W2XMN–Armstrong’s original transmitter building built in 1937, 2010 November 6 W2XMN–Interior of building, 2010 November 6 I had the great pleasure of venturing out to Alpine, New Jersey this past Saturday. I was honored to receive an invitation from Dave Amundsen, the Director of Engineering for CSC Management (the organization who […]
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The Regenerative Circuit
Listening to the radio now, as I do quite often, I never would have imagined the difficulties that plagued it in the past. Although not yet around to experience early radio listening first hand, I have read enough to understand just how close one would have had to have been to the speaker. In fact, […]
Vacuum Tube?
A vacuum tube from the Armstrong collection Most people today have heard of Moore’s Law and the explosion of the number of transistors in modern technology, but if you are of the younger generation, the word “vacuum tube” sparks only faint recognition. In fact, some younger readers may not recognize the term at all. But […]