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"David Eduardo" wrote:

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Why not just record the station as proof you received it?
EKKO stamps ended after The War, and until the 60's, recording was
impractical. In fact, even in the 60's it was not a good idea... most
tapes
made in that era deteriorated rapidly. Most of my prized audio IDs did
not
make it into a more advanced media as the tape flaked... some nice ones
like
HCRE1 855 and CX28 were lost that way, although verified by letter or
card.
There were wire recorders. Very durable. You could also record on vinyl
records.

Have you checked the price of a wire recorder, in today's dollars? They
cost more than a car did when they were available.


Oh, you're so full of ****, you're scary. You can pick up an Armour type
wire recorder in pristine condition at a high end antique shop for less
than $300.


Cost. Past tense. When they first came out, they were in the price range of
a cheap car.

My point is that the average DXer in the era could not afford a wire
recorder. Or a disk recorder. Keyword: average.


Home recorders recorded to an acetate, sometimes vinyl (higher end
blanks which were available later) coating on an aluminum substrate. Those
were also not expensive.

If you don't recall one, your experience is lacking.

By 1959, when I started, the only place we saw disk recorders was as a
fading way of sending spots to stations. When I got to Ecuardor, all
agencies sent spots out on disk; we were the only one of nearly 300 stations
that did not play the disks on the air, dubbing them instead to cart.

I'm glad I never had to have the recorders in a station.


As for expense...again, not VERY expensive. I have one by Meissner that
was less than $130 new.

That was when minimum wage was less than a buck. In other words, the home
recorder cost a mont's take home pay. That is not cheap.

And we had a pair of professional machines at WEW.

The miserable daytimer in St Lousi?