The Hi-Fi AM Radio Stations of the 1930s
By John Schneider W9FGH
In 1930 the Federal Radio Commission assigned eight channels from 1712 to 2470 kHz for a police radio service, freeing up the 1500-1600 kHz spectrum which was held in reserve for future experimental broadcasting. That led to the establishment of a few new wideband high-fidelity channels.
Decoding Arthur Scherbius: Inventor of the Enigma Machine
By Georg Wiessala
The man behind the Enigma Machine was a little remembered German inventor and businessman whose device was first rejected by German military after WWI, eventually finding a home among financial institutions which had more need at the time for secure communications.
Signal Tracing: Those Kits from Allied, Eico, PACO and Heathkit
By Rich Post KB8TAD
Fixing radios is greatly helped by some important service instruments but and as a young and “impoverished experimenter,” the price for these devices was beyond the means of a boy with a paper route. Rich looks at the kits available at the time that made owning one a real possibility.
Cornwall Radio and a Cape Cod Connection
By Chrissy Brand
In May, Chrissy found herself exploring Cornwall on the southwest peninsula of England, known historically for tin mining, smugglers and a rugged coastline. It also has a deep connection with radio history, as she explains.
100 Years of Radio: KFRB and the Rialto Theater of Beeville, Texas
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
Every license granted by the Federal Radio Commission 100 years ago tells a story. This story involves two brothers whose modest cinema palace in rural Beeville, Texas, was intended to promote their new theater, that actually outlived their radio station by 100 years.
The 1935 Explorer II Expedition: Flight to the Edge of Space
By Scott A. Caldwell
In 1935 the National Geographic Society and a crew made up of US Army Air Corp captains, prepared to set a record altitude flight in a balloon, just months after the first mission nearly took their lives. Onboard was an 8-watt transmitter that would broadcast their achievement to the world on shortwave.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Jasper County, Missouri
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
Florida Road Trip
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
Europe: Utility Happy Hunting Ground
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Valter Aguiar
Brazilian Floods; Argentine Media Shakeup; Radio Problems in Costa Rica; How Radio Overthrew a Government, and More!
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
June Shortwave Programming of Note
European Radio Scene
By Georg Wiessala
A Light Show ‘Up North’ and Electronic Warfare
Bits & Bytes
By Gayle Van Horn W4GVH
International Shortwave Update
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
Zinwell NextGen TV Set Top Box
FM Band DX
By Loyd Van Horn W4LVH
Is this thing on? Where are all the Es
Adventures in Radio Restoration
By Rich Post KB8TAD
Four-Eyed Signal Tracers Part 1: RCA Rider Chanalyst
Digitally Speaking
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
A Summer Potpourri
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
Al Katz K2UYH Career-long Electrical Engineering Professor and EME Pioneer (SK)