[BC] Re: Life at the transmitter shack

[Aaron Savage]

I have spent countless hours at a site right under 4 class C stations.  Two
Boys, No Girls.  We will see with the next one.  Interesting topic to say
the least.

-Aaron Savage

>
> 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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> - - Quote --
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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.
>