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I am just looking for an easier way to
plunk a transmitter package into the
back yard, hook it up, and transmit.
There is a lot going on here. That approach
might help me get back on AM. (Which is
really where the fun is, as far as I’m concerned.)
By the way, I just found out recently that a
guy in Collinsville, CT had a Part 15 AM station
in his truck!!! And – it got out about a third
of a mile into car radios, which I think is really
good!
I don’t think he is on the air anymore. But this
is what I have figured out by piecing different
stories together:
It seems like he would produce programming at
home during the week. The programming went
onto cassette tape. Then on the weekends he
would drive his truck into a park (?) in town.
He would raise the “3 or less meter stick” up on
the truck. Then he would lay down a bunch of
ground radials in the parking lot. Then he would
run the programing from a boombox into the
transmitter for most of the day on Saturday and
Sunday. I am told the transmitter looked
like a RangeMaster. People would listen in their
cars around the park and around town.
He did this for a couple of years, but I think it is
over now.
But it’s the first time I have ever heard of a
Part 15 AM station that came out of a truck!
Best Wishes
Bruce, MICRO1690/1700
