Re: [IRCA] Radio Broadcast magazine, May 1922

[Bob Coomler <w7swl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for posting, John.  Neat stuff!  I bet the transmitter on page 13 is, in the eyes of our wives, what our radio shacks, rooms, corners, etc. look like. Matter of fact, step out in the backyard and there are our antennas too.

Bob Coomler W7SWL
Tucson, AZ



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> From: John Callarman <johncallarman@xxxxxxx>
>To: IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 8:46 AM
>Subject: [IRCA] Radio Broadcast magazine, May 1922
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>David Gleason's treasure trove of radio history keeps on growing. 
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>Today, I learned a little bit about Radio Broadcast magazine, a monthly that, as I scanned the pages of one issue and read a paragraph or two in several of the many detailed stories, I thought I could take several hours to read in full many of the stories in this 1922 issue, ranging from a thoughtful presentation on the future of broadcasting, speculation about how two-way mobile radio telephone could be used by police departments and ships at sea for communication, detailed plans on building a receiver, more detailed plans, in 1922, on building a loop antenna that bears a striking resemblance to the loop plans we see today, plus priceless radio-related advertising. 
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>David has placed several issues of this pioneer magazine that teaches me, for example, that we DX'ers were known, in 1922, as "receivers." 
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>I've only scratched the surface in my exploration of this one issue of this magazine, but I suspect there'll be many hours of fun for me and others. Here's a link to the first issue I looked at:
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>http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Broadcast/Radio-Broadcast-1922-May.pdf 
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>
>John Callarman, KA9SPA, Family Genealogist, Retired Newspaper Editor, DX-oyente, Krum TX (AKA Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon)
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