[CW] Off Topic but Interesting: Antique Wireless Association News - September 2021
David J. Ring, Jr.
djringjr at gmail.com
Sat Sep 4 21:09:21 EDT 2021
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> *_Good Reading - The 2021 AWA Review
> _*
>
> Dave Kaiser with a Transvision
>
> David Kaiser with a couple of Transvision kit TVs
> The 2021 edition of the AWA Review arrived in my mailbox last week,
> and although I've only read the first piece, Chuck Penson's /A Brief
> and Incomplete History of Kits: A Heath-Centric Perspective, /the
> entire issue looks great. Hats off to all of the authors and also to
> Editor Tim Martin and Associate Editor Eric Wenass for producing
> another superb issue of the Review. Great information doesn't want to
> be locked up, and with that in mind the AWA has decided to make all
> but the most recent 2 years of the AWA Review available on line.
> The Master Index to the AWA Review is here:
> https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/awa-review-master-index/
> The individual issues of the Review are here:
> https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/awa-review-archive/
>
> Speaking of kits, like many of you, I got my start in electronics by
> building a kit, in my case it was an Allied Radio Knight Kit crystal
> set. The instructions were not Heathkit quality, but even if they
> were, it wouldn't have mattered to my 11 year old brain, I just wanted
> to get 'er done, so there was minimal instruction reading, mostly just
> looking at the illustrations, and my results weren't pretty, but
> thanks to some good pictures and some soldering help from Dad, it
> worked. Lucky for me it wasn't a Transvision TV kit like the one that
> David Kaiser has been preparing for display at the Museum. Although
> the advertisements for the Transvision TV kit stated in bold type
> "*EASY TO ASSEMBLE ... NO TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED*" after looking
> at our Transvision, it wasn't that easy to assemble and technical
> knowledge, although not required, might help to insure that the TV
> worked when you finished building it.
>
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> *_A New Monthly Series of Presentations - AWA Shares
> _*
> The AWA is now hosting a series of live monthly presentations on Zoom
> called *AWA Shares*.
>
> Last month's presentation was Ed Gable's "/The Development of Single
> Sideband/ <https://youtu.be/BBRntPJTr5Y>", which was attended by about
> 100 and then went on to be viewed 1500 times on the AWA YouTube
> Channel <https://www.youtube.com/AntiqueWirelessMuseum>. In case you
> missed Ed's excellent presentation you can see it here:
> https://youtu.be/BBRntPJTr5Y
>
> This month Chris Hausler will be presenting "/The History of the
> Telegraph - Part 1/" on September 15th at 8:00 PM EST (0:00 UTC).
> Chris earned a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Central
> Michigan University in 1971. He worked as a computer control systems
> programmer, engineer and manager in the railroad industry from
> 1973-2010. Now that he's retired, you'll often find Chris in the
> telegraph office at the AWA Museum.
>
> You will need to *pre-register* to attend the this month's AWA Shares
> presentations by following this link:
> https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kfumqrjosH9HJA9JRWEjNZbuwVzloC_81
>
> We're always looking for interesting topics for our *AWA Shares*
> series, so please consider presenting the your topic at an AWA Shares
> Zoom meeting. We have the third Wednesdays of the month open starting
> with November 17th, then December 15th, January 19th and so on.
> Please contact Mike Migliaccio, N3HLM
> <https://www.qrz.com/lookup/N3HLM>, at
> vicepresident at antiquewireless.org
> <mailto:vicepresident at antiquewireless.org?subject=AWA%20Shares> if you
> have a presentation that you'd like to share.
> Gable-SSB <https://youtu.be/BBRntPJTr5Y>
>
>
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> *_Briefly Noted
> _*
>
> * The Transatlantic Tests of 1921, 100th Anniversary Special Event
> now has its own website.
> See it here: http://1BCG.org
> * AV Archivist Cris Onan has uploaded a Thorn Mayes interview with
> AWA founders Bruce Kelley, George Batterson and Linc Cundall.
