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2019-03-07 John Rollins Memorial DX Contest
It’s time to get ready for the John Rollins Memorial DX Contest coming up on March 13th & 14th as well as March 16th and 17th. The gear for this event is prior to 1960, so it’s easy to acquire. No excuses for not being on having fun during this event! If you don’t have vintage gear, you can still operate modern gear, but without the multiplier advantage. Bands of operation will be 40 and 20 meters. Hope to work you during the event! For full details, visit the AWA website here.
2019-02-16 Linc Cundall Contest Results
An event results for 2019 contest page has been created here. It includes report, scorebook and photos.
2019-02-12 Bruce Kelley QSO Party
An event results for 2018 page has been created here. It includes a report, logs, summary and photos.
2019-02-07 "After Hours" Events for 2019
2019-02-06 Mini Fab Lab Course
AWA will be hosting a series of four Fab Lab STEM presentations this spring. Details here.
2019-02-05 Early Television Convention
The 2019 Early Television Convention will be held May 3-5 at the Early Television Museum in Hilliard, OH (Columbus area).
Visit their website for details at www.earlytelevision.org/2019_convention.html.
Visit their website for details at www.earlytelevision.org/2019_convention.html.
2018-12-06 AWA Museum Phase III
A mailing to members has announced a Phase III AWA Museum Addition fund raising campaign. Details for the facility expansion effort can be found here.
2018-09-11 2019 AWA Convention
The dates for the 2019 AWA Convention are Tuesday, August 13 to Saturday, August 17, 2019. It will be held at the RIT Inn, Rochester, New York. The 2019 Convention will have the dual themes of “Evolution of the Loudspeaker” and “Audio Brands”. Details for the event, similar to this past year, will be posted in the spring of 2019.
2018-09-09 New AWA Leadership Elected
The AWA Board held a special meeting on September 8, 2018 to elect new leadership, after Thomas Peterson, Jr., resigned his post as Director of the AWA Board of Trustees during the AWA Convention last month in Rochester, NY. At the special Board meeting, the Trustees elected Robert Hobday as Director and Bruce Roloson as Deputy Director. Previous to the special meeting, the Trustees had elected Tom Peterson, Jr., as Director Emeritus in recognition of the many years of leadership he provided as AWA moved from a rented second floor location with limited space to a multi-building facility, including a large display building.
2018-08-20 Annual Banquet Awards
A list of the 2018 AWA Banquet Awards is posted here.
2018-05-15 After Hours at the Museum
Details for the July 11, 2018 program are posted here.
2018-05-10 "On the Air" Results
Results for the 2017-2018 Contest year have been posed at the bottom of the "On the Air" page here.
2018-01-08 AWA Gateway Hiatus
The AWA Gateway is now in hiatus due to the lack of a volunteer editor. All past issues are available on the AWA website. A new newsletter publication Museum Sparks with up to-date news, events, and happenings at the Antique Wireless Museum will be published quarterly and current and past issues are also available on the website.
2017-07-01 Bruce Roloson W2BDR, AWA Curator, retires and Lynn Bisha, W2BSN, AWA Associate Curator, is elected AWA Curator effective July 1, 2017
Bruce Roloson W2BDR has retired as AWA Curator effective July 1, 2017. He is succeeded by Lynn Bisha W2BSN as AWA Curator. The Board has expressed their sincere appreciation for Bruce’s leadership and guidance during his tenure which saw the transition from a modest museum at the Bloomfield Academy to today’s world-class museum on the Thomas Peterson Jr. AWA Museum and Research Campus and a huge increase in the size and quality of the Museum collection. Bruce has indicated that he will continue to be a key member of the Museum Staff, but seeks to devote more time to museum exhibit design and educational programming.
Prior to his election as Curator, Lynn has served as Associate Curator. He has been a key member of the AWA management team and brings an amazing wealth of communication knowledge in general and knowledge of the AWA collection specifically. Lynn will do an excellent job as Curator and we wish him well in his new position.
Prior to his election as Curator, Lynn has served as Associate Curator. He has been a key member of the AWA management team and brings an amazing wealth of communication knowledge in general and knowledge of the AWA collection specifically. Lynn will do an excellent job as Curator and we wish him well in his new position.
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Antique Wireless Association and Collins Collectors Association sign a Joint Membership Program Memorandum of Understanding
2016-10-03 - Antique Wireless Association and Collins Collectors Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that seeks to promote both organizations and to provide additional benefits to members. Under the terms of the MOU, members of both clubs will receive a 5% discount on their membership dues for either existing or new memberships. This agreement is effective immediately. If you are a member of Collins Collectors Association, you may join or renew your Antique Wireless Association dues for $33 ($38 non US). AWA believes this MOU will open avenues for existing or new members for both AWA and CCA, and we are excited to offer a Joint Membership Program with CCA.
Antique Wireless Association was formed in 1952 and is an educational non-profit chartered by the State of New York. AWA operates the Antique Wireless Museum in Bloomfield, New York and is dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of technology used to communicate and entertain from the first telegram to today’s wireless text messaging. The Museum is open Saturdays, 1 pm to 5 pm and Tuesdays 10 am to 3 pm, but closed on major holiday weekends.
Collins Collectors Association is operated solely for the benefit of the members and to further the stated objectives of fostering preservation and documentation of the anecdotal history of Collins Radio Company and Rockwell Collins as well as its employees.
Antique Wireless Association was formed in 1952 and is an educational non-profit chartered by the State of New York. AWA operates the Antique Wireless Museum in Bloomfield, New York and is dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of technology used to communicate and entertain from the first telegram to today’s wireless text messaging. The Museum is open Saturdays, 1 pm to 5 pm and Tuesdays 10 am to 3 pm, but closed on major holiday weekends.
Collins Collectors Association is operated solely for the benefit of the members and to further the stated objectives of fostering preservation and documentation of the anecdotal history of Collins Radio Company and Rockwell Collins as well as its employees.
Art Collins DVD Now Available
2015-10-23 - The AWA Museum Store now has for sale a commemorative DVD, "A Culture of Innovation" in the on-line AWA Museum Store, here.
Donate to AWA when using Amazon
2015-04-17 - Most of us use Amazon frequently to buy books and many other items. If you use Amazon Smile to make your purchase, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase to a designated charity of your choice (no cost to you).
If you are so inclined, please to go Amazon by going to https://smile.amazon.com/, sign in using your normal account and password, then type AWA in the designated charity, and select A.W.A. Electronic Communication Museum (our official IRS name until they get around to acting on our long term application to change the corporate name - long story for another day!) and then make your purchase(s) as usual. AWA will receive a donation of 0.5% of what you purchased (no cost to you). Easy money!!
If you are so inclined, please to go Amazon by going to https://smile.amazon.com/, sign in using your normal account and password, then type AWA in the designated charity, and select A.W.A. Electronic Communication Museum (our official IRS name until they get around to acting on our long term application to change the corporate name - long story for another day!) and then make your purchase(s) as usual. AWA will receive a donation of 0.5% of what you purchased (no cost to you). Easy money!!