[BC] Underground = Classic

[Mark Durenberger]

At 13, I pressed my nose against the glass...and saw my favorite announcer 
on the air....coming from a spinning reel of tape.  Now THAT was magic!

I was hooked...thanks to some nice patient people at the station who put up 
with questions from a pesty kid.  Paraphrasing Garrison Keillor: "Nothing 
you ever do for a youngster is ever forgotten."

My own transmitter was a Knight-Kit, tied to a long-wire.  The "staff" was 
also my grade-school and high-school friends.

Of course we knew the whole world was listening :-))

Mark Durenberger


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <shnewman at alaweb.com>

> I clearly remember (I was about 13) while pushing my nose up against the 
> window (not literally) at the first radio station > I'd ever seen.... It 
> was exciting. I went home, and with the help of my dad who was a Ham 
> operator, and built my
> own station with a 100Mw transmitter and all. My friends from school 
> served as staff. >
> Steve