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Wireless on a Train
WHEN Frederick Wally stepped out of a little cubby-hole in one corner of the forward day coach on the Lackawanna Limited, west-bound, as it neared North Scranton, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, November 25, 1913, and pinned a sheet of paper on the wall, the passengers in the front seats, who had been casually wondering what caused the strange, crackling sounds that had been coming from the cubby-hole, pri... READ MORE |
ranickels 04/14/2020 |
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An Unbreakable Code
The Code Talkers used native languages to send military messages before World War II. Choctaw, for example, was successfully used during World War I. But the Marine Corps needed an “unbreakable” code for its island-hopping campaign in the Pacific. Navajo, which was unwritten and known by few outside the tribe, seemed to fit the Corps’ requirements. Twenty-nine Navajos were recr... READ MORE |
ranickels 03/06/2020 |
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65 Years as a YL Ham
This all started when I discovered a fantastic collection of vintage photo QSL cards on a Google+ site – I’d encourage every ham to spend some time looking through this amazing bit of history: https://plus. google.com/115747543308902188110 The photos capture a wide range of ham gear and stations from the spark era through the 70’s, and nearly eve... READ MORE |
ranickels 12/11/2019 |
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I find the show-biz association of the founder of Allied Radio, Simon Wexler, to be rather fascinating. What started out as a supplier of crystal set parts led to a family that became a major force in the entertainment industry and in Chicago business...including many recognizable names: "Allied Radio (now known as Allied Electronics) is a company with a long history. On A... READ MORE |
ranickels 04/14/2019 |
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Hazard E. Reeves - audio pioneer and defense contractor
Hazard E. Reeves (1906-1986) may not be a household name, but his work is well known to every moviegoer. He was an American pioneer in sound and sound electronics, and introduced stereophonic sound for motion pictures. He met Fred Waller at the 1939 World's Fair and saw the potential of Waller's "Vitarama" system which he invested in and which soon bec... READ MORE |
 NB9M 04/12/2019 |
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Harlan Andersson, computer pioneer and co-founder of Digital Equipment Corp.
The following obituary appeared in the Freeport Journal-Standard on Febr. 9, 2019. I attended a lecture by Mr. Anderson in the late 1990s after moving to Freeport and working for Honeywell where despite being a supplier to DEC, few realized the local connection existed to the founder of what once was the second-largest computer company in the world. Mr. Ander... READ MORE |
ranickels 02/09/2019 |
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The Solvay Conference, 1927
The Solvay Conference, founded by the Belgian industrialist Ernest Solvay in 1912, was considered a turning point in the world of physics. Located in Brussels, the conferences were devoted to outstanding preeminent open problems in both physics and chemistry. The most famous conference was the October 1927 Fifth Solvay International Conference on Electrons and Photons, where the world’s mo... READ MORE |
ranickels 12/27/2018 |
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