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W6OBB

Posted: 19 Mar 2016 12:00 PM PDT
http://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/w6obb

Episode 085 - Art Bell - W6OBB Amateur radio was the early beginning for
a career in radio for Art Bell, W6OBB, who became one of Americas number
one late night radio talk show hosts. Art's audience on Coast to Coast AM
grew to 15 million listeners in over five-hundred markets. Art discusses
ham radio and his broadcast radio career in this QSO Today with Eric,
4Z1UG. Show Notes
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Art Bell W6OBB ResourcesQRZ PageWikipedia ArticleFacebook
PageTwitterOld QSL Cards BiographyCoast to Coast AM WebsiteArt Bells Tesla
Fuel less Generator, by T. S. Vergith, M.D. (potentially fiction - but
hey, we should ask Art on the next go around)"I am going for the fun, life
is short" - Horror Report
First License: KN3JOX, Novice, 1959

Later upgrade: K3JOX, W2CKS

Now Extra Class: W6OBB

Also holds First Class Radiotelephone License with broadcast endorsement

First Rig: Heathkit AT1 Transmitter Heathkit DX 20Heathkit DX 40 Heathkit
Apache
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

KSBK Radio, Okinawa

Arts Okinawa callsign: KR6BK

Henry Tempo 1 HF Transceiver was made by Yaesu as the FT-200

Pahrump Nevada - Arts current hometown

Don Wallace, W6AM - 24 acre antenna farm in Southern California.

Radio Stations DiscussedKNYE, Pahrump, NevadaWAVZ Radio, New Haven,
CTXETRA-FM Radio - Tijuana, MexicoKENI Radio - Anchorage, Alaska - Arts
first talk showKDWN Radio - Las Vegas Talk - 720 50,000 watts.
John Lear - UFOologist

USAF Area 51

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