TT:
Along these same lines is <200 Meters & Down> by Clinton B. DeSoto of
ARRL. Written in the early 30s, I believe (can't find my copy in the shack),
this is an account of the early days of wireless communications and the initial
efforts of Congress to move those pesky Hams to the shorter wavelengths where
they won't harm the Navy's communications circuits. Fascinating history of how
Hams' hobby was able to push the then-state-of-the-art in radio.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
P.S. The book has photos of towers in it.
From: K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net>
Date: 2007/07/06 Fri AM 10:41:46 CDT
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] The Early Transatlantic Wireless Stations
On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 W3LPL wrote:
> An excellent starting point to learn more about the early
> transoceanic wireless stations is:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexanderson_alternator#Stations
I would also like to suggest a book called "Signor Marconi's Magic Box"
by Gavin Weightman, published by De Capo press. It is a fascinating
read of the very early days of wireless. Mine is an advance reading copy;
I'm not sure if it's available for sale yet. Check www.decapopress.com
for details.
Another great book (I believe now out of print) is the W6AM book by N6AW.
Fantastic photographs plus an interesting story line. And yes lots of
descriptions of early TOWERS and antennas.
73
-Kirk K4RO
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