[Randy Bassham]

Back in the 50's when an AM radio station was running nighttime pattern they would have to have an engineer with a 1st class FCC license at the transmitter. Dad picked up extra money babysitting the local station on Tuesday nights and I'd go with him. I built a Crystal Set and took it with me....MAN setting right under the towers I think that Crystal set would have driven an 8 inch speaker direct. The station had a 4 tower array and when it switched to pattern you had to walk around and take antenna current readings at each tower, you didn't need a flashlight...just take a 2 ft fluorescent tube with you, I thought I was big stuff when I got to walk around the towers and take the readings, that's also where at 10 years old I almost had a heart attack while I was walking through the mowed paths between the towers and flushed a huge covey of quail.