Would the reporter be able to find meals in the time warp?
Will the time warp put the bomb in a past time before it was ever dropped?
It seems a lot like a dream. Dreams have warped time.
Would the reporters shoes stay on?
I have opened the vault.
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Thanks for that MRAM, enjoyed the ones I've listened to so far.. First the 'Interview' in full, and now I'm 48 minutes into 'Panel',.. Later I'll listen to them in order from the start. ! It's some excellent presentative programing, if such.
Here's a link to a 2005 Columbia University news page announcing the premiere of this broadcast along with a well written but brief introduction:
WFDU to Honor 70 th Anniversary of Edwin Armstrong's FM Radio Demonstration http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/05/06/edwinArmstrong.html
Well the program isn't trying to be realistic.. Just a presentation of factful information embeded in a fantasy atmosphere. Want it to be enjoyable 5 minute episodes.
But to answer your questions;
Yes he can find food in the timewarp. He's pysically present in each past, but our transmissions are somehow making thru time and we are able interact live.
No, the time warp will not put the bomb in a past time before it was ever dropped.. unless he warps into the manufacturing of the Mark 15 or something - then it would be factual, though a little off topic.
The program is supposed to feel like a dream.
It is unknown at this time if the reporters shoes were blown off due to the lightning strike.
A Mk 15 nuclear bomb of the type lost when jettisoned after the collision 1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision
...Although the reporter could be there around the time the bomb got dropped...
The B-47 bomber was on a simulated combat mission from Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. It was carrying a single 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) bomb. At about 2:00 AM, the B-47 collided with an F-86. The F-86 crashed after the pilot ejected from the plane, but the B-47, although damaged, remained airborne, albeit barely. The crew requested permission to jettison the bomb in order to reduce weight and prevent the bomb from exploding during an emergency landing. Permission was granted, and the bomb was jettisoned at 7,200 feet (2,200 m) while the bomber was traveling at about 200 knots (370 km/h). The crew did not see an explosion when the bomb struck the sea, and managed to land the B-47 safely at the nearest base...
(quoted from wikipedia)
Seeing your picture I immediately recognized having seen that bomb somewhere in my travels. By the way, my travels were not in time, but across the river where today that thing is serving as a beer keg at a tavern in Dupo, Illinois (pronounced Doo'-poe).
This is the kind of stuff that is really fun.
The time warp discussion (time slows down
when I talk to my wife on the phone.)
The WA2XMN 42.8 MHz/WFDU 89.1 MHz
memorial broadcast (wow.) And the lost
bomb story. (Yikes.)
More comments as I check the above out
in more detail.
By the way, my brother has that memorial
broadcast stored somewhere, but it has
problems. It is great to be able to hear the
whole thing again. What a big deal that thing is.
Thanks guys.
Bruce, DOGRADIO
When I hear the name "Armstrong" I immeadiatly think about the moon. I really had no clue who Major Edwin Howard Armstrong was until now. It's a very interesting memorial broadcast to listen to. I too am glad it was made available here.
Armstrong committed suicide after he was ripped off by David Sarnoff (RCA)
Alledgedly committed suicide. Who is to say Sarnoff didn't have him offed?
Good point.
There is a book, I have a copy printed by Bantam Book, titled MAN OF HIGH FIDELITY: EDWIN HOWARD ARMSTRONG, by Lawrence Lessing.
According to the book, Armstrong had been battling in court at his own expense against RCA regarding patent claims, and Sarnoff used the power of his (RCA) corporation to delay and put Armstrong on the brink of bankruptcy.
Concerned that his wife would be put in poverty, following a visit with his attorney with offices in a high rise New York building, Armstrong jumped.
His wife continued the court case and eventually won.
The suicide was in the 1950s.
However, a conspiracy is always possible, and this story might simply be the revisionist history of the whole thing.
And them stole his FM concepts and used them for television.
Most of the talk circulates around that 100mW input and the 3-meter length, while we might tend to be fairly free-wheeling on program content, since the FCC rules leave it alone.
But there are other regulating agencies which are impossible to grasp.
This is especially true for our stations that stream on the web.
There are as many as 50 royalties that must be paid for everything from playing songs to playing records. But nobody understands exactly what they should do.
Are we felons waiting for a swat raid?
Can drones take us out while we sip tea on the patio?
Think of all the wasted tea.
Because we don't understand the threat we tend never to speak about it.
After all, everything we say here or anywhere is being overheard by prosecutors who want our prison allowance.
Seek the advice of an attorney? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
First, they will see $$$ when you keep your appointment, Second, they possibly will have no idea what you're talking about but will never admit it.
On a radio program I heard tonight the copyright lawyer being interviewed said that "intellectual disobedience" is what she recommends, being creative despite the rules no one can understand.
This matter will result in a Low Power Hour.
The ALPB will hold hearings.
Regarding the State of the Station, yes the issue of royalties is a real thorn in the side.
I had a nice rant all typed out but decided not to stir the pot. Rather, I'll continue to do what I do and enjoy my station.
I can hardly wait for that LPH to tear 'em apart. Like Granny always said, "@#$% 'em all" while sipping her tea on the patio.
The ALPB will prevail, Bringing Radio Back To The People.