> Listen here:
> https://soundcloud.com/user-230338309/awa-founders-interview
> * The early registration discount for the AWA Annual Conference ends
> on September 15th.
> Details here : https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/conf-theme/
> * The AWA will be auctioning a rare Heathkit O-1, Heathkit's first
> oscilloscope, at the conference
> <https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/conf-theme/>.
> * The AWA “AM Slider
> <https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/pcb-item-6/>” printed
> circuit board lets you build a low cost, synthesized signal source
> designed specifically for AWA’s Low Power AM Transmitter
> <https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/pcb-item-2/>. It
> replaces the DIP oscillator on the transmitter assembly, providing
> a signal that can be programmed to any frequency between 530 and
> 1710 KHz. It allows the Low Power AM Transmitter to operate on
> frequencies below 1 MHz, in which range standard DIP oscillators
> are not readily available.
> More info here: https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/pcb-item-6/
> * You can help us give our Museum guests a great experience by
> volunteering as a Museum Historian. Contact Mike Migliaccio,
> N3HLM, at vicepresident at antiquewireless.org
> <mailto:vicepresident at antiquewireless.org?subject=Volunteering%20at%20the%20Museum>
>
> * Good new, bad news, great news... We have met out Hamshack goal,
> COVID has moved the goal line $50, and two people stepped up and
> donated enough money to achieve the new goal - thanks to your many
> generous donations we are on our way.
> * Our special thanks to Dick Leveque, WG2B
> <https://www.qrz.com/lookup/wg2b>, for his work in keeping our
> facilities in Bloomfield looking great. For example, after a long
> winter and wet spring the large, heavy Museum welcome mat was
> filled with what appeared to be wheelbarrow load of dirt and salt,
> but after the Leveque treatment the mat looks like new. That's
> just one of the many details on Dick's radar, but it's the first
> thing guests see when they arrive at the Museum.
>
>
> **
>
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> *_The AWA Annual Conference Update
> from Joe Fell -W3GMS
> _*
> Welcome and we all are looking for seeing as many you as possible at
> this years AWA Conference
> <https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/annual-conference/> at R.I.T.
>
> The registration process is going well. Martha – N3QBE
> <https://www.qrz.com/lookup/n3qbe> has been handling all the mail in
> registrations while Richard Neidich has been handling all the
> electronic registrations. Remember, everyone will pick up their
> badges at the AWA registration desk at the conference. For walk-ins
> that want to register we will have the equipment to print your badge
> on the spot. Saying that, remember we offer a discount for
> registrations prior to the 15th of September. We are required to give
> R.I.T. the food orders in advance. We then have to modify the food
> list for those that register later and in turn, R.I.T. is charged more
> money for those meals. So please, if at all possible, register prior
> to the 15th of September. Richard has done a great job with the
> badges. The badges also have the food selections on them, so their
> should be zero confusion!
>
> Tentatively, all the presentation will be live except possibly two.
> That may reduce to zero and at this point we do not know. So worse
> case, 10 live and two on the projector in the conference room. I was
> happy to hear that Scott Fybush will be presenting live due to another
> conflict going away. Scott will present on the Broadcast side of the
> presentations. This coming week, I will be assigning the
> presentations to the various time slots.
>
> Currently, I am putting my slides together for my typical yearly AWA
> “On Air” presentation. Plaques will be presented to the winners who
> are attending the conference. Those winners not attending with have
> their plaques mailed to them. I encourage those attending to bring
> along your rigs that you use in any of our “On Air” events, especially
> all those breadboards used in the Bruce Kelly 29 event. We can have
> them on display on stage for either my presentation or Andy – K0SM
> <https://www.qrz.com/lookup/k0sm> presentation on “Amateur Breadboard
> Transmitters: 1920 – 1935”.
>
> Martha and I just made our reservations at RIT. Its a very convenient
> place to stay since the conference is right there! They have a
> special room rate for our attendees of $99 per night and we have
> always found the quarters to be very good. You must call them on the
> phone to get the special rate. Contact them at 585-359-1800. Do not
> use their 800 phone number!
