You had to be at exactly the right point on the dial, often at a peculiar time, with the right equipment and, even then, there was no guarantee reception would be good. They only pick up what's on right now. And shortwave radio in the last century was the ultimate in appointment listening. I can also recommend the excellent audio podcast ' Cold War Conversations'īut, unlike physical clocks and OO scale models, radios have no memory. He occasionally picks up radios to explore. They are brilliant! And if you are interested in the stories from past audio technology in general, just follow (and support) Matt Taylor's Techmoan series. For starters, I recommend checking out Mr Carlson's Lab or David Tipton. There are some truly amazing Youtube channels emerging about restoring vintage radios to their former glory. The problem is that although this industry spent hundreds of millions of Euros shouting across borders for decades, very little of that enormous effort was kept in some form of a coherent collection. My third passion is unearthing untold stories about the medium of international broadcasting. In my case, it is the mechanical engineering side of model railways and the restoration of electric clocks. For the full story watch Episode 3 video of the Second Series.īut why is there a need for this site and a new series?ĬOVID-19 Lockdown has taught me the value of hobbies.

But the huge curtain antennas shown have been demolished. Several people have pointed out that the masthead of this site - the Flevoland Transmitter Site - now looks very different. He also has a separate index to find contributions from Southern African reporter Richard Ginbey. Click on the full-screen button to enjoy it fully.Ī thousand thanks are due to Jerry Berg for compiling his brilliant 2021 Media Network index on his brilliant site On The Shortwaves and sharing it with the rest of the world. Here is a link to all the episode published so far.

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