[Lowfer] LF history, Big Boys on LF

Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:31:55 -0500

That would be something the AWA ( Antique Wireless Association ) would be
interested in as well
they have a great Radio Museum and a web site

Bob  K3DJC


On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 20:05:26 +0000 Dexter McIntyre W4DEX
<[email protected]> writes:
>Mike,
>
>Please make some pictures of those rocks!  I loved quartz even before 
>I
>knew it would oscillate :)   You should tell your story in great 
>detail
>and post to a web page.  Please inform me if you do.
>
>Dex
>
>Mike Staines wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks, Dex. This was great.
>> 
>> I won't drone on about this but I have a personal connection to the 
>RCA
>> facilities on Long Island. This connection is what got me interested 
>in
>> radio.
>> 
>> My Grandfather was the head of Maintenance for the Riverhead 
>facility. My
>> Great Uncle Paul (his brother) was an engineer at Riverhead and 
>developed
>> many patents for RCA. In fact, when he retired in the early 60's he 
>held the
>> record for most patents developed. Most of the patents involved the 
>growing
>> of man-made quartz and the manufacturing processes to create high 
>quality
>> crystals. About 5 feet from me is a sample of one of the earliest 
>man-made
>> hunk of quartz for radio crystals. It is sample #40. Sample #182 is 
>in
>> pristine condition and looks like the Washington Monument. I'll 
>shoot some
>> pix of the Quartz and then some unpolished blanks so you can get an 
>idea of
>> the process.
>> 
>> I never got to Rocky Point but visited Riverhead often as my 
>Grandfather
>> always needed to stop in on nights and weekends. It was a great 
>place.
>> Imagine about 50 acres of 75 foot telephone poles. One trip, about 
>1960(age
>> 6), I walked up and down the aisles of equipment racks and threw 
>switches
>> and twisted knobs "just like Grandpa." I caught hell for that.
>> 
>> One final anecdote. Albert Einstein was a friend of my Great Uncle 
>Paul.
>> While he taught at Columbia he was under contract to RCA. Every now 
>and then
>> he would go out to the Labs at Riverhead, give a little speech and 
>check on
>> the progress of various research projects. In the evening, he would 
>often go
>> with Paul for dinner at my Grandparent's house where Paul also 
>lived. Paul
>> would NEVER tell my Grandmother when Einstein was coming so the 
>house was
>> always "a mess" and this pissed her off to no end!
>> 
>> Unfortunately, I never got to meet him myself.
>> 
>> Mike
>> wa1ptc
>> 
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: [email protected]
>> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Dexter McIntyre 
>W4DEX
>> > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 8:26 AM
>> > To: LowFER
>> > Subject: [Lowfer] LF history, Big Boys on LF
>> >
>> >
>> > Hugh, G6TMK, called my attention to the following:
>> >
>> > http://www.angelfire.com/nc/whitetho/1922RCA.htm
>> >
>> > Notice the NC in the URL.  That stands for "NC type" loading coil 
>:)
>> > Could Dr. Emmett Brown and his flux capacitor have visited this 
>time
>> > period?
>> >
>> > Excellent reading!
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