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The History of the Car Radio
Seems like cars have always had radios, but they didn't. Here's the story:One evening, in 1929, two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois, to watch the sunset. It was a romantic night to be sure, but one of the women observed that it would be even nicer if they could listen to music in ... READ MORE |
 W9RAN 06/171/2023 |
Looking Back | |
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History of the Car Radio
Seems like cars have always had radios, but they didn't. Here's the story: One evening, in 1929, two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois, to watch the sunset. It was a romantic night to be sure, but one ... READ MORE |
W9RAN 06/171/2023 |
Looking Back | |
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Your Future With Teletype
The 1950s were a time of high growth for many companies - especially those involved in communications and electronics. So what young ham would not be tempted to think about working for one of the largest data communications companies in the world - a future with Teletype? Download the booklet at the attachments link below for a look at how Teletype sought to attract technicians, eng... READ MORE |
W9RAN 03/80/2023 |
Looking Back |
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Teletype Corp.
Download the document "The New Look At Teletype" which appeared in 1960 that offers a glimpse into the operation of one of the largest data communications companies of its time. The Teletype Corporation of Skokie IL, a part of American Telephone and Telegraph Company's Western Electric manufacturing arm since 1930, came into being in 1928 when the Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Company changed its na... READ MORE |
W9RAN 03/75/2023 |
Looking Back |
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YASME - Exotic DX On the Air
Yasme is a storied word in amateur radio DX circles. DX stands for “distance” and the sailboats for which Yasme is named certainly covered their share of DX, crossing the oceans and dropping anchor at exotic islands some six decades ago. In turn, amateurs around the world, the “DX-ers,” would then try to contact the Yasme captain, Danny Weil, VP2VB, an amateur operator of... READ MORE |
W9RAN 12/351/2022 |
Looking Back |
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The Antenna Dilemma
While all new hams faced the question of what kind of antenna to put up - most had to quickly abandon dreams of a big tower with a huge beam for a number of reasons. The challenge was to get some kind of antenna up that would radiate effectively on the desired bands but would not become a target for lightning - or equally energetic complaints from wifes, parents, or neighbors.&... READ MORE |
W9RAN 12/351/2022 |
Looking Back |
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The Knight Kit T-60 Transmitter
As the Novice ham license was closing on it's 10th anniversary and the number of new hams was growing as fast as the rockets taking off from Cape Caneveral, the engineers at Allied Radio's Knight Kit division knew it was time for a replacement for the "T-50" which had only been given the official designator if "83YX255". Of course no one called it a "T-50" until there was... READ MORE |
W9RAN 04/116/2022 |
Looking Back |
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The Boy Scout Radio Merit Badge
The development of the Radio Merit Badge over the years is quite fascinating. The original merit badge was titled the Wireless Merit Badge and was introduced in 1918. The requirements have changed quite a lot over the years as radio evolved. For example, 1922 requirements included being able to receive Morse Code at 10 words per minute. The 1930 Radio Merit Badge lowered the re... READ MORE |
W9RAN 04/107/2022 |
Looking Back |
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