Comments for As the LBA Antenna Turns http://antennablog.lbagroup.com Notes on Broadcasting, Wireless, and Other RF Systems Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:30:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on VOA Greenville – Fifty Years of Shortwave to the World by Bill Hoisington http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/voa-greenville-fifty-years-of-shortwave-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-19314 Bill Hoisington Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:30:40 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=709#comment-19314 No, I didn't remember your Dad. When did your dad work forVOA? I spent most of my time at site A. Was shipped out to Belize and after 48 hours decided living out of the country was not for me. Bill Hoisington 4706 Young Rd Crestview FL 32539<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19314','Bill Hoisington'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19314','Bill Hoisington','No, I didn\'t remember your Dad. \r\nWhen did your dad\r\nwork forVOA? I spent most of my \r\ntime at site A. Was shipped out\r\nto Belize and after 48 hours\r\ndecided living out of the country\r\nwas not for me.\r\n\r\nBill Hoisington\r\n4706 Young Rd\r\nCrestview FL 32539'); return false;">Quote</a></div> No, I didn’t remember your Dad.
When did your dad
work forVOA? I spent most of my
time at site A. Was shipped out
to Belize and after 48 hours
decided living out of the country
was not for me.

Bill Hoisington
4706 Young Rd
Crestview FL 32539

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]]> Comment on VOA Greenville – Fifty Years of Shortwave to the World by Doug Swoboda http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/voa-greenville-fifty-years-of-shortwave-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-19281 Doug Swoboda Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:18:59 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=709#comment-19281 <a href='#comment-18693' rel="nofollow">@Bill Hoisington</a> - Ben: Read my post on the VOA website below.Did you know my dad?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19281','Doug Swoboda'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19281','Doug Swoboda','<a href=\'#comment-18693\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Bill Hoisington<\/a> - Ben: Read my post on the VOA website below.Did you know my dad?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Bill Hoisington – Ben: Read my post on the VOA website below.Did you know my dad?
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]]> Comment on VOA Greenville – Fifty Years of Shortwave to the World by Doug Swoboda http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/voa-greenville-fifty-years-of-shortwave-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-19280 Doug Swoboda Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:15:51 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=709#comment-19280 My Name is Doug Swoboda. My dad Maximillian A Swoboda was 1 of the original 8 families that moved to Greenville in 1959 to build the VOA project. He passed away in 1991 but I have many articles and memorabilia on these projects. He worked at Site C and even-though I was only 7 thru 13 years old at the time I remember going to work with him in the summer and on weekends to oversee the progress on the construction and installation of equipment. Some of the original families were Fred Blackburn. Walter Gray.Ben Jones. The Kondrackies Dee & Marge Sencindivers and Carr Moore. This was as I remember about a 27 million dollar project at the time and was a state of the are facility. It is sad to see the phasing out of these 3 sites due to more modern technology and lack of Government funding. We left Greenville and were transferred to Washington D.C. where at the studios in the HEW building he oversaw and designed the equipment for the master control center affectionately called The Bubble.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19280','Doug Swoboda'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19280','Doug Swoboda','My Name is Doug Swoboda. My dad Maximillian A Swoboda was 1 of the original 8 families that moved to Greenville in 1959 to build the VOA project. He passed away in 1991 but I have many articles and memorabilia on these projects. He worked at Site C and even-though I was only 7 thru 13 years old at the time I remember going to work with him in the summer and on weekends to oversee the progress on the construction and installation of equipment. Some of the original families were Fred Blackburn. Walter Gray.Ben Jones. The Kondrackies Dee & Marge Sencindivers and Carr Moore. This was as I remember about a 27 million dollar project at the time and was a state of the are facility. It is sad to see the phasing out of these 3 sites due to more modern technology and lack of Government funding. We left Greenville and were transferred to Washington D.C. where at the studios in the HEW building he oversaw and designed the equipment for the master control center affectionately called The Bubble.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> My Name is Doug Swoboda. My dad Maximillian A Swoboda was 1 of the original 8 families that moved to Greenville in 1959 to build the VOA project. He passed away in 1991 but I have many articles and memorabilia on these projects. He worked at Site C and even-though I was only 7 thru 13 years old at the time I remember going to work with him in the summer and on weekends to oversee the progress on the construction and installation of equipment. Some of the original families were Fred Blackburn. Walter Gray.Ben Jones. The Kondrackies Dee & Marge Sencindivers and Carr Moore. This was as I remember about a 27 million dollar project at the time and was a state of the are facility. It is sad to see the phasing out of these 3 sites due to more modern technology and lack of Government funding. We left Greenville and were transferred to Washington D.C. where at the studios in the HEW building he oversaw and designed the equipment for the master control center affectionately called The Bubble.
