[BC] Life at the transmitter shack

[Pete Allen]

Well, I don't live at the transmitter site (though there are always a few weeks of the year it seems that way), but our studios/offices are co-located at the xmtr/tower site so I spend at least 8 hours a day 'catching rays'.  My desk is 20' from the xmtr and 60' from the tower base.  Had six girls, three boys, and then two more girls - total 11 (yes, all with the same mother and no multiple births).  Wasn't there a bumper sticker stating that "FM engineers do it with frequency"? ;>Þ 

Anyway, the five oldest girls are married and I've got 6 grand kids (5 boys, 1 girl) and two more on the way this year.

And all this time I thought it was the well water!  Ü
Peter  

Peter J. Allen
Chief Engineer
WRBS AM1230/95One FM
 

-----Original Message-----
  From: 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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