[NJARC] Old Western Electric Transmitter Schematic

Aaron Hunter ahunter01 at comcast.net
Fri Apr 19 19:58:13 EDT 2013


Can anybody help this gentleman in his quest?

Aaron

H.W. Duncan wrote:
> Good Morning Mr. Hunter,
>
> Please accept and convey my admiration for the fine Radio Technology 
> Museum and web site.  I spent a very pleasant afternoon at your site 
> and really enjoyed watching the demonstration of the Aeriola Jr.  I am 
> fascinated with old equipment designs that predated the tube era when 
> creating low-loss coils was High Tech.
>
> I am researching a very old Western Electric Radio Transmitter that 
> was manufactured between 1922 and 1925.  The Western Electric 1-A (or 
> 1-B) 500 watt Radio Transmitter was the first transmitter to be 
> manufactured for sale on the open market.  In your area, WOR's second 
> transmitter was a WE 1-A after it moved to New York City.
>
> Is it possible that your Club might have any information on the 
> Western Electric 1-A or 1-B?  This WE Transmitter was State of the Art 
> in its day and apparently WE developed both the Hartley Oscillator and 
> Heising Modulation for this Transmitter.  I would like to create an 
> electronic model of this Transmitter and possibly a physical model for 
> display and would appreciate any help or advice that you might provide
>
> Thank you for your attention and please accept my congratulations on a 
> very nice museum and a fine web site.
>
> With Best Regards,
>
> H.W. Duncan
> Seattle



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