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]]> Comment on Radio Guide Features LBA AM Colocation by FCC invites Behr to give testimony about colocation http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/radio-guide-features-lba-am-colocation/comment-page-1/#comment-19275 FCC invites Behr to give testimony about colocation Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:29:13 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=810#comment-19275 [...] generally agreed that colocation is a genuine opportunity for AM to acquire a new revenue stream. Bob Vinikoor, a New England radio station owner who has 15 wireless antennas on three radio station towers, [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19275','FCC invites Behr to give testimony about colocation'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19275','FCC invites Behr to give testimony about colocation','[...] generally agreed that colocation is a genuine opportunity for AM to acquire a new revenue stream. Bob Vinikoor, a New England radio station owner who has 15 wireless antennas on three radio station towers, [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] generally agreed that colocation is a genuine opportunity for AM to acquire a new revenue stream. Bob Vinikoor, a New England radio station owner who has 15 wireless antennas on three radio station towers, [...]
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]]> Comment on Hazards in the Workplace – RF Shock and Burn by GRE PSR 500 skips over some freqs while scanning - Page 3 - The RadioReference.com Forums http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/hazards-in-the-workplace-rf-shock-and-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-19158 GRE PSR 500 skips over some freqs while scanning - Page 3 - The RadioReference.com Forums Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:04:37 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=1112#comment-19158 [...] i don' t have lights up and i doubt my porch light isn't connected to my mast or ladder. see here Hazards in the Workplace – RF Shock and Burn this talks about what i'm talking about. not sure if the metal siding on the house is enough metal [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19158','GRE PSR 500 skips over some freqs while scanning - Page 3 - The RadioReference.com Forums'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19158','GRE PSR 500 skips over some freqs while scanning - Page 3 - The RadioReference.com Forums','[...] i don' t have lights up and i doubt my porch light isn't connected to my mast or ladder. see here Hazards in the Workplace – RF Shock and Burn this talks about what i'm talking about. not sure if the metal siding on the house is enough metal [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] i don' t have lights up and i doubt my porch light isn't connected to my mast or ladder. see here Hazards in the Workplace – RF Shock and Burn this talks about what i'm talking about. not sure if the metal siding on the house is enough metal [...]
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]]> Comment on VOA Greenville – Fifty Years of Shortwave to the World by David Kaye http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/voa-greenville-fifty-years-of-shortwave-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-19075 David Kaye Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:51:59 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=709#comment-19075 Shortwave is horse & buggy technology. Nobody listens to shortwave anymore. Streaming on the Internet means that local stations can take the feed and broadcast locally to their communities. This is what the BBC now does across America. Every major SW broadcaster: BBC, Radio Netherlands, Radio Canada, Radio Australia, RAI, Deutche Welle -- all of them have either severely cut back or totally eliminated shortwave broadcasting. It's just not economical in today's world, especially when nobody is listening.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19075','David Kaye'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19075','David Kaye','Shortwave is horse & buggy technology. Nobody listens to shortwave anymore. Streaming on the Internet means that local stations can take the feed and broadcast locally to their communities. This is what the BBC now does across America. \r\n\r\nEvery major SW broadcaster: BBC, Radio Netherlands, Radio Canada, Radio Australia, RAI, Deutche Welle -- all of them have either severely cut back or totally eliminated shortwave broadcasting. It\'s just not economical in today\'s world, especially when nobody is listening.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Shortwave is horse & buggy technology. Nobody listens to shortwave anymore. Streaming on the Internet means that local stations can take the feed and broadcast locally to their communities. This is what the BBC now does across America.

