Mark

How much?

I think a Christmas Carol is something like “The First Noel” and “Silent Night” and “Good King Wenceslas” in the familiar classical style with the choir singing.

Me I have a folder of more rockin’ Christmas songs like Little St. Nick by the Beach Boys and Run Run Rudolf by Chuck Berry and lots from Darleen Love’s album and many more that I insert…[Read more]

Well Carl, if you take away the vocal and have it in karaoke style you now have instrumental Rap. I’m sure it’s there. You’ll get something like electronic dance music with the same thump thump thump.

I also know that there are other genera non rap songs that have a bad message although far and few between…..”Mack the Knife” by Bobby Darin, “Under my Thumb” and “Brown Sugar” by the Stones, “Itchicoo Park” by the Small Faces and some of the Lou Reed songs with the Velvet Underground and even the Beatles “Run for your Life” and Rappers would…[Read more]

Some Radioshack radios came with the schematic right in the back of the owners manual.

I think the only problem with Christmas music is it starts way to early where it never did in the past. The middle of November is too early. And some radio stations go all Christmas exclusively from the last week of November till the 27th. That’s a little much.

A long time ago…the 60s, Christmas music on radio was in the form of Christmas…[Read more]

Me I’m a one man band automated running 24/7

Problem 1 you found away to improvise but is caused by a misalignment. Sometimes digital tuning is not true digital tuning(PLL) but digital readout with analog tuning. This is most likely why you are finding what you said. If you have a tuning cap or varactor diodes you don’t have true digital tuning.

Number 2 is an AGC malfunction and

3 is a…[Read more]

I saw the part of my rant that got moderated but I was just making a comparison and if it was seen you would know what I was saying. Nothing derogatory was intended.

By the way Carl, you can get the lyrics of anything just by searching any song and lyrics.

Carl has a greater understanding about rap!!!!!

He has seen the light!

This girl took the words out of my mouth! She also has a head on her shoulders.

This is about what’s on your station now so I will continue in a new thread as not to change topic……Carl, read on.

As we speak 4:45 PM Nov 21/2018……excerpt from a Wolfman Jack radio show, taking one of his phone calls.

A part of this article gives reference to some form of mental illness and creativity or genius going hand in hand.

I believe this to be true as if you look at the people who you would call a genius they are lacking somewhere else or are just plain nuts.

I don’t know how this relates to hobby radio but look at some of the people we could call…[Read more]

Yes he has a great website, have known about his site for a long time.

Advice for Carl, If you fix or get another EDM remember to install a 2.2UH inductor across the antenna to ground. This is transient voltage protection and will save the output from static etc. on the antenna.

I wonder why.

Not a good outlook as I for several years now have enjoyed communicating with others that do this. Wouldn’t want to see these forums disappear.

Yet over at the “other” forum where you can’t join because of your email address isn’t to his liking, there seems to be regular daily activity, albeit by one or two people, the owner being…[Read more]

Carl says this hobby is “silly”?

I hope you are just being sarcastic.

Yes I agree that if you are live and doing special programs it takes most of your time. Me, that’s the reason I don’t have special real time programs and/or go live(well, one of two reasons). Automated with everything pre-done including jingles and ID’s requires nothing more than being a listener and making sure it’s working properly. I still have…[Read more]

I only know about Canada since I don’t live in the USA but in Canada no music fees are needed for an over-the -air station not requiring a license.

I know this as I contacted all the music licensing organizations here.

Easy enough to find out. Contact by email as you can keep the response you get in writing and signed by a representative of the…[Read more]