@richpowers That could be what I was thinking of. I remember Greymark and I think if searching back in radioshack's 1960s catalogues there is some AM transmitters there. Could be the Greymark name or their own brand made by them. I think the catalogues are all online someplace back to the late 40s.
I knew that Heathkit made some transmitters like this!
All Catalogues can be viewed here page by page from the 1940s
https://radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm
I didn't do any of what I meant to do. Meant to post articles on part 15 coressponding the same dates originally published, and finalizing on the creation of part 15. Cool idea, but did none of it.
@richpowers That could be what I was thinking of. I remember Greymark and I think if searching back in radioshack's 1960s catalogues there is some AM transmitters there. Could be the Greymark name or their own brand made by them. I think the catalogues are all online someplace back to the late 40s.
I knew that Heathkit made some transmitters like this!
Right. I've been stuck in the 30s and 40s for at least a year. I thought I posted a link to the site of the picture, but it came through that discussion here I linked earlier. These are both from the 1960s.
A long long time ago, way way way down on this page they are part of the topic.
http://part15lab.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-wild-goose-chase-through-fcc.html
@mark I don't think I realized Radio Shack went back that far. But I do now.
Wow. That's an awful lot of information to take in Rich. Interesting that the Little Wonder Microphone, and products like it, were the first reason for the FCC creating an exception for these types of device.
As for the Dartmouth story, I'm going to have to come back another time to read that. It's a lot to take in. Your tenacity in investigating the history of Part 15 is admirable. You might well be the only person investigating it (and doggedly pursuing it, I might add) with this much attention to detail!
Now this is cool, I was looking for something like this. I uploaded a text document of the entire story research I posted here a few post back, and from that it created a 2 person podcast show called "Echos of Past" with this episode titled: "WHD: The Lost Chapter of College Radio History".
It's only 6:20 minutes long, and though a few of its facts are just a bit off, its not really terribly flawed and overall quite well done to be totally is created.
Nesr the very end It did incorporate a kind of embedded commercial, but it played out like just part of the discussion and wasn't intrusive. This creation was free by the way. Have a listen and download if you like. And create your own!
Check out this PlayNote: WHD: The Lost Chapter of College Radio History _1732655122073.jpeg)
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Don't know why the link wont post proper. Here's the mp3:
@richpowers Holy milk cow! That sounds like a real talk show! How can the audience know that it's only magic?
So far real humans are still needed to listen to radio programs, but how long do we have before AI listeners replace us?
@carl-blare I wish it were longer. https://play.ai/playnote/
@richpowers To make it longer do it in parts.
It isnt like the music generators. You feed it whatever documents you have or links to webpages, and once its uploaded, you might as leave for an hour or two because your going to have to wait - Or upgrade for faster processing. Anyway, mine took a while, but I came back to check and its done.
Check out this PlayNote: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of KENC 1620 AM: A Community Radio Saga https://play.ai/playnote/Part%2015%20LAB_%20A%20Look%20Back%20at%20KENC%201620%20AM_1732689030076.PDF_k3e57
Hey their link button worked this time! Or you can just play here:
The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of KENC 1620 AM: A Community Radio Saga
Same pair of podcasters here; Dee dee and the other guy.. This was from feeding my KENC research into it,. This podcast much like their Dryfoos story presentation, isn't wrong, it's just not quite right.. one example is how they highlight the fact about KENC airing a wedding live on the air - True, but they dont mention that it was his own wedding!.. that at some other things
But, nevertheless, I'm impressed, it's a good and fun presentation. This one is less than 5 minutes long. I see no way to configure the program length, the ai does that itself. Presumably the paid version provides more control. With the free version you get what you get.
And I think this is great for free:
Let's try that again...
The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of KENC 1620 AM: A Community Radio Saga
The picture it provide kinda looks like Ken
It's working here.