THE AWA JOURNAL - Table of Contents

VOL. 49 JANUARY 2008 NO. 1

**FEATURE ARTICLES**
The Rise and Fall of the Superheterodyne Circuit By Richard T. Ammon There Were Surprising Ups and Downs Before the Design Became Dominant
A Tabletop AM Broadcaster By Michael Ast Demonstrate Those Vintage Radios With Programming You Control
The Mallory Bias Cell By Jim Cook, W0OXX A Short-Lived Replacement for Cathode Bias in First Audio Stages
Hams on Wheels: Mobile Operation in the 1950s by Ronald R. Thomas Before Cell Phones, Mobile Ham Operators Had Bragging Rights
Swap Meet Speaker Tester by D.K. Owens Pocket Tone Generator Ferrets out Bad Drivers
Restoring An Early Three-Tube Receiver by Dick Parks eBay Find Makes Interesting Restoration Project
1922 Peck Superfone Radio Type A1 by Merrill Bancroft Intensive Research Uncovers Provenance of Forgotten Receiver

**COLUMNS**
AWA News by Staff
Museum News by Bruce Roloson, W2BDR
Radio Reproducers by Dave Crocker The Callophone Horn Speaker
The Communications Receiver by William Fizette, W2DGB The Federal Type RC-123 Coast Guard Receivers
Breadboarding by Richard A. Parks The Dynatron Oscillator
Television by Richard Brewster The Lincoln Television Coil Kit
New Books and Literature by David W. Kraeuter
Key and Telegraph by John Casale, W2NI Baseball and the Telegraph Part Two: Every Pitch, Every Move on the Field
Recent Radio, TV and Entertainment Obituaries by Charles S. Griffen, W1GYR
On The Internet by Chuck Schwark Telephones & Telegraphs On The Web
The Vacuum Tube by Ludwell A. Sibley Tube Bases and the Asbestos Hustle
Of Mics and Men by George A. Freeman The Mic: Soap-Box Transmitter The Man: Emile Berliner
Amateur Radio by John Rollins, W1FPZ Linc Cundall Memorial OT Contest 2008; AWA AM QSO Party 2008 By Gary Carter, WA4IAM
Equipment Restoration by Ken Owens The Restoration of a Federal A-10 Receiver by Fred Merker