Thanks for the participation in the WMAL Tour

[fgentges at mindspring.com]

tacoistas,

We enjoyed the tour and it is interesting to note how WMAL is the oldest 
AM station in the area.

While I was glowing with pride about the significance of our tour and 
its role in history I received a more remarkable historical account from 
Paul, K4MSG on the LARG reflector.

Frank K0BRA

Copper Wire...

     After having dug to a  depth of 30 feet last year, New York 
scientists found  traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came 
to the  conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network 
more than 200 years ago.

     Not to be outdone by the New  Yorkers, a California archaeologist 
dug  to a depth of 40 feet and shortly after, a story in the LA Times 
read:  "California archaeologists' discovery of 250 year old copper 
wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced 
high-tech communications network fifty years earlier than the  New Yorkers."

     One week later, a local newspaper in Tennessee reported the 
following: "After digging as deep as 50 feet in his pasture near 
Delbarton,West Virginia,  Bubba, a  self-taught archaeologist, reported 
that he found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 
years ago, West Virginia, ahead of everyone else, had already gone 
wireless."

     This was received from my XYL's cousin in Princeton, WV, who closed 
it by saying, "Boy, it just makes me proud to be from West Virginia!"   ;-)


On 3/18/2011 10:18 AM, Bob Rice, KG4RRN wrote:
> All~
> Seeing that information, the station we just visited yesterday is now
> THE OLDEST
> continous operating AM station in the D.C. area.
> Mr. David Sproul, the engineer, who gave us the guiided tour replied he
> is _not_ a ham licensee, sad, but I will write back and encourage him to
> get licensed.
> Since he is an up-coming helicopter pilot, I would like to tell him a
> ham license might
> save his life one day. If anyone else wants to write him, they may
> contact him on e-mail at david.sproul at citcomm.com
> <mailto:david.sproul at citcomm.com>
>