Thursday, January 10, 2008

1940: HAMS AGAIN ON THE LEADING EDGE

WE KNOW OF IT AS "THE LEADING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY." AMATEUR RADIO AND ITS MANY VERY TALENTED FOLLOWERS HAVE A HISTORY OF BLAZING THE TRAIL FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY. THIS ARTICLE FROM A 1940 ISSUE OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY RADIO ASSOCIATION'S NEWSLETTER TELLS OF RECEIVING AND TESTING EXPERIMENTS HELD BY DVRA MEMBER BILL BURROUGHS, AND WHAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BECOME WCBS-TV. A TRULY FASCINATING AND LITTLE KNOWN AMATEUR RADIO FACTOID!

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