I've done similar things as Paul has and I always make it a point to show the
people that are living in the house now. I've lived in a couple of places I
always wanted to know the history of. A year or so ago I went to my childhood
home and knocked on the door and talked to the new owner. My knowledge of the
home and didn't where his began. I was able to bring back some memories that
were very interesting. I would bet that those people would love to know that
there was an article involving their house published in a magazine.
Happy 2021,
Mike k3RFI
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On Jan 27, 2021, 9:07 AM, at 9:07 AM, Paul Christensen <pchristensen@ieee.org>
wrote:
>Using Brigg's description of the arcing street light location (i.e.,
>2nd pole on School St. off Washington), the pole location and
>surrounding neighborhood can be easily seen using Google street maps.
>In those old neighborhoods, it's highly likely that even though the
>wood poles have been changed through the years, the pole positions
>mostly remained the same.
>
>Last year, I attended a funeral of a childhood friend in Dwight, IL.
>On that visit, I searched for the home of G. Wiley Bergman, 9CA. Wiley
>was a prolific spark operator in the early '20s. Bergman's station was
>described in a 1923 issue of QST. Taking that issue with me, I located
>the home and found the antenna lead-in entry point, just as shown in
>the QST photos. The house looks the same today as it did in 1923.
>QST photos also show placement of several utility poles. I compared
>placement against the photos, and they're at the same locations today.
>
>Paul, W9AC
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephanie WX3K <wx3k@ptd.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 7:03 PM
>To: Paul Christensen <pchristensen@ieee.org>
>Cc: RFI@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [RFI] Tracking Electrical Interference in 1924
>
>Paul
>
>Thank you for sharing this. Interesting how we can point to this as
>another example of our “expertise” way back then !
>
>73
>Stephanie WX3K
>
>
>> On Jan 26, 2021, at 6:54 PM, Paul Christensen <pchristensen@ieee.org>
>wrote:
>>
>> For those interested, I have linked to a 1924 QST article that
>> discusses how Perry Briggs, 1BGF (of "low-loss" tuner fame), tracked
>down an arcing street
>> lamp through the Hartford, CT neighborhoods. Nearly 100 years
>later, we're
>> still doing the same, albeit with better tracking gear:
>>
>> https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/2403034.pdf
>>
>> Paul, W9AC
>>
>>
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