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name="1"><span style="color: #3353f3;"> [AWA] Web Site Put Up by
CHRS with Great Historic Material </span> </a> </h2>
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Many thanks for the heads-up. <br>
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I found EARLY AMATEUR STATIONS when Spark Was King:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sowp.org/early-amateur-stations/">http://www.sowp.org/early-amateur-stations/</a> of particular
interest.<br>
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On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 14:22:57 -0700, "'Ludwell Sibley'<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:tubelore@jeffnet.org">tubelore@jeffnet.org</a> [antiquewirelessassociation]"<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:antiquewirelessassociation@yahoogroups.com"><antiquewirelessassociation@yahoogroups.com></a> wrote:<br>
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> The Californa Historical Radio Society has posted a mass of
Great Stuff<br>
>on <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.sowp.org">www.sowp.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.sowp.org/"><http://www.sowp.org/></a> - excellent
photos, texts, even a<br>
>couple of videos. This is material from the files of the
Society of<br>
>Wireless Pioneers, which was an association of about 500 radio
operators and<br>
>engineers for about 50 years, publishing the "Sparks Journal."
The SOWP<br>
>disbanded a few years ago and handed about 1000 pounds of
files in 40 boxes<br>
>to the CHRS. CHRS has lately been scanning masses of these
treasures and<br>
>posting them.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
>Under the "Recent Additions" page, there's a mass of photos:<br>
><br>
> Two crisp portraits of Lee DeForest<br>
><br>
> Photos of Francis and Ignatius McCarthy, said to be
developers of a spark<br>
>radiophone transmitter (more below)<br>
><br>
> Arc transmitter of ca. 5 kW size at Mare Island Naval
Station, 1919<br>
><br>
> Bill Breniman and Richard Johnstone, founders of SOWP.
Breniman devoted<br>
>his elder life to editorship.<br>
><br>
> A shipwreck on the coast of China (multiple images)<br>
><br>
> United Wireless station at Leadville, CO ( ! ), 1905<br>
><br>
> Pacific Wireless station at Avalon on Catalina Island, 1903<br>
><br>
> Pacific Wireless station on Mt. Tamalpais, CA., 1906<br>
><br>
> Pan Am "Philippines Clipper" aircraft, 1937 (multiple images)<br>
><br>
> Civil Aviation Administration station KSF, 1945: Six
operating positions<br>
>with Hammarlund Super Pro receivers, 14 operators depicted<br>
><br>
> CAA station at Everglades, FL, ca. 1945<br>
><br>
> KFRC broadcast control room, 1925<br>
><br>
> Cutting & Washington 4A spark transmitter<br>
><br>
>The above is just a sampling: there's lots more.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
>Under the "Cartoons & Schematics" page, there's a drawing
of the McCarthy<br>
>radiophone transmitter of 1906 (which I suspect never actually
sent audio,<br>
>just buzzes and snaps, like the Father Joseph Murgas 'phone
attempt at<br>
>Scranton about the same time).<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
>Under the De Forest photo album, there's a batch of photos of
their<br>
>equipment, some of which may not have been commercialized<br>
><br>
> One-kW quenched-gap transmitter<br>
><br>
> One-Spherical-<wbr>Audion jeweler'<wbr>s time-signal
receiver. (a jeweler, to set<br>
>his master clock, could get leased time signals from Western
Union, or could<br>
>get Navy time signals sent over NAA. GE made a crystal time
set ("OTB,"<br>
>Dec. 1993) and Chambers made another one-Audion receiver
("Radio Age," Aug.<br>
>1997)<br>
><br>
> "Audiophone&qu<wbr>ot; one-Spherical amplifier<br>
><br>
> "CCF" one-Spherical tuner and detector<br>
><br>
> "DCQ" arc-type transmitter panel<br>
><br>
> Numerous other receiving units with 1, 2, or 3 Sphericals<br>
><br>
> The familiar RJ5 Audion control unit<br>
><br>
> RJ wavemeter<br>
><br>
>De Forest equipment catalogs of this vintage are either
super-rare or<br>
>nonexistent.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
>There'<wbr>re a group of draft history writeups by Henry
Dickow, not all of them<br>
>finished or faultless, but interesting and readable material.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
>There'<wbr>re a couple of videos, including a one-hour visit
with Don Wallace,<br>
>W6AM, the legendary DXer who owned 120 acres (ga$p !) on the
Palos Verdes<br>
>Peninsula.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
>Not my project, but this is a continuing effort making
remarkable historic<br>
>material available. It's worth checking into.<br>
><br>
> <br>
><br>
>Ludwell Sibley</div>
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