On Sep 7, 5:08*am, Bob Dobbs wrote:
RHFwrote:
On Sep 7, 4:06*am, Bob Dobbs wrote:
dave wrote:
We need some kind
of radio that'll work after the Great Collapse.

Why would anyone need some kind of working radio
to tune in all those stations (radios themselves) that won't be working?
Sort of a paradox, eh?
...or is it only receivers that will mysteriously stop working?

If enough of me survives any 'great collapse'
to be able to listen to something, I bet my radios will too.

--

Operator Bob
Echo Charlie 42

Sort of like a Farmer in the 1920s who bought a
"Farm Radio"; and when his Son asked him 'why'
the Farmer replied 'why' Son some day we will
have elect-tric-city just like your Uncle in the City.
http://everything2.com/title/Farm+radio

That article mentioned 45v or 90v "B" batteries,
yet I seem to remember a 67v one too
like my uncles used to menace me with.
- We had a long wire antenna running out the window to a walnut tree,
- always got disconnected during lightning storms
- and the end placed in a mason jar for insulation.

Was it 'filled' with "White Lightning" after the storm P


Actually so-called "Farm Radios" were usually
powered by Batteries and some/many Farms
had their own Electrical Generating Systems.
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/far...0s/life_18.htm

- They also talked about kerosene lanterns,
- which we called 'coal oil'.

-wrt- 'Coal Oil Johnny'

Note - Back then you could not go off-the-grid . . .
-cause- There WasNoGrid [.]

I didn't come on the scene until the early forties
and in town there was a grid of sorts.
Even a telephone system (number please)

--

Operator Bob
Echo Charlie 42