Radios have always been a part of my(our) life more so as we had no TV,mostly shortwave,many ...listened to the BBC Bonaire etc.
Love turning the dial @noc & picking up distant stations when I was supposed to be sleeping...many times since it was
dark my fingers would turn the volume up & a voice would say "San are you still awake"...my dad,got caught
awake.
..what no earbuds?
I just love to listen to distant stations...and oh the airwaves boy they were crystal clear @ my location.
Fast forward my love of radio coincidentally is shared by my better half,fascinating..so it was fantastic to share my tales of radio
as a child..as he has his amateur extra class radio license did voice & CW but now only does CW. di-dah-di-dit..really neat.
AM Radio is a big part of our lives...yes indeed.
FYI:
On May 24th 1844 the first Morse telegram went over the line. Samuel Morse and his colleague Alfred Vail knew that the very first phrase to be sent with the new telecommunication medium was to be remembered. So what should they transmit? Morse came up with a quote from the bible, certainly well chosen for an historic occasion like this:
“What God had wrought”
sent by Morse in Washington to Alfred Vail at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad “outer depot” in Baltimore. The message is a Bible verse from Numbers 23:23, chosen for Morse by Annie Ellsworth, daughter of the Governor of Connecticut. The original paper tape received by Vail in Baltimore is on display in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
IT just so happens that Newington, Connecticut is the home of the ARRL...
Founded in 1914, the American Radio Relay League is the national association for amateur radio in the US. Today, with more than 161,000 members, ARRL is the largest organization of radio amateurs in the United States and the primary source of information about what is going on in the ham radio world. ARRL offers books, news, support, information, special operating events, continuing education classes etc.
SOME radio Facts:..you may have heard of Bose as in Radio.
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose is known as the father of wireless telecommunication. He had invented the Mercury Coherer, a radio wave receiver that was used by Guglielmo Marconi to build an operational two-way radio. #NationalRadioDay
NATIONAL RADIO DAY. Each year on August 20th, National Radio Day recognizes the great invention of the radio.A genius Nikola Tesla This man never really gets the true credit for what he accomplished. Who are your radio Heroes? #NationalRadioDay
Wishing everyone a festive #NationalRadioDay - if you're going to drink and listen, please do so responsibly. #SafetyFirst
Love turning the dial @noc & picking up distant stations when I was supposed to be sleeping...many times since it was
dark my fingers would turn the volume up & a voice would say "San are you still awake"...my dad,got caught
awake...what no earbuds?
I just love to listen to distant stations...and oh the airwaves boy they were crystal clear @ my location.
Fast forward my love of radio coincidentally is shared by my better half,fascinating..so it was fantastic to share my tales of radio
as a child..as he has his amateur extra class radio license did voice & CW but now only does CW. di-dah-di-dit..really neat.
AM Radio is a big part of our lives...yes indeed.
FYI:
On May 24th 1844 the first Morse telegram went over the line. Samuel Morse and his colleague Alfred Vail knew that the very first phrase to be sent with the new telecommunication medium was to be remembered. So what should they transmit? Morse came up with a quote from the bible, certainly well chosen for an historic occasion like this:
“What God had wrought”
sent by Morse in Washington to Alfred Vail at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad “outer depot” in Baltimore. The message is a Bible verse from Numbers 23:23, chosen for Morse by Annie Ellsworth, daughter of the Governor of Connecticut. The original paper tape received by Vail in Baltimore is on display in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
IT just so happens that Newington, Connecticut is the home of the ARRL...
Founded in 1914, the American Radio Relay League is the national association for amateur radio in the US. Today, with more than 161,000 members, ARRL is the largest organization of radio amateurs in the United States and the primary source of information about what is going on in the ham radio world. ARRL offers books, news, support, information, special operating events, continuing education classes etc.
SOME radio Facts:..you may have heard of Bose as in Radio.
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose is known as the father of wireless telecommunication. He had invented the Mercury Coherer, a radio wave receiver that was used by Guglielmo Marconi to build an operational two-way radio. #NationalRadioDay
NATIONAL RADIO DAY. Each year on August 20th, National Radio Day recognizes the great invention of the radio.A genius Nikola Tesla This man never really gets the true credit for what he accomplished. Who are your radio Heroes? #NationalRadioDay
Wishing everyone a festive #NationalRadioDay - if you're going to drink and listen, please do so responsibly. #SafetyFirst
