it in to the FCC (in the US, at least), but pretty much no one bothers to do that.
Some might say good riddance...3LR12 batteries.
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