In the same time frame of learning about old radios, I’m also pursuing radio in another way, the current trend of Software Defined Radio (SDR). I first noticed it while doing an update to a LINUX machine I was fussing with and wondered what all these libraries and builds were about, it is a large … [Read more…]
ex nihilo nihil fit – from nothing comes nothing.
At The LA Daily News an article about the Woolsey Fire in Ventura county focuses on the Rocketdyne Facility, or the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. The Woolsey Fire, an out-of-control wildfire that started in Ventura County and moved into Malibu, where it is consuming homes along the coastal community, began as a brush fire near … [Read more…]
In the Guardian News 11/7/2018: Measure known as Initiative 1631 would have put a $15 fee on each ton of carbon dioxide emitted in the state However, voters rejected the initiative because “they understood it was a flawed initiative that would have raised consumer costs substantially while doing very little to meet carbon reduction … [Read more…]
In the San Mateo Daily there is an interesting story on the founding of AMPEX and that their sign has been taken down and is looking for a new home. Recording on discs was standard for the broadcast industry in the United States before Ampex changed the game. Discs were easily subject to shock, vibration … [Read more…]
From The Suffocation of Democracy – Christopher R. Browning If the US has someone whom historians will look back on as the gravedigger of American democracy, it is Mitch McConnell. He stoked the hyperpolarization of American politics to make the Obama presidency as dysfunctional and paralyzed as he possibly could. As with parliamentary gridlock in … [Read more…]
I am saddened by the news of Patti Harris’ death this week and sympathize with her family. John Sergneri
I’m not sure how I neglected mentioning one of our latest family members, a 1930 Jackson-Bell Swan AM radio. This one was purchased for $125 at an antique store in the county. It has been refinished as you can tell from the wood which is slightly different color on the top right side of the … [Read more…]
The addiction continues – today I added a RCA Victor 4X (the small one in the photo) and a General Electric E-72 All-Wave. The GE is an AM broadcast, Police, and SW receiver. The RCA is an AC/DC table top model and both date from the 1936 time frame. So, we can easily see this … [Read more…]
I haven’t posted in a while, why? The quick answer is Old Radio. When I was a kid in Eastern Washington, I spent many hours after sunset at the dial of our AM radio. From my basement bedroom, I ran a long wire antenna up to the eves of the house and clipped it to … [Read more…]