Antique Wireless Museum

SUNDAY SHACK Carl, WA1KPD with his vintage AM station and his workbench. Please considering joining the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

AWA's 25 Days Of Christmas Past Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

This custom AWA designed circuit board lets you easily build a high level modulated class C circuit AM transmitter, the same design used in most of the classic AM transmitters of the past. The circuit board comes with parts list, schematic and board layout and can be customized to suit your particular installation. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsdYmSBOP_0&feature=youtu.be... $20.00 shipped free to US addresses. For more information contact [email protected]. Your purchase helps support the work of the Antique Wireless Museum.

FRIDAY FILM DOUBLE FEATURE: AWA member John Schneider tells the story of Treasure Island radio station KGEI and other West Coast shortwave stations critical to WWII Pacific troop support in this presentation that he recently did for the Treasure Island Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXjjSCCz0vI AWA member Robert Lozier explores how batteries powered the electronic communication revolution for 125 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox7ZJJkaUF0&feature=youtu.be... Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

THROWBACK TELECOM THURSDAY The former WMAL’s four 400’ towers were demolished yesterday to make way for a new residential housing development. In 2018, the historic station’s transmitter site was changed to co-locate with WWRC’s in Germantown, MD. WMAL calls are now WSBN. Watch the towers fall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1_HZudIaYQ The Washington Post published this background article on Tuesday: https://www.washingtonpost.com//238b4bc4-1945-11eb-aeec-b9... Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

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WAYBACK WEDNESDAY An early example of exit polling? While fashion and radio networks change, proof that Washington doesn’t. 1948 photo by Life photographer Francis Miller. Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

Radio, politics, and elections, were intertwined from the beginnings of the medium. In 1916, Lee de Forest broadcast the first presidential election returns ov...er his Highbridge station 2XG in New York, erroneously reporting that Charles Evans Hughes had defeated Woodrow Wilson. However, KDKA's reporting of the Harding-Cox election returns exactly 100 years tonight ago were considerably more accurate. The nation's presidents utilized radio to speak directly to the nation, beginning with Warren G. Harding in 1922. In 1924, candidate Robert La Follette was the first presidential candidate to speak directly to the public, noting that "radio will undoubtedly serve to minimize misrepresentation in the news columns of the press." Al Smith gave the first radio concession speech in 1928, after losing to Herbert Hoover. Both Presidents Coolidge and Hoover gave regular nationwide addresses over the radio during their terms of office, but it was Franklin Roosevelt who took advantage of radio's intimacy by abandoning the format of the formal political speech, and instead speaking informally to the nation through his many "Fireside Chats". Each succeeding election saw the big radio networks make an ever greater production out of broadcasting the presidential election returns, taking advantage of radio's immediacy to undermine the print media's capabilities. The newspapers tried to fight back by projecting the results ever farther in advance of their deadlines, resulting in the Chicago Tribune's embarrassing headline gaffe in the 1948 election. From that moment on, broadcasting's dominance of election night reporting was a fait accompli. See more

TUESDAY TECH TITAN Uncle Sam, Radio Broadcast Magazine, 5/1922 (worldradiohistory.com) Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

MUSEUM MONDAY Early wire recorder donated to the AWA by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). More on wire recording: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_recording Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

SUNDAY SHACK Gary, W8PU's Johnson Ranger and Collins 75A4. He uses them primarily as an AM station only. Please considering joining the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

WEEKEND JOURNAL For historical technology of CBS as well as NBC and ABC, check out the Eyes Of A Generation Facebook page and website. https://eyesofageneration.com/ Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

WEEKEND JOURNAL In this Radio World article, AWA member James O’Neal documents the technical aspects of the equipment package that made KDKA’s historic broadcast possible 100 years ago: https://www.radioworld.com//constructing-the-first-real-ra Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

Happy Halloween from the AWA!

FRIDAY FILM The background of Orson Welles and the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast in 1938: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMfwlQCXysU Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

THURSDAY TELECOM THROWBACK If that’s a station in North America, it must be a pirate with those calls. Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

THURSDAY TELECOM THROWBACK Broadcast bulletin from the AWA. Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/

THURSDAY TELECOM THROWBACK Wolfman Jack’s engineer still on duty. Wolfman Jack introducing the Monster Mash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OeL-0I5BwM... Please consider becoming a member of the AWA: https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/membership-on-line/