Subj : Re: Shortwave
To   : Brian Murrey
From : Blue White
Date : Thu Mar 10 2022 15:51:58

-=> Brian Murrey wrote to Blue White <=-

 BM> Shortwave is very different now.  I used to listen a lot on a home made
 BM> crystal reciver I built in the 7th grade. About 1972 or 1973. Lots of
 BM> fun stuff back then.  Nowadays it's mostly China, although the BBC has
 BM> restarted its wartime bureau and they broadcast a few hours a day to
 BM> Ukraine.  It's all propaganda, and probably was back in the 70's.  I
 BM> used to enjoy laying in bed at night and listening to latin music on my
 BM> crystal set.  Radio Havanna was huge, Radio Moscow, always liked
 BM> listening to the "Happy Station" out of the Netherlands...good stuff
 BM> back then.  I think the VOA is still on the air but I'd have to check.
 BM> LOADS and LOADS of doomsday preachers begging for cash.

I am guessing it is different for the same reasons that AM radio is very
different now... FM radio and the internet have changed the landscape.  I
wonder if those doomsday preachers have valid licenses... I assume you need
one to broadcast shortwave?

 BM> I worked in Franfort back in the early 1990's.  KETC was one of my
 BM> largest customers, so I was at the capitol quite frequently.  I also
 BM> made it out to Bell County, and out near Pineville doing a few IT jobs
 BM> here and there.  Almost got crushed by a coal truck coming out of
 BM> Corbin one night, he came down the mountain and didn't have any brakes.
 BM>  I got out of his way with half a second to spare. I reckon he made it,
 BM> I didn't see him in the ditch any where.

Driving around in coal country can be tricky, although probably not as
tricky now as back then.

I used to visit Speedway for the time trials.  Enjoyed eating donuts at
Long's, and stopping at the Mug and Bun for dinner after a long day at the
track.  Couple of other places I used to go, that are not there anymore,
were Racer's Pizza in Brownsburg, and Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria.

Racer's became another pizza place that was also good, but the last time I
was in Brownsburg it was gone, too.  I'd stay at the Red Roof off of
Crawfordsville Road, which was cheap but usually clean... I think it got
dozed for one of the Interstate projects.



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