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In this article I’ll look at two things that, unless you are a serious ham operator or an absolute radio geek, you probably are unfamiliar with.First, we…
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Powel Crosley Jr. was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 18, 1886. He would go on to become a leading industrialist and lead a colorful life with many…
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In today’s age of mobile devices we can hardly imagine being on the go and not being connected at the same time. It was not always the case. As soon as…
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As the country emerged from the Great Depression, and with war looming on the horizon, Americans were looking for something to cheer them up. The radio…
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I could not write articles about vintage radio without including Atwater Kent, both the man and his radios. He is a legend among vintage enthusiasts and…
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Last month, in part one of Radio Prepares for War we looked at the National HRO receiver, which set the bar for the standards required by military radio…
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As the roaring twenties came to a close, radio technology would continue to evolve with significant improvements to consumer sets, particularly in the…
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The Hindenburg disaster was not the first time that radio influenced the way or the speed by which news was delivered to the masses, nor was it the first…
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Last month we looked at radio at the start of the Great Depression and how RCA’s President David Sarnoff made the decision to license the heterodyne…
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Last month we looked at the RCA Radiola 46, a lavish high end radio that went into production in the spring of 1929, about 6 months before the October…
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Last month we looked at radio cabinetry. This month we take a look at one of its examples, a 1929 RCA Radiola 46 in a high boy console. David Sarnoff…
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As the popularity of radio increased, the household radio evolved into more than just a technological wonder. It became a part of day to day life. It was…