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<font face="Courier New">Thanks to William, N4TS, and Jim, KR9U, for
catching the transistors in WWII error. I sent the following to
DPLA for them to consider:</font><br>
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<font face="Courier New">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.<br>
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In
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/radio-golden-age/radio-frontlines/radio-codes">http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/radio-golden-age/radio-frontlines/radio-codes</a>,
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."<br>
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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
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor</a>).<br>
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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.<br>
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TNX es 73 de (using Morse Code abbreviations) Ralph Wallio, W0RPK<br>
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TNX es 73 de Ralph W0RPK<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/16/2015 3:50 PM, William Fenn
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ralph,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Did
you spot the error on this page;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/radio-golden-age/radio-frontlines/radio-codes">http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/radio-golden-age/radio-frontlines/radio-codes</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I
am not aware of any transistor radios used by the soldiers
during WWII<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Tacos
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:tacos-bounces+wfenn4=verizon.net@amrad.org">mailto:tacos-bounces+wfenn4=verizon.net@amrad.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Ralph Wallio, W0RPK<br>
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moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/radio-golden-age">http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/radio-golden-age</a><br>
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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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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