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Issue: May, 1967
Posted in: Communications, Radio, Space, Television
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Posted: 11/03/2011
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COMSAT: Communication in the Space Age (May, 1967)

“Seriously, though, the establishment of information grids, connected by relay satellite, has already been proposed. Some authorities think that in less than 10 years a student will be able to dial a local computer on his home telephone and program problems into it.”

That was actually a pretty good guess.

COMSAT: Communication in the Space Age

Not experimental, but commercial, instant worldwide information transmission by satellite
By RAY D. THROWER

In the 17th century, it took about 4 months for news of the New World to reach Europe. Now, with satellite communication, news whips around the globe in seconds. In less than 3 years, instant global communication will be a reality. Advanced communications equipment and the space-age vehicle, the Communications Satellite Corp. and its international partner, Intelsat, are all together responsible for that.

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Modern Mechanix
Issue: Mar, 1932
Posted in: Radio, Toys and Games
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Posted: 10/14/2011
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Dolls Dance to Radio Music (Mar, 1932)

Dolls Dance to Radio Music

FROM Germany comes the latest radio novelty. It is a platform upon which a group of dolls dance to the tune of music issuing from your radio receiver.

The device is a mystery until you understand the dance platform is caused to vibrate by means of a small needle which connects with a headphone, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

This headphone is connected up with your radio receiver, so that the same current sounds the music and excites the dancers. The effect of the contrivance is extremely fascinating.

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Modern Mechanix
Issue: May, 1932
Posted in: Radio
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Posted: 10/04/2011
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Radio Speaker Like Chandelier (May, 1932)

Radio Speaker Like Chandelier

LOUD speakers which are placed in or on top of your receiving set cabinet are now being supplanted by a new amplifier that hangs from the ceiling like a beautiful metal chandelier.

The new amplifier is made up of a number of tone tubes which not only amplify the sounds but also give musical notes a rich tone. Each tube tones one note. Any electrical connection may be used between receiving set and chandelier.

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Popular Electronics
Issue: Aug, 1962
Posted in: Advertisements, Radio
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Posted: 09/23/2011
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down to the last component SONY CB-901 spells quality (Aug, 1962)

down to the last component SONY CB-901 spells quality

SONY
RESEARCH MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

Unlike ordinary Citizens Band transceivers, there are certain distinct advantages in owning the SONY CB-901 fully transistorized unit. One of the most important is the separate speaker and microphone, rather than the combined speaker-microphone found in other sets. This means greater ease in operating and superior clarity in transmission and reception.

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Popular Electronics
Issue: Jul, 1958
Posted in: Radio, Space
Posted: 09/22/2011
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What the Sputniks Said (Jul, 1958)

What the Sputniks Said

Russian scientists disclose how radio waves travel from their satellites to earth

By A. J. Steiger

Radio LISTENERS who tracked the earth-circling travels of Sputnik I have reported new discoveries in short-wave propagation, including a round-the-world echo, according to preliminary findings published in a recent issue of Radio, a Russian popular electronics journal.

What the Sputniks discovered about prospects for using solar power to operate space vehicle instruments is also discussed in the Moscow journal. These reports on Russia’s pioneer space vehicles’ discoveries, the first to be published, are translated here.

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Modern Mechanix
Issue: Jul, 1929
Posted in: Radio
Posted: 08/31/2011
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Take Your Radio on Your Motor Camping Trip (Jul, 1929)

Take Your Radio on Your Motor Camping Trip

Edited by CHARLES MAGEE ADAMS

WITH the advent of summer, the thoughts of many are turning eagerly vacation-ward. For a goodly proportion of car owners this means anticipation of a long interesting motor trip, with the added pleasure of camping en route. To the radio contingent the attractive prospect of such an expedition may be tinged with regret at leaving behind the trusty receiver and the programs it brings nightly. But that need not be the case.

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Popular Science
Issue: Jul, 1937
Posted in: Aviation, Music, Radio
Posted: 08/19/2011
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RADIO LINKS SINGER AND ORCHESTRA (Jul, 1937)

RADIO LINKS SINGER AND ORCHESTRA
Convalescing from injuries received in an automobile accident, a radio performer recently sang to her audience from a room in a Philadelphia hospital, while she listened through headphones to an accompaniment played by a dance orchestra in a plane flying 5,000 feet overhead. A dual hook-up enabled listeners-in to hear the voice of the star perfectly blended with the music.

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Popular Science
Issue: Sep, 1950
Posted in: Advertisements, Radio
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Posted: 07/27/2011
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Now “Flying Stenographers” span the sea! (Sep, 1950)

Now “Flying Stenographers” span the sea!

You are familiar with teleprinter service which delivers a typed message, by wire, at high speed. Now this useful service takes to the air on a person-to-person basis, and is spanning the Atlantic Ocean by radio!

This new achievement, called TEX, was developed by RCA engineers and European experts. Its heart is an amazing machine that thinks in code, detects errors which may have come from fading or static —and automatically insists on a correction!

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Popular Science
Issue: Oct, 1949
Posted in: Advertisements, Radio
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Posted: 07/21/2011
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THE AMAZING NEW Man-From-Mars RADIO HAT (Oct, 1949)

HERE IT IS
THE AMAZING NEW Man-From-Mars RADIO HAT

COMPLETE 2-TUBE RADIO BUILT INTO A HAT

Here’s the famous two-tube topper you’ve read about in LIFE. TIME, POPULAR SCIENCE, BUSINESS WEEK, and many other magazines and newspapers, coast-to-coast. Now, you too can own this wonderful “dream-come-true” radio hat. A perfect gift idea! Study these amazing features….

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Popular Science
Issue: Mar, 1922
Posted in: DIY, Radio
Posted: 07/20/2011
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Radio Store Provides Free Clubroom for Wireless Amateurs (Mar, 1922)

Radio Store Provides Free Clubroom for Wireless Amateurs

IN the back of a retail electrical store located in the skyscraper section of New York City, there is a unique club-room for radio amateurs. A full set of radio receiving equipment has been installed with an aerial on the roof. Apparatus can be tested out in actual practice, and the visiting amateur is given the privilege of taking any piece of apparatus from stock to connect up and use as he sees fit.

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