Heavy Metal Rally, Sat. Jan. 8th

Antique Transmitting Station Event Jan. 8th

Please join us the evening of Saturday, Jan. 8 for a marathon, on-the-air showcase operating event from the Radio History Society's Radio-Television Museum near Washington, D.C., where we will be demonstrating our restored 1940s AM Broadcast transmitter and an antique companion receiver seen at:

High resolution: http://www.netohio.com/wa3vjb/DSC00933.JPG

Low resolution: http://www.qrz.com/W3R/

Our station's transmitter is a somewhat rare, art deco model highly sought by hobbyist radio collectors who retune them for the shortwave ham bands. Plans call for a record-setting gathering of this model among stations in North America, as heard in this discussion transmitted by one such transmitter as monitored in Chicago. The signals come a private home in Annapolis operating a 1947 example of the particular transmitter, a Collins 300-G rescued from an old Washington, D.C. movie house that was used as a radio station.

http://www.netohio.com/wa3vjb/Five-300G.MP3

The warm and inviting sound of nostalgic "AM" is a powerful lure for people who've become ho-hum about plastic home entertainment centers and want to enjoy the storytelling nature of vintage radio.

Frequencies of operation for shortwave reception or for licensed hobbyist stations to transmit:
1885 Kc (just above Standard Broadcast)
3880 Kc
7290 Kc

Handsome certificates will be sent to confirm reception reports and/or two-way contacts. The "Heavy Metal Rally" gets its name from the weight and power of these old "hollow state" vacuum tube transmitters, many of which are being released into private hands by radio stations that have gone "solid state." Participation is open to all, but to win top honors in this event, such a radio must weigh at least 250 pounds and make at least 250 watts of power.

More about the collection of these magnificent old transmitters can be seen at:

http://www.rwonline.com/referen....0.shtml

http://amfone.net/ECSound/WB2SYQ.htm

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The following announcement on the Associated Press wire service coverage calendars will generate coverage among local broadcast outlets.

FOR AP DAYBOOK


Saturday, Jan. 8


4-9 p.m., BOWIE -- Open house and on-air demonstration of "W3R," antique vacuum-tube AM broadcast station participating in a marathon "Heavy Metal Rally" nationwide among vintage radio hobbyists. Radio-Television Museum, 2608 Mitchellville Rd. Contact: Brian Belanger (301) 390-1020