Late to the party re. Lettering Guide: DIY Calligraphy Nibs Get Down to Brass Tacks http://hackaday.com/2014/06/02/diy-calligraphy-nibs-get-down-to-brass-tacks/
Free online historical documents: http://AmericanRadioHistory.com > Two million pages of AM FM & TV Broadcasting history online > This site takes no monetatry donations. Instead, consider: > http://www.broadcastersfoundation.org/
The BroadcastersFoundation site was swamped when I looked. Not surprising, considering I found out about the archive site from several different sources in one day.
Popular Electronics, Electronics Illustrated, Electronics World, Radio Electronics, Elementary Electronics, BYTE ...
Bobbi! Wow, it's been a long time! And . . . looks like we have the same "rant". I happen to be one of those who restores these old Letterpresses. I own a regular Letterpress Printing & Design company, Paper Wren Press (www.paperwrenpress.com), I just re-started my Radio/Printing blog (www.q5letterpress.blogspot.com), and I maintain a Printing Education site, largely for other printers (www.gjohanson.blogspot.com). Still reading the Red Jacket QSTs, still pounding brass, still messing with the simple side of radio, regen receivers, MOPAs and the like . . . . still WD4NKA. Miss the discussions we used to have years back on Glowbugs (which I departed from 2004, to start the Regenrx group). Stay in touch, will ya? You're the only one around who knows who the Dixie Squinch Owl was !! :) Email: Paperwrenpress@gmail.com or wd4nka@aim.com
I KNEW THE LOSS WAS SERIOUS WHEN I SAW THE NEWSPAPER JUNK THEIR OLD PRINTING PRESSES. Seeing it myself made it real. Ripped the heart right out of that building and that paper. It's not why newspapers are dying but it is one reason why they die largely unmourned. I'm pushing back. Typewriters, Dial Telephones, Hand Tools, Old Amateur Radio Gear, Telegraph Keys, Analog Volt Ohmmeters, Vacuumatic Coffeemakers, Slide Rules, Fountain Pens, etc.: I have 'em. I use 'em.
It's not political. There are other places for that. People who love old technology can be found all across the spectrum. Let's concentrate on what we have in common.
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Bobbitronic: "If you can't work DX, work RX."
ReplyDeleteConsidering I have a W9 call, once the single most numerous district in the U.S., that makes perfect sense!
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http://hackaday.com/2014/06/02/diy-calligraphy-nibs-get-down-to-brass-tacks/
73, Jim
Old radio publications, free online via AE5X
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73, Jim
Free online historical documents: http://AmericanRadioHistory.com
ReplyDelete> Two million pages of AM FM & TV Broadcasting history online
> This site takes no monetatry donations. Instead, consider:
> http://www.broadcastersfoundation.org/
http://americanradiohistory.com/About-American-Radio-History-website.htm
The BroadcastersFoundation site was swamped when I looked. Not surprising, considering I found out about the archive site from several different sources in one day.
Popular Electronics, Electronics Illustrated, Electronics World, Radio Electronics, Elementary Electronics, BYTE ...
73, Jim
Bobbi! Wow, it's been a long time! And . . . looks like we have the same "rant". I happen to be one of those who restores these old Letterpresses. I own a regular Letterpress Printing & Design company, Paper Wren Press (www.paperwrenpress.com), I just re-started my Radio/Printing blog (www.q5letterpress.blogspot.com), and I maintain a Printing Education site, largely for other printers (www.gjohanson.blogspot.com). Still reading the Red Jacket QSTs, still pounding brass, still messing with the simple side of radio, regen receivers, MOPAs and the like . . . . still WD4NKA. Miss the discussions we used to have years back on Glowbugs (which I departed from 2004, to start the Regenrx group). Stay in touch, will ya? You're the only one around who knows who the Dixie Squinch Owl was !! :) Email: Paperwrenpress@gmail.com or wd4nka@aim.com
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