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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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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