[Milsurplus] 1905 Aircraft Radio (transmogrified)

[Tom Norris]

I never really thought of it that way.  I guess you're right.
This means I need to step up work on that Transmogrifier
I was talking about with Hue earlier.  We could use it to
send a few pieces of modern radio gear back in time and
see what happens...

heehee

Tom Norris



On 6/24/09, at 8:41 AM, Ray Fantini wrote:

> I can't believe you people, this radio is a rare example of someone  
> resolving the problems of air to air and air to ground  
> communications before the development of the modern airplane,  
> perhaps it was intended for hot air balloon operations? This may be  
> a military radio developed shortly after the Boer War to replace  
> those cumbersome telegraph lines from observation balloons to  
> ground. Not to mention that it is a example of the development of  
> the DC to DC solid state inverter, miniature multi grid tubes and  
> PVC covered wire a full  fifty years before their commonly accepted  
> development. This alone is worth the eighties grand! And this  
> resolves once and for all the development of VHF AM operation well  
> before the common use of long wave or HF frequencies.
> Ray Fantini KA3EKH
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