[BC] Re: TX shacks......horror stories

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

When I worked at one station in Florida, we tore apart one bathro0om to put
in a shwoer and washing machine. We had to put the toilet somewhere..so we
left it in the transmitter hallway, directly across from the Omni 5000A.
Evcerytime we'd get visitors, they'd stop.. pause and stare for a minute..
thinking the toilet might actually still be connected.

I have a soda machine here at WABV(as seen at
www.walkerbroadcasting.com/pics.html) that still keeps things cold, I even
have soda in it as we speak.

-- 
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Operations Manager/Program Director
WABV-AM 1590 Abbeville, SC, USA
www.wabv1590.com
www.walkerbroadcasting.com


On 2/16/07, KC4QLP at aol.com <KC4QLP at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> >We had a HAM radio group that was planning on
> >putting an old Coke machine next to a tower as an
> >outdoor cabinet.
>
> Hmm..like this idea....put one dollar into the coke machine and out pops a
> multi thousand dollar radio! What a deal that would be!
>
> >There used to be a ham repeater up in Colorado that was in an old
> >refrigerator, chained to a tree.  I forget the antennas, or how they
> powered
> >it, but it worked for years that way.
>
>
> You know...sometimes I wonder what actually goes through some peoples
> minds
> to think up of using such things to house radio gear. Idiots!...Ok maybe
> to
> strong of a word to use. Maybe severely and extremely misinformed would
> work.
>
> This using Coke machines and refriderators thing kind of could also border
> along the lines of redneck engineering too! Hahaha....like the places
> where you
> see toliets being used a planters, sofas and recliners on front porches
> being
> used as outdoor furniture .....and the list could go on and on.
>
> Bob Carter - KC4QLP
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