>
> Lastly, Mike Migliaccio VP of AWA has been working very hard on a
> surprise for all our guest. This was Mike’s suggestion and he has
> done a fantastic job in making it becoming a reality!
>
> Well, that’s the top layer of the bucket and now I have to get back to
> work on conference tasks!
>
> Best Wishes and very much looking forward to seeing many of you at
> this years AWA Conference.
>
> Joe Fell – W3GMS <https://www.qrz.com/lookup/w3gms>
> 2021 AWA Conference Chairman
>
> wa3gms at gmail.com <mailto:wa3gms at gmail.com?subject=2021%20AWA%20Conference>
> 610-383-0199
>
>
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> *_The Latest on the AWA YouTube Channel_*
> *Independent Radio Station WMCA <https://youtu.be/ZN_J_bwrg4k>* The
> US Army made this film in 1951, showing how an independent radio
> station operates. There was certainly a cold war propaganda motive for
> the US Army to show the world how commercial radio worked in a
> democracy, but today, when independent stations are a rarity, this
> film also gives a detailed view of how a large market, independent
> radio station, WMCA New York, went about producing its programming
> and paying the bills in post war America.
> https://youtu.be/ZN_J_bwrg4k
> *The Pirate Station Radio Caroline <https://youtu.be/3OpjtSN6bew>* In
> 1964 when Irish musician manager and businessman Ronan O'Rahilly
> couldn't get airplay for Georgie Fame's records on Radio Luxembourg he
> organized a group of investors and bought a 1929 vintage, 702-ton
> former Danish passenger ferry and started the pirate radio station
> known as Radio Caroline.
> https://youtu.be/3OpjtSN6bew
> *The History of Single Sideband <https://youtu.be/BBRntPJTr5Y>*
> Single sideband modulation revolutionized electronic communication,
> but where did the idea come from? Antique Wireless Association Curator
> Emeritus Ed Gable, K2MP, tells the surprising story of single
> sideband, its origins, the developers, companies and the hardware that
> brought it to the forefront of wireless communication. This
> presentation is the first of the AWA's monthly "AWA Shares" series.
> https://youtu.be/BBRntPJTr5Y
> *The US Signal Corps in France -1918 <https://youtu.be/yUVaZLrYSS8>*
> These National Archives films show what life was like for soldiers in
> the Signal Corps in France in 1918 and the communication technology
> that they deployed.
> https://youtu.be/yUVaZLrYSS8
> *The WW2 OSS Transmitter-Receiver Model 1 <https://youtu.be/2ukqPJ4yp-4>*
> The Office of Strategic Services was established by a Presidential
> military order issued by President Roosevelt on June 13, 1942, to
> collect and analyze strategic information required by the Joint Chiefs
> of Staff, and to conduct special operations. The first transceiver
> developed for clandestine communication by the OSS was the "Strategic
> Services Transmitter-Receiver Model 1", also known as the SSTR-1.
> https://youtu.be/2ukqPJ4yp-4
> *Midget Radios for Spies <https://youtu.be/zroz-chif8M>*
> In the 1930s many commercial radio manufactures began marketing
> "midget" receivers that covered the AM broadcast band and sometimes
> the shortwave police band that was just above the AM band. These
> miniaturized receivers had many properties that would also be useful
> for clandestine receivers. At the 2010 Antique Wireless Association
> Conference, Bart Lee, K6VK, explored the link between midget radios
> and spy radios in this presentation.
> https://youtu.be/zroz-chif8M
> *AWA Classics - Portrait of a Pioneer <https://youtu.be/eWH_rv8ZZFg>*
> Bruce Kelley's portrait of aviation and radio pioneer Elmo Pickerill.
> There have been some recent challenges to Pickerill's recounting of
> his achievements by aviation historians at the Smithsonian
> Institution. More information is available in the description below
> the video on YouTube.
