Showing posts with label Old radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old radio. Show all posts
Monday, May 13, 2024

Ragnar LA1UH's Wonderful Museums in Norway

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Here are two more great museum visits by Helge LA6NCA.  In these two he visits Ragnar LA1UH.   Ragnar has a lot of maritime experienc...
Saturday, May 11, 2024

Jens OZ1GEO's AMAZING Radio Museum

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Brace yourselves.  This is just too much, too much radio history, too much cool stuff.  We are into ham radio sensory overload territory h...
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Thursday, January 18, 2024

Some Great Reading Material -- Links to Radio Publications

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  https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Home-DX.htm My fellow Hambassador Dave WA1LBP sent this to me today (from Taiwan, I think).  Lots of gre...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

The Grid Leak Detector -- Follow-up from Yesterday's Post on the Whole Earth Catalog's "Hippy" One Tube Receiver

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Click on image for a better view When I first looked at it in the Whole Earth catalog circuit, I thought it was a regen.  But a commenter c...
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Friday, October 27, 2023

A NETFLIX Series with Boatanchors and Direction-Finding -- All the Light We Cannot See

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Looks good.  November 2, 2023. 
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Sunday, October 15, 2023

Spy Rigs, Para Sets, Bugs, and Enigma Machines -- Dr. Tom Perera W1TP (video)

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This is a really amazing presentation by Tom Perera W1TP to the Fairlawn (NJ) Amateur Radio Club.  There is so much great info in this prese...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

A Look at Old Radios in Australia (video)

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I thought you guys would like Peter Parker's latest video.  And in it, Dean KK4DAS might see a clue or two for his Halli restoration/re...
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Saturday, August 19, 2023

Valveman -- The Story of Gerald Wells

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Don't be deterred by the annoying test patterns at the start of this video.  Just skip past them.  The rest of the video is quite good. ...
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

A Very Early Radio-Controlled Device -- Using Spark and a Coherer, in Spain

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Click on the picture for a better view -- check out the coherer and the tapper  Hack-A-Day has an interesting story about Leonardo Torres Qu...
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Monday, May 1, 2023

Apex Surplus in Los Angeles

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The Polaroid camera for the Tek 'scope was pretty cool.  And the comments about the Simpson 260 made me feel good about finding one at a...
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Friday, April 28, 2023

Who is the Man in the Portrait in Artie Moore's Shack?

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  Who is this person?   He is in a prominent position in Artie Moore's very early radio shack.  Artie was obviously big on labeling thin...
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Monday, April 24, 2023

Four Old BBC Shows on Radio: Hams, Physics, and Antique Wireless

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The first one, about ham operators in general, is pretty depressing. Then it goes downhill as they shift to those who are listening to baby ...
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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Early (1912?) Ham Station

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  Perhaps a bit overdressed by today's standards, but he's got a familiar look on his face.  Confidence and pride in his rig, and a ...
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Sunday, February 12, 2023

Mr. Carlson Replaces Old Capacitors -- Bathtub Capacitors

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I recently posted a video from CuriousMarc about whether or not to replace electrolytic capacitors in old pieces of gear.  This is a hot to...
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Saturday, February 4, 2023

To Re-Cap or Not to Re-Cap -- Curious Marc on the Electrolytic Controversy in Ham Radio

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A while back I got some fairly acerbic feedback when I DARED to suggest that perhaps it would be a good idea to replace the old electrolytic...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Hammarlund HQ-100 Misidentified in 1963 FCC Film

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Oh the indignity!  It appears at 7 minutes 16 seconds in this FCC film.  It is clearly an HQ-100, but the FCC subtitles identify it at an HQ...
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Saturday, January 28, 2023

Hugo Gernsback -- Was he Like Wayne Green?

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"The Electrical Experimenter" sent to me by Nick M0NTV reminded me of Hugo Gernsback.  Many of the radio books I have on my shelf ...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

SolderSmoke Re-Play: Shep tries to build a Heising Modulator -- Shep on Parasitics and Troubleshooting: "That way madness lies"

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You guys really have to listen to this.  This is culturally important.    In this 1965 radio broadcast, Jean Shepherd describes his teenage ...
Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Faust Gonsett and the SB-33 in 1963

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  Click on the images for better views When this ad appeared in 73 Magazine in February 1963 I was 4 years old, living on Manhattan Island. ...
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Friday, December 9, 2022

R-390s, KWM-2s, Airplanes, and Magnetic Loops -- A Really Interesting Interview with Ted Robinson K1QAR

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Eric Guth 4Z1UG has a really interesting interview with Ted Robinson K1QAR.   I really enjoyed hearing Ted's inspiring story:  https://w...
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