Every major SW broadcaster: BBC, Radio Netherlands, Radio Canada, Radio Australia, RAI, Deutche Welle — all of them have either severely cut back or totally eliminated shortwave broadcasting. It’s just not economical in today’s world, especially when nobody is listening.

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]]> Comment on VOA Greenville – Fifty Years of Shortwave to the World by Ingenieros de Multivision de Monterrey Visitan LBA Technology y la Voz de America http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/voa-greenville-fifty-years-of-shortwave-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-18799 Ingenieros de Multivision de Monterrey Visitan LBA Technology y la Voz de America Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:35:34 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=709#comment-18799 [...] para que  Eric, Olivia y Ramon tuvieran la especial oportunidad de visitar las instalaciones de la Voz de America situadas en el area de Greenville donde el Ing. Macon Dail nos dio un tour de las instalaciones.  [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18799','Ingenieros de Multivision de Monterrey Visitan LBA Technology y la Voz de America'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18799','Ingenieros de Multivision de Monterrey Visitan LBA Technology y la Voz de America','[...] para que  Eric, Olivia y Ramon tuvieran la especial oportunidad de visitar las instalaciones de la Voz de America situadas en el area de Greenville donde el Ing. Macon Dail nos dio un tour de las instalaciones.  [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] para que  Eric, Olivia y Ramon tuvieran la especial oportunidad de visitar las instalaciones de la Voz de America situadas en el area de Greenville donde el Ing. Macon Dail nos dio un tour de las instalaciones.  [...]
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]]> Comment on Radio station owner found new money in old towers by LBA http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/radio-station-owner-found-new-money-in-old-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-18771 LBA Mon, 08 Aug 2011 04:20:30 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/uncategorized/radio-station-owner-found-new-money-in-old-towers/#comment-18771 LBA does not endorse or assume any responsibility for this offer.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18771','LBA'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18771','LBA','LBA does not endorse or assume any responsibility for this offer.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> LBA does not endorse or assume any responsibility for this offer.
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]]> Comment on Radio station owner found new money in old towers by jim menhennick http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/radio-station-owner-found-new-money-in-old-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-18760 jim menhennick Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:43:23 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/uncategorized/radio-station-owner-found-new-money-in-old-towers/#comment-18760 I have a 120' tower in the crate along with warning lights and coils. It all was the local am fm radio stations. I am looking to get rid of it, need to make room and need the money. If intrested or you might know of someone please let me know. Like I said its all crated and ready to ship. Please call 304-261-8922 (jim) Thanks<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18760','jim menhennick'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18760','jim menhennick','I have a 120\' tower in the crate along with warning lights and coils. It all was the local am fm radio stations. I am looking to get rid of it, need to make room and need the money. If intrested or you might know of someone please let me know. Like I said its all crated and ready to ship. Please call 304-261-8922 (jim) Thanks'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have a 120′ tower in the crate along with warning lights and coils. It all was the local am fm radio stations. I am looking to get rid of it, need to make room and need the money. If intrested or you might know of someone please let me know. Like I said its all crated and ready to ship. Please call 304-261-8922 (jim) Thanks
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]]> Comment on VOA Greenville – Fifty Years of Shortwave to the World by Bill Hoisington http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/voa-greenville-fifty-years-of-shortwave-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-18693 Bill Hoisington Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:21:19 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=709#comment-18693 I was one of the 13 Engineers in the late 80s to train in Greenville Site A before spreading around the world. Sorry to learn that everything is gone. Spent many, many hours training and would have finished my career in Greenville if I had been given the chance. What a waist of money to shut down all of those new high power transmittes purchased in the 80s. We just don't seem to learn anything in this country.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18693','Bill Hoisington'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18693','Bill Hoisington','I was one of the 13 Engineers in the late 80s to train in Greenville Site A before spreading around the world. Sorry to learn that everything is gone. Spent many, many hours training and would have finished my career in Greenville if I had been given the chance. What a waist of money to shut down all of those new high power transmittes purchased in the 80s. We just don\'t seem to learn anything in this country.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I was one of the 13 Engineers in the late 80s to train in Greenville Site A before spreading around the world. Sorry to learn that everything is gone. Spent many, many hours training and would have finished my career in Greenville if I had been given the chance. What a waist of money to shut down all of those new high power transmittes purchased in the 80s. We just don’t seem to learn anything in this country.
