AWA Journal Selected Archives

• Building a 1929 Style Hartley Transmitter  by Scott M. Freeberg, WA9WFA

Need a transmitter for our 1929 QSO Party? Build it in one week-end!

• Herbert Metcalf and the Magnavox Type A Tube  by P.A. Kinzie

A Short-Lived Scheme to Circumvent deForest

• Television  by Richard Brewster

Five-Inch Sets of 1939

• Television Reception in the 1950s: A Coming of Age  by Ronald R. Thomas

When a Dipole Antenna on Your Roof Was a Status Symbol

• Breadboarding  by Richard A. Parks

More Adventures With Transistors

• Restoring an AR-1375 Radiola Concert Receiver  by Eric P. Wenaas

Undoing a Factory Mod to Recreate A Classic

• A 1920s Style Colpitts Broadcast Receiver   by Mike Bittner

Made From Junkbox Parts, It Has A Handsome Period Look

• Breadboarding  by Richard A. Parks

Extreme Breadboarding; The Work of Claude Paillard

•The Mallory Bias Cell   By Jim Cook, W0OXX

A Short-Lived Replacement for Cathode Bias in First Audio Stages

•The Vacuum Tube  by Ludwell A. Sibley

Tube Bases and the Asbestos Hustle

• Marconi and the Telegraph Companies   By Ivor Hughes

A Visit to a Historic Site Resurrects the Clash Between Wired and Wireless Interests

• Equipment Restoration  by Ken Owens

Rust Removal–Minimizing Soldering Residue–Replacing a 262 kHz I.F. Transformer

•A Powerizer Mystery  by Dick Parks

Did it Convert Selected AK Battery Sets to A.C. Operation?

• Television  by Richard Brewster

The 2007 Early Television Convention

• The 1896 Magnetic Detector of Lord Ernest Rutherford  by Robert P. Murray

Constructing a Replica of a Classic Experiment

• Breadboarding  by Richard A. Parks

D Cell Power Revisited

• Maclite Radio  by Merrill Bancroft

Personal Papers Track the Demise of a Little-Known Radio Manufacturer

•The Vacuum Tube  by Ludwell A. Sibley

Far-Away Tubes With Strange-Sounding Names

• Breadboarding  by Richard A. Parks

D Cell Power

• Restoring an Atwater Kent Model 84  by Al Smith

It Looked Great, But Then Some Pesky Problems Turned Up

• Restoration of Shellac Finishes on Older Radios  by Lane Upton

Don’t Strip That Old Finish–Save it Instead

• A Journey to the Birthplace of Trans Atlantic Communication by Ivor Hughes

The Author’s Pilgrimage to Some Fabled Cable and Wireless

• A Structured Approach to Fixing Up Those Nice Old Radios by Bill Fizette, W2DGB

Preserving The Clough Brengle Model 87 Transmitter

Part 2—The Restoration by Ron Lawrence, KC4YOY

• Alignment and Neutralization of the Early AC TRF & Neutrodyne Receivers   by Lane S. Upton

A Methodical Approach to a Much-Misunderstood Procedure

• Equipment Restoration by Ken Owens

Odd Fuse Strategy – Crosley Book Condenser Adjustment – Useful Jeweler’s Tools

• Report From Radio Central  by Ralph Williams with Marshall Etter, Bob McGraw and Chris Bacon

We Continue the Story of RCA’s Communication Branch–An Antique Radio Gazette Reprint.

• The Vacuum Tube by Ludwell A. Sibley

Celebration of Tube Brands

• Amateur Radio in the 1950s: Romance and Reality by Ronald R. Thomas

A nostalgia trip for the old-timer; an eye-opener for the newbie.

• The Communications Receiver by William Fizette, W2DGB

A Depression-Era Receiver For The Beginning Amateur

• The Beginnings of Radio Central by Ralph Williams with Marshall Etter, Bob McGraw and Chris Bacon

Ever wonder exactly how RCA got started?–An Antique Radio Gazette reprint.

• Key and Telegraph by John Casale, W2NI

Centennial of the Martin Vibroplex

• Station SAQ Makes UNESCO World Heritage List by Bengt Svensson

The Last 200 kW Alexanderson Alternator is Lovingly Preserved

• Television by Richard Brewster

The Original Television Girl

• A Christmas Trip to Cortlandt Street by Mel Comer

Visiting “Radio Mecca” in the early 1920s–An Antique Radio Gazette Reprint.

• Television by Richard Brewster

Columbia is Telecasting

• Two Rich Minds-One Poor Invention by William E. Denk, W3IGU

Pupin and Armstrong lay an egg–An Antique Radio Gazette reprint.

• Equipment Restoration by Ken Owens

A Solid-State Filter Choke or Field Coil Replacement

• Experiences in Early Broadcasting  by Al Smith (Silent Key)

A decades-long career in broadcast engineering began with 1920s “3-dialers.”

• Breadboarding  by Richard A. Parks

Working With Crystal Control: A “Part 15” Broadcast Band Transmitter

• Television  by Richard Brewster

The Philco Mystery Control: Forerunner of the TV Wireless Remote

• Designing a DX Crystal Set by Mike tuggle

Careful Engineering Pulls in Stations Half a World Away

• Television  by Richard Brewster

Early Chicago Television by William N. Parker

• Substitutes for the WD11 by D.K. Owens

Some Practical Replacement Strategies for this Very Scarce Tube

• The Communications Receiver  by William Fizette, W2DGB

The 1945 Hammarlund HQ-129X By Jim Hanlon, W8KGI

• Did Marconi Receive Transatlantic Radio Signals in 1901? – Part 1  by Henry M. Bradford

If he did, it might not have been on the wavelength he thought

• Did Marconi Receive Transatlantic Radio Signals in 1901?–Part 2  by Henry M. Bradford

If he did, it might not have been on the wavelength he thought

• A Structured Approach to Fixing Up Those Nice Old Radios by Bill Fizette, W2DGB

Repairing a Depression-Era Economy Radio Receiver

• Oliver Lodge: Almost the Father of Radio by James P. Rybak, W0KSD

He Had His Eye on the Science, but not on Securing His Fame

• Key and Telegraph by John Casale, W2NI

Horace G. Martin–Part One: The Telegrapher

• The First Wireless Time Signals to Ships at Sea

The Dominion of Canada Ushers in a New Era of Marine Navigation

• An Unusual Artifact from the Tidewater Wireless Telegraph Company

Amazing What One Can Learn From an Advertising Blotter

• A 1929 Amateur Radio Station for the New Millenium

Part 2 – A Final Amplifier for the 1929 Hartley

• A Historical Review of Continuous Wave Radio Frequency Power Generators

Below 535 Column, Feb, 2002

• On The Air From The USS Albacore’s Radio Room

Rehabbing the communications gear of a 1950s high-tech sub.

• The Vacuum Tube

The Acorn Tube

• Equipment Restoration

Plug-in forms; Doctoring a 1R5; Replacing Resistor Line Cords

• Putting the Navy OS-8 to Work

Modifying a handy surplus scope for continuous duty.

• The Vail Register

Alfred Vail’s Telegraph Register.

• The Rejuvenation of Vacuum Tubes

By popular demand–a reprint of an old classic.

• Radio As It Used To Be by Paul Bolander, W3VVS

Paul shares boyhood memories from the 1920s and 1930s.

• Dr. Ralph “Doc” Muchow 1917-2000 by Art Bilski

The famed museum is dark, but “The Doctor” won’t ever be forgotten.