[BC] Life at the transmitter shack

[Barry Mishkind]

This is especially for those of you who have lived at transmitter sites.

An email from someone not too long ago recounted a conversation he 
had with Parker Gates. The question came up about the children of 
radio engineers who lived at the transmitter site. I'll quote the gentleman:

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I made mention to Parker that his grand children appeared to be all 
girls, and I said something to the effect that it was caused by all 
of the RF he used to work around. He chuckled, but told me a story about
that very fact. I certainly don't remember his exact words, but he 
did say that people who work around broadcast sites have a higher 
percentage of girls, especially if they were live-in engineers. He 
explained to me that in the early days of radio broadcasting, it 
wasn't uncommon to have an engineer who actually had his home at the 
broadcast transmitter site. He stated they almost never have boys, a 
statement which has stuck with me all these years.

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Any comments?  Any of you have kids at a transmitter site?  Any of 
you born at a transmitter site?

What power level/Freq.?

thanks.

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