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LONG WAVE BROADCASTING

by | Aug 10, 2018

SHORTWAVE AND LONGWAVE BROADCASTING In radio’s fledgling period, the “short-waves” were a mysterious unattainable slice of the ether; the domain of the experimenter. “Wireless” signals were first generated by mechanical…

REGUL

by | Aug 10, 2018

…beef up Department of Commerce authority to oversee “wireless.” He called several “Radio Conferences” in the mid-1920’s to secure industry input and to try to craft regulation with some teeth….

More on Achievements and some Predictions

by | Aug 10, 2018

MORE ON ACHIEVEMENTS AND SOME PREDICTIONS This page takes you to “milestones,” histories and stories of accomplishments as well as predictions on the future of broadcast communications. Additional pieces from…

BSP

by | Aug 10, 2018

…as journals on long-distance telephony and its application in the networking of AM radio stations. The complete set of Journals is available directly at http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/bstj/ Some fascinating reading as you…

HUGO GERNSBACK EDITORIALS

by | Aug 10, 2018

…forgiven for any ideas that didn’t quite make sense. Because usually he did “get it,” and he had vision, and he was very good at sharing it. You’ll find below…

AUDIOTECH

by | Aug 10, 2018

…grew the business. That’s followed by a growing list of technical data. This material is provided for use by Educators and Researchers. No copyrights or usage rights implied or granted….

AMBAND

by | Aug 10, 2018

…find wavelength-conversion tables below. Related stories will be found in the accompanying pages “Early Radio Regulations” and “Early Radio Technology.” Enjoy the information! This material is provided for use by…

ERT

by | Aug 10, 2018

EARLY RADIO TECHNOLOGY A growing list of stories from the startup of “the wireless” and its progenitor, “Wired Radio.” Some were written for the “Radio Fan;” others for the “Radioists”…

SYNC

by | Aug 10, 2018

…Sync ideas” takes a look at a future that might also include “wide-band radio channels” (in a different form the “wide-band” idea led to the abortive “Hi-Fi” allocations of the…

Knowledge, Theory, Practice

by | Oct 15, 2019

…jump-started “mass communications,” as it evolved from a “one-to-one” world to today’s “all-to-all” connectivity. (JFG, we also offer a section on reference data, tables, specifications, et ad nauseum) :-))  …

FM

by | Aug 10, 2018

…its own the technology became a delivery system for wall-to-wall commercials and idiocy in the name of ‘morning shows’. The stories below (in no particular order just yet) chronicle the…

by | May 1, 2021

PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS ALL THE IRCA CONVENTION PAPERS https://www.ircaonline.org/info.php?pnum=55e9dbc309e4d5  …