My Introduction to Shortwave Radio pgm. 1, 1968-70
by Evan Doorbell, program #1
Posted By: Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
Posted on 02/51/2022
| You've no doubt heard of "Phone Phreaks" - the original "hackers" who used their electronics know-how and lots of persistence and curiosity to explore the inner workings of the old long-distance telephone network. They used nicknames or handles for obvious reasons, since this was all highly illegal and most of them were teenagers who probably were as afraid of parental consequences as of the law. "Evan Doorbell" is one such telephone phreak who recorded all of his exploits and spent countless hours editing them into narratives that are quite fascinating if you're into that sort of thing. While the old telephone network is gone, thanks to those recordings and the internet, you can listen to hours worth of Evan's Telephone Tapes: https://www.evan-doorbell.com/ All of which just sets the stage for this video and Part 2 which is also posted here. When Evan discovered shortwave radio, he applied the same approach - recording and later editing to create a fascinating compilation of very high quality recordings of vintage shortwave. Here's part one... |
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