> https://youtu.be/eWH_rv8ZZFg
> *Making a VFO to Transmitter Matching Transformer
> <https://youtu.be/865w7aN_Wcw>* As satisfying as tube based
> transmitters are to operate, a drifting VFO, or being rockbound by
> your collection of crystals, can be a problem. Modern VFO technology,
> including digital signal generators, often lack enough voltage output
> to drive the oscillator in a tube rig. Greg Latta, AA8V
> <https://www.qrz.com/lookup/AA8V> demonstrates a simple, low cost way
> to drive your vintage transmitter with a solid state VFO.
> https://youtu.be/865w7aN_Wcw
> *AWA Classics - Museum Tour with Bruce Kelley and Chuck Bliley
> <https://youtu.be/RDwZAPglhWs>
>
> Bruce & Chuck - Bonus Reel <https://youtu.be/RTolNm1yDzs>
> * In this AWA Classic from 1985, AWA co-founder Bruce Kelley, W2ICE,
> gives a tour of the old AWA Museum in the Academy Building in
> Bloomfield, to Chuck Bliley, K3NAU. If Chuck's last name sounds
> familiar, it might be because of the company his father, Frank Dawson
> Bliley, founded in 1930--the Bliley Electric Company, an early pioneer
> in the development of quartz crystal technology.
> https://youtu.be/RDwZAPglhWs
>
> There's some extra footage that didn't make it into the main
> presentation here:
> https://youtu.be/RTolNm1yDzs
>
>
> Do you have a video of a research project, restoration or brand new
> build that you'd like to share with the world on the *AWA YouTube
> Channel <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX55peBhzeX1qps_VYXdLBA>*?
> Let me know at *mark at antiquewireless.org
> <mailto:mark at antiquewireless.org?subject=A%20video%20for%20the%20AWA%20YouTube%20Channel>*
>
>
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> _And Finally....._
> The AWA produces a daily, themed newsfeed on Facebook
> <https://www.facebook.com/antiquewirelessmuseum>, Instagram
> <https://www.instagram.com/antiquewirelessmuseum/> and Twitter
> <https://twitter.com/antiquewireless>:
>
> * /MUSEUM MONDAY/ A picture of one of our museum items or areas. A
> link for more info when available.
> * /TUESDAY TECH TITAN/ A picture of one of the electronic
> communication pioneers such as Armstrong, de Forest, Sarnoff,
> Paley, Hewlett & Packard, Wozniak etc. A link to their Wikipedia
> entries.
> * /WAYBACK WEDNESDAY/ A frequently light hearted picture or graphic
> about electronic communication technology. These are currently our
> most popular posts.
> * /THROWBACK TELECOM THURSDAY/ Telecom pictures with an emphasis on
> vintage broadcast radio and TV.
> * /FRIDAY FILM/ A link to one of our YouTube or other relevant videos.
> * /WEEKEND JOURNAL/ Saturday post of a subject with a little more
> substance than our weekday posts including links to past Journal
> and Review articles.
> * /SUNDAY SHACK/ alternated with AWA PROJECT FILES Pictures of ham
> shacks, ham-related projects and gear along with AWA Amateur Radio
> activities when available. Otherwise links to the AWA Project
> Files entries.
>
>
> Breaking news will of course be added at any time for AWA activities.
> Even if you don’t have an account with these services, you can click
> through to them from the AWA website homepage
> <https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/>.
> Your submissions and content suggestions are always welcome at
> socialmedia at antiquewireless.org
> <mailto:socialmedia at antiquewireless.org?subject=AWA%20newsfeed%20tip>
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> It's been a difficult time for everyone, the AWA included, but with
> the reopening of the Museum things are starting to get back to normal.
> We are experiencing a bit less financial stress than many other
> non-profits during the current crisis because of the thoughtfulness of
> those donors who included the AWA in their estate plans. Whether that
> be through a bequest in their will or as a beneficiary in a retirement
> plan or insurance policy, these legacy gifts provide additional
> revenue that is much needed (and much appreciated). What a wonderful
> way to create a legacy that lives on years after your lifetime! I
> hope you will consider including the AWA in your own estate plans. For
> more information, visit our website at
> https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/donate/ .
>
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