An interview with Allan and Angela Weiner, owners of WBCQ radio - focusing on their massive expansion in conjunction with Worlds Last Chance to build a state-of-the-art shortwave superstation broadcasting with 500,000 watts on 9330 kHz. Includes video and discussion about the station construction, the electronics that controls the 264 ft. tall rotatable curtain array made by Ampegon in Switzerland, and the importance and relevance of short-wave radio in the modern world from the shortwave purveyor of "free speech radio". |
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Here's some information that isn't often needed, but difficult to find: A. P. Jacobi's Ballast Tube Handbook and Substitution Guide. Download from the "Attachments" link below.... READ MORE
- Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
Posted: 08/234/2023
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We've heard there is some confusion about how electricity works. This should clear things up.... READ MORE
- Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
Posted: 08/214/2023
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A member of the Long Island CW Group thought he'd give one of those AI chatbot sites a challenge...he didn't expect much but got a real surprise... In a world of signals, hidden and grand,A language of dots and dashes, hand in hand.Morse code whispers, in rhythm and sound,A symphony of messages, profound. With a simple click, a dot appears,A fleeting moment, to the listening ears.Short a... READ MORE
- Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
Posted: 06/172/2023
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Seems like cars have always had radios, but they didn't. Here's the story:One evening, in 1929, two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois, to watch the sunset. It was a romantic night to be sure, but one of the women observed that it would be even nicer if they could listen to music in th... READ MORE
- Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
Posted: 06/171/2023
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Seems like cars have always had radios, but they didn't. Here's the story: One evening, in 1929, two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois, to watch the sunset. It was a romantic night to be sure, but one of... READ MORE
- Robert Nickels (W9RAN)
Posted: 06/171/2023
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