[NJARC] NJARC Digest, Vol 153, Issue 24

Fri Jan 27 15:55:24 EST 2017

01/27/2017

Not sure if this is me or not.
Most of the NJARC email from members arrive with NO content.
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> 1. Re: Is anyone interested in a Atwater Kent model 55 with
> speaker? (David Sica)
> 2. Re: Is anyone interested in a Atwater Kent model 55 with
> speaker? (Raymond F Chase)
> 3. That Robert Wilson (Alex Magoun)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:48:23 -0500
> From: David Sica <dave at sicaproductions.com>
> To: Al Klase <ark at ar88.net>
> Cc: "njarc at mailman.qth.net" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Is anyone interested in a Atwater Kent model 55
> with speaker?
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> I have re-replied to his wife's original inquiry from a few days ago and
> I'm standing by with video camera and microphone at the ready if they
> should be so inclined. If anything comes of it, I'll certainly appreciate
> having some more knowledgable reinforcements to assist.
>
> -- Dave
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> Sica Productions
> 732-382-0618
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> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Al Klase <ark at ar88.net> wrote:
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> > Just remember
> > Reply = Poster
> > Reply All = Everyone
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> > _________________________________________________________
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> > This guy?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Woodrow_Wilson
> >
> > Somebody ought to go talk with him on behalf of the club/museum.
> >
> > Al
> >
> > On 1/27/2017 12:24 PM, David Sica wrote:
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> > Just remember
> > Reply = Poster
> > Reply All = Everyone
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> > _________________________________________________________
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> > Oh my goodness, I'm virtually certain it is!
> >
> > -- Dave
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> >
> > Sica Productions
> > 732-382-0618 <(732)%20382-0618>
> > 973-873-6347 <(973)%20873-6347>
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> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Harry Klancer <klancer2 at comcast.net>
> > wrote:
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> >> Just remember
> >> Reply = Poster
> >> Reply All = Everyone
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> >> _________________________________________________________
> >> Question - That's not Robert Wilson who got the
> >> Nobel Prize some years ago, is it? That Wilson
> >> still lives in Holmdel.
> >>
> >> Harry K
> >>
> >>
> >> On 1/27/2017 12:47 AM, David Sica wrote:
> >>
> >>> Just remember
> >>> Reply = Poster
> >>> Reply All = Everyone
> >>>
> >>> _________________________________________________________
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I got the same inquiry through the club's Facebook page two days ago.
> >>> They are definitely giving it way for free. I advised them to reply
> >>> with an email address or phone number so someone could get back to them,
> >>> but never heard back.
> >>>
> >>> -- Dave
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Sal Brisindi via NJARC
> >>> <njarc at mailman.qth.net <mailto:njarc at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Just remember
> >>> Reply = Poster
> >>> Reply All = Everyone
> >>>
> >>> _________________________________________________________
> >>>
> >>> I received a email from a person who wants to get rid of the radio.
> >>> I think its for free but not 100% sure. His name is Robert Wilson
> >>> and he is located in Holmdel NJ and his email address is
> >>> rwilson07733 at gmail.com <mailto:rwilson07733 at gmail.com>, attached is
> >>> a picture of the radio. If you are interested, email Robert directly.
> >>>
> >>> Below is what he said in a email:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi Sal,
> >>>
> >>> I am sorry if I am bothering the wrong person. I have an Atwater
> >>> Kent Model 55 Radio with a Model F 4 Speaker which I would like to
> >>> find a good home for. I rescued it from a barn in 1963. At that
> >>> time I was able to get it to work, but a few years ago I turned it
> >>> on and the plates of the type 80 rectifier started glowing, so I
> >>> quickly turned it off. If I pull out the 80 and turn it on, all of
> >>> the tubes light up. It at least needs new filter capacitors. The
> >>> chassis is rusty and the tuning knob does not turn the tuning
> >>> capacitors. When I was in High School, I used to fix vacuum tube
> >>> radios and later TVs, so i could probably get it to work, but at
> >>> this stage of life we are trying to reduce our possessions. Do you
> >>> think that anyone at the New Jersey Antique Radio Club would like to
> >>> have it?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Robert Wilson
> >>>
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> > Al Klase ? N3FRQ
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> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:24:53 -0500
> From: "Raymond F Chase" <raydio862 at verizon.net>
> To: "'Al Klase'" <ark at ar88.net>, <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Is anyone interested in a Atwater Kent model 55
> with speaker?
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> If that is Robert Woodrow Wilson noted for space astronomy, our heaviest
> hitter (Jules, Harry or whoever) should make direct contact. Sunday we are
> reopening ISEC InfoAge Space Exploration Center. Dan Marlow should also be
> contacted. What a coup that would be to get this fellow on our team.
> Ray
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> From: NJARC [mailto:njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al Klase
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 12:34 PM
> To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Is anyone interested in a Atwater Kent model 55 with
> speaker?
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> Just remember
> Reply = Poster
> Reply All = Everyone
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> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:37:36 -0500
> From: Alex Magoun <a.b.magoun at ieee.org>
> To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [NJARC] That Robert Wilson
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> If this was April 1, I'd state that his irritation with the static in his
> Atwater Kent reception in 1963 led to his and Arno Penzias's study of
> background microwave radiation in 1964 so we could say that a tube radio
> restoration project resulted in a Nobel Prize.
>
> But it's not.
> http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/laureates/index.php?id=112.
>
> Cheers, Alex
> ~~~
> Alexander B. Magoun, Ph.D., Outreach Historian
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