Broadcast stories

Back in my mid-teens, three friends and I had a hobby "unlicensed" AM radio station. Saw two of them yesterday at a sort-of 39th anniversary reunion.

We started out using a Knight-Kit Wireless Broadcaster (as seen in Popular Electronics).

Instead of concentrating on programming, we worked to broadcast with more power. One of our group had been active in amateur (HAM) radio. We modified his equipment to use for broadcasting. This soon brought us to the attention of the Federal Communications Commission. Their representative made a personal visit to our basement rec room studio to take us off the air.