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From: G8PZT@GB7PZT.#24.GBR.EU (Paula)
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Subject: Re: Re: Are they lying or ignorant ?
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Yes I too can remember the pirates (Radios Caroline, London and Essex)
prior to 1967....
In the early days I listened on an amplified crystal set, as I couldn't
afford a proper radio.
Sometimes I listened on an old Pye car radio which was set up in the garage,
powered from a spare car battery. It was an all-valve radio with a vibrator
HT generator, and it used to flatten the battery after a couple of hours.
My parents would tell me off for wasting electricity to charge the battery.
The BBC spoiled it all by killing off the pirates in 1967. Radio 1 was never
as good, because the attraction of the pirates wasn't just the music, it
was the whole ethos of something new, fresh and slightly naughty.
And yes, I knew a boy locally who used to make pirate broadcasts using ex-WD
equipment that he used to buy for a song at the local army surplus store
(now that was a fascinating place :-)
73, Paula
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