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in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was a 50,000 watt transmitter in the last stage. The exciter was a tube, and I had forgotten about the smell. Until you had mentioned it every morning, I would have to go in and power that thing up at about 4 AM for the sign on at 430 with the national anthem. And I remember for about 20 minutes, they were listening to the tubes warm up and that smell. And I just wanted to mention to you, I had forgotten all about that until you had mentioned the smell of the tubes. Yep. Yeah, Roger. What Joan had mentioned the smell of the tubes with her old receiver, and I had noticed the same thing. And in addition to the smell, you know, I was particular to the sounds that the tubes would make as they expanded, he'd end up and expanded and as the electrode.