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Reginald Fessenden and his Christmas broadcast

Discussion in 'Amateur Radio News' started by N2RJ, Dec 24, 2020.

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  1. N2RJ

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    Some background on the not so famous radio pioneer and how he celebrated Christmas. I’m also planning to livestream reception of the broadcast.

     

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  2. KA0HCP

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    Reg Fessenden; "AM No. 1".
    Factoid: Reg's first microphones were in the RF line to the antenna and were water cooled!


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  3. K0UO

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    Thanks for sharing that 0m WRZ and all you did.
    Merry Christmas
     
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  5. K8ZT

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    Our club's Holiday Program this year-

    History of Radio & 100th Anniversary of Commercial Broadcasting

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    Slideshow from CFARC Christmas Party - tiny.cc/rrradio

    Youtube Video of presentation-

    Loaded with links & videos for you to view at your leisure.
     
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  6. KC5HWB

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    Great episode, Ria
     
  7. AA1A

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    Was looking on You-Tube for Christmas 1st broadcast and there you were..
    Hi, N2RJ, Just saw your Fessenden explanation.. Very nice, thanks for a good effort like this..
    Dave AA1A www.radiocom.net/Fessenden
     
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  10. KM4UDX

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    Controversy notwithstanding, the extraordinary Vienna Wireless Society (VWS) had a special event station to honor Fressenden's substantial accomplishments in the field of radio.

    Check out:

    https://viennawireless.net/wp/special-event-station-w4f/

    I also operated W4F on WSPR to spread the love far and wide from my little uBITX qrp rig. If you use any of the WSPR web services, you can put W4F and see how far ol Fressenden went.


    W4F WSPRnet spot freq distribution VWS.GIF
     
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  11. AA1A

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    Even a Great White needs the community in order to help keep things straight...My neighbor heard that broadcast in 1906, Art Donovan, W1HM, and Fessenden's CE was Adam Stein Jr., who told hi son Adam Stein 3rd, who then told me..
     
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  12. N5AQM

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    Thanks Ria! This begs the question, just how many people were listening back then?

    73
    -Mike
     
  13. N2RJ

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    It's disputed for sure, but not debunked. There is no conclusive evidence either way. Lee DeForest claimed to be first, but later on it was claimed that Fessenden was the first. The radioworld article doesn't rely upon conclusive evidence, but instead claims that the absence of press coverage means it didn't happen.

    We may never know who was actually first.

    Here is a paper from the IEEE with references:
    https://ewh.ieee.org/reg/7/millennium/radio/radio_differences.html

    And another:
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1003633

    73
     
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  14. N2RJ

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    The claim is that ships heard the signals as far as the Caribbean (West Indies). How many, is unknown.
     
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  15. NJ3H

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    And my Dad, Adam Stein III, N1CVG, told me, his son, George Stein, NJ3H.

    Regards,
    George, NJ3H
    Redmond, Oregon
     

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