Pre-WWII Ham Radio Photos

It was an era of onrushing-change. Like the streamliners that captured American travel imaginations, the short waves captured the best efforts of America’s ham radio operators. Especially in the 1920’s, many hams built their own transmitters and receivers. But as the 30’s wore on, a healthy list of ham radio manufacturers sprang into being. NOTE tho members submitting photos: The category of your POST determines the PAGE on which your pictures appears. To post an image to this page, select the PRE_WAR HAM RADIO PHOTOS category.

4. The U.S. Patents of John H. Hammond, Jr.

4. The U.S. Patents of John H. Hammond, Jr.

2nd edition, 2007 John H. Hammond, Jr. (1888-1965) was, like Edison, Alexanderson and Charles F. Jenkins, something of a patenting machine. Here we list his 536 patents, ranging from his 1912 patent for “Naval-war-game apparatus” to his 1968 patent for “Phase...

5. An Interview with Harold Beverage

5. An Interview with Harold Beverage

Richard Brewster2nd edition, 2007 “So I had decided when I was about 10 years old that I was going to be a radio engineer. I wasn’t going to pitch hay and shovel manure all my life on the farm. That was the beginning. When I went to the University of Maine, I took my...

6. Radio and Television Reminiscences

6. Radio and Television Reminiscences

Raymond M. Bell4th edition, 2014 Raymond Bell was born in 1907 and received a Ph.D in physics from Pennsylvania State University in 1937. He could name the day–May 18, 1922–he heard his first radio.In 1928 in his senior year as an undergraduate in college he built and...

21. Meetings, Contests, Winners

21. Meetings, Contests, Winners

2020 This factbook lists the 188 meetings of the Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society from meeting number one in 1986 up to meeting number 188 in 2020. Also lists PARS contests and winners for the same period. The intention is to print an updated edition each year....

22. An Oscillator Reader II

22. An Oscillator Reader II

2014 An anthology of articles from the Pittsburgh Oscillator: Journal of the Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society from 1996 to 2010, during which time the journal was edited by Ted Depto. Paperback, 188 pages, 6 x 9, $8.29.

24. 1 2 3 4 5 6: A David Kraeuter Sampler

24. 1 2 3 4 5 6: A David Kraeuter Sampler

1 2 3 4 5 6: A David Kraeuter SamplerThe Compact Edition, 2017 Contains 1 long short story, 2 short autobiographies, 3 short radio servicing adventures, 4 short book reviews, 5 short short stories and 6 squibs (1 long and 5 short) by the author, all reprinted from The...

Radio History Found In Railroad Union Archives

Radio History Found In Railroad Union Archives

Radio History Found In Railroad Union Archives By Frank J Lotito K3DZ It continues to amaze me where one can find articles related to the history of electronics and radio! I am talking about original publications, not the ramblings of some author (like me) who 50+...

Top Secret! Collecting Military Radios, Part 2

Top Secret! Collecting Military Radios, Part 2

In Part 1 I covered the indexes to military publications that were compiled by Ray Mote. The US military had (and has) a series of complex nomenclature systems that vary from one branch of the service to the next, and within any one service, from one intended usage to...

7. Electronic Essays

7. Electronic Essays

David W. Kraeuter 6th edition 2017 Cultural, technological and personal perspectives on radio. These essays reflect the author's experiences in radio and electronics over the past 65 years. Paperback, 118 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, $14.00. Download, $6.25.