FW: The Golden Age of Radio in the US

[Ralph Wallio, W0RPK]

Thanks to William, N4TS, and Jim, KR9U, for catching the transistors in 
WWII error.  I sent the following to DPLA for them to consider:

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Thank You to Hillary Brady for the DPLA Item, "The Golden Age of Radio 
in the US", and Thank You to everyone at the Digital Public Library of 
America for all your collective organization, effort and content.

In 
http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/radio-golden-age/radio-frontlines/radio-codes, 
Hillary Brady includes this sentence in the text of, "Uncrackable codes 
in WWII": "This paved the way for lighter weight, portable, 
battery-operated transistor radios, encased in metal, for military field 
use during World War II."

Having first started experimenting with early transistors, Raytheon's 
CK722 and GE's 2N107,  while a youngster in 1956, I and other Ham Radio 
old timers to whom I recommended this DPLA Item are aware that the first 
transistor was developed at AT&T's Bell Labs in 1947 after WWII (see 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor).

Regardless, Hillary Brady's thought is well taken.   There were 
increasingly lighter weight, more portable, battery-operated radios 
developed during WWII but they used miniature and then sub-miniature 
vacuum tubes.

TNX es 73 de (using Morse Code abbreviations) Ralph Wallio, W0RPK


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TNX es 73 de Ralph W0RPK


On 5/16/2015 3:50 PM, William Fenn wrote:
>
> Ralph,
>
> Did you spot the error on this page;
>
> http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/radio-golden-age/radio-frontlines/radio-codes
>
> I am not aware of any transistor radios used by the soldiers during WWII
>
> N4TS
>
> *From:*Tacos [mailto:tacos-bounces+wfenn4=verizon.net at amrad.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Ralph Wallio, W0RPK
>
> http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/radio-golden-age
>
> Tuning into the radio is now an integrated part of our everyday lives. 
> We tune in while we drive, while we work, while we cook in our 
> kitchens. Just 100 years ago, it was a novelty to turn on a radio. The 
> radio emerged at the turn of the twentieth century, the result of 
> decades of scientific experimentation with the theory that information 
> could be transmitted over long distances. Radio as a medium reached 
> its peak—the so-called Radio Golden Age—during the Great Depression 
> and World War II. This was a time when the world was rapidly changing, 
> and for the first time Americans experienced those history-making 
> events as they happened. The emergence and popularity of radio shifted 
> not just the way Americans across the country experienced news and 
> entertainment, but also the way they communicated. This exhibition 
> explores the development, rise, and adaptation of the radio, and its 
> impact on American culture.
>
>
>
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