I’ll start with something simple like the car radio. Or is it simple? Two friends, William Lear and Elmer Wavering, decided to take […]
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We have been digitally communicating with each other for well over a hundred years. We had Semaphore Watch Towers, and Railway Telegraphy where electromagnets,
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“Home chain Radar”. What’s that all about? Well, before World War 2 started, the government set out to provide an early warning system which would
Last month, I wrote about some classic old radios. A customer, ex TV engineer, came in during week and we had a walk down
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Last month, I wrote about how the public telephone system started. Having won a Pulitzer Prize as a result, I thought I would tell you
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Nikola Tesla, Brilliant engineer and inventor of the “Death Ray”? Born in Croatia, 1856, Tesla was to become a massive influence in the area of
Classic radios of the past Wireless set from the ‘40s-60s, were shackled to a degree performance wise, given that transmitted material was limited
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Dr. Daniel McDonlad ’05-’91. If, like me, you are a ‘50s-‘60s ite, you probably remember stacking records up on an automatic turntable, watching the first
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I have written about some important topics in my time, but this towers over global warming, asteroid hits, Spanish economy, Global Economy, Covid…. BUT, the
BBC Radio 4 (real name, Home service), the end is nigh? Read More »
Unsung engineers that gave us things we take for granted Alan Blumlein 1903-1942 Now here’s a clever chap that not many people would have heard
Before investing your hard earned Euros in a nice new telly, you may find some of the points set out below useful. This document can
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Talking about radio and TV over the last couple of months make you realise how things have changed from a servicing point of view. In
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