Tag " history"
11
Feb
A century ago, one of the world’s first hackers used Morse code insults to disrupt a public demo of Marconi's wireless telegraph
LATE one June afternoon in 1903 a hush fell across an expectant audience in the Royal Institution's celebrated lecture theatre in London. Before the crowd, the physicist John Ambrose Fleming was adjusting arcane apparatus as he prepared to demonstrate an emerging technological...
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08
Dec
The station is WWJ in Detroit, a contemporary to KDKA as one of the country’s first radio stations. We are in the transmitter room in the Detroit News Building in early 1922. The broadcast studio is located in a separate room.Photo from the Detroit News Archives
The rig seen beyond the operator’s desk is actually the station’s second transmitter; it replaced a primitive DeForest 50 Watt transmitter...
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02
Dec
Amateur radio has been a part of my life for several decades, as a faithful friend and a dominant hobby.
Of course, there are many other interesting things out there. But it is different from any others because it not only sharpens your technical knowledge, but also gives you many reasons to join the Amateur radio community. One of such reasons is opportunity to meet other fellow amateurs from other...
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15
Nov
From the Discovery Channel series "Rocket Science": Alan Bean describes the lightning strike that knocked out power on the second lunar NASA landing mission shortly after launch. (www.foolishearthling.com)
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajOsHVK11Lw
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03
Nov
"W1Z Last Broadcasts from Historic 1921 WBZ Springfield Towers
"To commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the 1921 WBZ/Westinghouse Springfield MA towers before their demolition.
"Please join us on the radio, Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EDT for the last signal to be emanating from these towers before their demise.
"Special event station W1Z will be operating on "3875...
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23
Oct
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CVnzNNSsdU
Dick Van Dyke, Barry Goldwater, Arthur Godfrey and many others extol the virtues of amateur "ham" radio in this vintage film. I converted this old and somewhat damaged 16mm film to video tape many many years ago when the technology to do that was rather archaic. I have now converted those old video reels to digital movies. Not the best quality but still...
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20
Sep
Interview 1981 (Iris and Lloyd Colvin's S.K. now)
Lloyd and Iris Colvin are living a dream that all DX-oriented amateurs have envisioned at least once It's a dream of unlimited travel toward receding horizons, of financial security and international celebrity status. It's a dream of going to the sun, setting up a shack, and, tor once, operating as the hunted rather than the hunter. It's a dream...
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15
Sep
Two "OSCARS" winner Actor Marlon Brando, KE6PZH/FO5GJ, ( 1924 – 2004 )
One of the best-known names in cinematic as well as Amateur Radio circles, actor Marlon Brando, died in Los Angeles July 1 at age 80. Known to hams worldwide as KE6PZH and FO5GJ, Brando is listed on the FCC database as Martin Brandeaux. He was on the air occasionally through the years with his FO5 call sign from his private...
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25
Aug
Many many years ago ...
Recently I've opened my photo archives and found some unique old photos ...Scanned and placed in my Picasa Album.
Click to picture enlarge YASME visited Russia, Moscow Club Station UZ3AWA (yearly 1980's)
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19
Aug
There is a very interesting article entitled "Soviet Hams Rally Against Coup" by Edward Kritsky {NT2X} (P.O.Box 715, Brooklyn, NY 11230 USA) in the November 1991 issue of QST. (QST is the official monthly journal of the American Radio Relay League, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111 USA.). That issue also contains sidebars on "Meanwhile, in St. Petersburg" by Robert S. Howe {K1MZB} and "The 'White...
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