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]]> Comment on When KPH Ruled as Wireless King of the Pacific by Ken Javor http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/when-kph-ruled-as-wireless-king-of-the-pacific/comment-page-1/#comment-18579 Ken Javor Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:11:15 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=1145#comment-18579 Nice story - thank you.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18579','Ken Javor'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18579','Ken Javor','Nice story - thank you.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Nice story – thank you.
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]]> Comment on LBA TuniPole® Braves Hurricanes and Floods for 35 Years! by Alan Kirschner http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/lba-tunipole%c2%ae-braves-hurricanes-and-floods-for-35-years/comment-page-1/#comment-18758 Alan Kirschner Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:40:52 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=1139#comment-18758 Having worked on air at WOOW in 1970-71 this brought back some fond memories. Can never forget "Tiger Radio". Congrats on having such a fine product.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18758','Alan Kirschner'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18758','Alan Kirschner','Having worked on air at WOOW in 1970-71 this brought\r\nback some fond memories. Can never forget \"Tiger Radio\". Congrats\r\non having such a fine product.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Having worked on air at WOOW in 1970-71 this brought
back some fond memories. Can never forget “Tiger Radio”. Congrats
on having such a fine product.
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]]> Comment on The MSK-200 Universal Digital TV Tester Gets Even Better! by LBA http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/the-msk-200-universal-digital-tv-tester-gets-even-better/comment-page-1/#comment-18561 LBA Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:37:09 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/uncategorized/the-msk-200-universal-digital-tv-tester-gets-even-better/#comment-18561 We no longer offer this item.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18561','LBA'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18561','LBA','We no longer offer this item.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> We no longer offer this item.
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]]> Comment on The MSK-200 Universal Digital TV Tester Gets Even Better! by Omer Osman Elamin http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/the-msk-200-universal-digital-tv-tester-gets-even-better/comment-page-1/#comment-18555 Omer Osman Elamin Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:40:16 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/uncategorized/the-msk-200-universal-digital-tv-tester-gets-even-better/#comment-18555 How Mutch Expenese This EQUIPMENT<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18555','Omer Osman Elamin'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18555','Omer Osman Elamin','How Mutch Expenese This EQUIPMENT'); return false;">Quote</a></div> How Mutch Expenese This EQUIPMENT
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]]> Comment on LBA Brings A Louder Voice To Vietnam by Unidentified Abandoned Site? - The RadioReference.com Forums http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/lba-brings-a-louder-voice-to-vietnam/comment-page-1/#comment-18325 Unidentified Abandoned Site? - The RadioReference.com Forums Sun, 01 May 2011 09:25:46 +0000 http://antennablog.lbagroup.com/?p=790#comment-18325 [...] of the Antenna Array. I just arrived in Ho Chi Mnh City, Vietnam. A Google Search turned up: LBA Brings A Louder Voice To Vietnam I am going to try to find this site tomorrow. __________________ [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('18325','Unidentified Abandoned Site? - The RadioReference.com Forums'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('18325','Unidentified Abandoned Site? - The RadioReference.com Forums','[...] of the Antenna Array. I just arrived in Ho Chi Mnh City, Vietnam. A Google Search turned up: LBA Brings A Louder Voice To Vietnam I am going to try to find this site tomorrow. __________________ [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] of the Antenna Array. I just arrived in Ho Chi Mnh City, Vietnam. A Google Search turned up: LBA Brings A Louder Voice To Vietnam I am going to try to find this site tomorrow. __________________ [...]
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