Radio Archives - Paleotronic Magazine https://paleotronic.com/category/radio/ Electronics, Computing and Videogame History! Sun, 13 Dec 2020 19:40:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://paleotronic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-keyicon-1-32x32.png Radio Archives - Paleotronic Magazine https://paleotronic.com/category/radio/ 32 32 146320098 Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro Christmas Returns… Again! http://paleotronic.com/2020/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns-again/ http://paleotronic.com/2020/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns-again/#respond Sun, 13 Dec 2020 19:06:25 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=15904 Did you miss it last year? Well, here’s another chance to check out Paleotronic’s 12 years of Retro-Christmas, a series of 12 mini-mags looking back at consumer electronics covering the years 1980-1991. It was the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2020/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns-again/feed/ 0 15904 Paleotronic’s 12 Years of Retro-Christmas Returns! http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns/#respond Sat, 14 Dec 2019 07:30:00 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=9703 Did you miss it last year? Well, here’s another chance to check out Paleotronic’s 12 years of Retro-Christmas, a series of 12 mini-mags looking back at consumer electronics covering the years 1980-1991. It was the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/12/14/paleotronics-12-years-of-retro-christmas-returns/feed/ 0 9703 The Mystery of the Missing Moon Tapes http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/29/the-mystery-of-the-missing-moon-tapes/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/29/the-mystery-of-the-missing-moon-tapes/#respond Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:08:52 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3243 A desire to have the moon walk broadcast during prime-time US viewing hours, after the moon set there,  meant that NASA would have to rely on a dish in a sheep paddock in Australia to [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/29/the-mystery-of-the-missing-moon-tapes/feed/ 0 3243 Live from the Moon: One Giant Transmission for Humankind http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/25/live-from-the-moon-one-giant-transmission-for-mankind/ http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/25/live-from-the-moon-one-giant-transmission-for-mankind/#respond Fri, 25 Jan 2019 02:17:10 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=3210 The impact the live broadcast of the Moon walk had on the populace of Western countries cannot be overstated. Witnessing such a momentous event live made people feel they were a part of it, and [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2019/01/25/live-from-the-moon-one-giant-transmission-for-mankind/feed/ 0 3210 Electrons in Motion: CRTs in Aircraft http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/16/electrons-in-motion-crts-in-aircraft/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/16/electrons-in-motion-crts-in-aircraft/#respond Fri, 16 Nov 2018 01:27:26 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=2207 Cathode-ray tubes weren’t just useful for radar – all sorts of aircraft indicators were displayed with them. For example, CRTs were used in the displays of radio detection finders, which used radio “beacons” broadcasting from [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/16/electrons-in-motion-crts-in-aircraft/feed/ 0 2207 RADAR: Electronics at War http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/14/radar-electronics-at-war/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/14/radar-electronics-at-war/#respond Wed, 14 Nov 2018 02:19:47 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=2178 RADAR: RAdio Detection / Direction And Ranging Radar uses radio waves to determine the range, angle or velocity of objects. It can be used to detect almost anything! Airborne surprises can be devastating. As the [more...]

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]]> http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/14/radar-electronics-at-war/feed/ 0 2178 Hamateur Hour: Slow Scan Television http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/12/hamateur-hour-slow-scan-television/ http://paleotronic.com/2018/11/12/hamateur-hour-slow-scan-television/#respond Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:57:49 +0000 http://paleotronic.com/?p=2160 Given the right conditions, amateur radio operators can talk to anyone, anywhere in the world. But what about television? Could that be sent around the world too? Analog television transmitted a lot of information, and [more...]

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