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Anyone who knows about AFN broadcasting HAS to be an OP . :innocent
I hears that @Evans Electric bought his first wireless off Noah's father after his boat sunk,,,, :slap
Thats right Stepps ...the Animals in the Ark was just a smoke sreen , Noah had loaded up with iffy Marconi radios , we bought a van load before the flood swept him away , we made our getaway but were stuck at the docks , then this guy shows up , Moses , bunged him a radio, gratis and he only goes and parts the Red Sea so we could drive the van across .
Then on the way back we stop at a rock concert or something on a mount , everyone eating fish & bread and listening to this other bloke who says " Blessed are the cheesemakers 'cos they will inherit the wind " or something. The preacher guy asked why we were smuggling wirelesses when there was no elastictrickery anywhere.
We thanked him , I asked his name , "Jesus Christ" Ooh sorry, I only asked , no need to get upset. He seemed quite important somehow but then we thought , no one will have heard of him in 2000 yrs time. :innocent
He mentioned that In His father's house there were many mansions so we talked him into taking the load of radios .... we loaded up with bread , fish and cheese and legged it back to the land of the Angles and Saxons sharpish.
Just rambling again .
Then on the way back we stop at a rock concert or something on a mount , everyone eating fish & bread and listening to this other bloke who says " Blessed are the cheesemakers 'cos they will inherit the wind " or something. The preacher guy asked why we were smuggling wirelesses when there was no elastictrickery anywhere.
We thanked him , I asked his name , "Jesus Christ" Ooh sorry, I only asked , no need to get upset. He seemed quite important somehow but then we thought , no one will have heard of him in 2000 yrs time. :innocent
He mentioned that In His father's house there were many mansions so we talked him into taking the load of radios .... we loaded up with bread , fish and cheese and legged it back to the land of the Angles and Saxons sharpish.
Just rambling again .
I remember listening to radio Moscow English broadcasts from Berlin in the early 70's.
" The bowler hatted English bureaucrats ride through the streets in their expensive cars while the striking miners and their families starve in the cold "
I lived in a mining community in South Yorkshire at that time and most of the striking miners spent all day in the miners welfare club drinking beer.
I never saw anyone in a bowler hat except at funerals.
We did live in a posh area though, they'd just started building small extensions on the houses so we could have indoor toilets.
You should be getting your first "Scoob"
I think I remember hearing Radio Moscow now you mention it ...... had they learned English with American accents ?
I think I remember hearing Radio Moscow now you mention it ...... had they learned English with American accents ?
ruston
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They did have American accents , one female broadcaster in particular was very polished and officious.
I liked AFN. It was amazing when you were a boy, being able to tune the world in. We had an old Marconi TV, but the radio was more mysterious.
I liked AFN. It was amazing when you were a boy, being able to tune the world in. We had an old Marconi TV, but the radio was more mysterious.
Ah Another Member of the Old Pharts Club by the sound of it .
I remember looking on it as mysterious & magical , all this stuff going on around the world , as you say , and on Short Wave or was it VHF ? Did we get VHF then?
anyway there were broadcasts in English from I know not where , I think there was a US station that drifted in sometimes , other than their forces network , may have been CBS European Radio or something . Used to be able to follow the police radio , you found the frequency of the despatcher then search quickly for one of the cars.
Luxembourg was the first "pirate" really, programmes were made in London I think, then broadcast from Luxembourg complete with advertising, all together now " We are the Ovaltineys , little girls and boys...." There was Double your Money with Hughie Greene and Take your Pick .
You couldn't receive it until around 7.00 PM , something to do with signal strength .... the big thing with us young 'uns was they were the only station that played Pop music & Rock n Roll so if you wanted to hear the latest from Elvis , Ricky Nelson , Eddie Cochran or Dion & the Bellmonts you tuned around 10pm to the Teen & Twenty Disc Club presented by your friend and mine , the schoolgirl's favourite ...lets hear it for Mr Jimmy Saville (among others ).
Commercial radio didn't exist elswhere....there was no R1 , there was the Light Programme , the Third Programme and The Home Service & BBC World Service.
It wasn't all bad ... all the family would sit round to hear Journey into Space or Paul Temple and the Mysterious Whatever Mystery on BBC
I remember looking on it as mysterious & magical , all this stuff going on around the world , as you say , and on Short Wave or was it VHF ? Did we get VHF then?
anyway there were broadcasts in English from I know not where , I think there was a US station that drifted in sometimes , other than their forces network , may have been CBS European Radio or something . Used to be able to follow the police radio , you found the frequency of the despatcher then search quickly for one of the cars.
Luxembourg was the first "pirate" really, programmes were made in London I think, then broadcast from Luxembourg complete with advertising, all together now " We are the Ovaltineys , little girls and boys...." There was Double your Money with Hughie Greene and Take your Pick .
You couldn't receive it until around 7.00 PM , something to do with signal strength .... the big thing with us young 'uns was they were the only station that played Pop music & Rock n Roll so if you wanted to hear the latest from Elvis , Ricky Nelson , Eddie Cochran or Dion & the Bellmonts you tuned around 10pm to the Teen & Twenty Disc Club presented by your friend and mine , the schoolgirl's favourite ...lets hear it for Mr Jimmy Saville (among others ).
Commercial radio didn't exist elswhere....there was no R1 , there was the Light Programme , the Third Programme and The Home Service & BBC World Service.
It wasn't all bad ... all the family would sit round to hear Journey into Space or Paul Temple and the Mysterious Whatever Mystery on BBC
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phil d
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I've a lovely old valve radio sat upstairs if anyone wants it,you'd have to collect it mind you.The CB thing got me into a load of grief when I was about 17,I was living with my parents at the time on Moonbase Alpha and cb had just been made legal.I started of with a DV27 on a biscuit tin and a colt 295 radio.Anyway I was doing a job for a bloke who'd gone to Ham and he gave me a silver rod higain and a 30 foot scaffold tube.I stuck it on the side of the bungalow while they were on holiday,plus 30's into Ellesmere port,mum went mental when she came home,you could see it from the main road.48 feet long from tip to tip,there was only 6 foot of it attached to the wall,so you can imagine how high it was.
Sharpend
"It Just Is"
That's the trouble with mothers, they just don't get this technology thing
I packed in with CB’s when AM became legal.
With the old AM sets we used them for shift handovers, it took about 40 minutes off every shift. As soon as you left the house you would shout up the lad you were taking off and he could head for home.
How “der management” didn’t twig on to what we were doing???? Every shift electricians car had an AM CB installed.
With the old AM sets we used them for shift handovers, it took about 40 minutes off every shift. As soon as you left the house you would shout up the lad you were taking off and he could head for home.
How “der management” didn’t twig on to what we were doing???? Every shift electricians car had an AM CB installed.
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