Midway Island Pictures
My family and I were on Midway Island from about May 1961 to May 1963. My dad, Jack T. Humphrey, was in air traffic control,…
From David’s Desk: Issue 10
December 19 2005 Radio Heritage Foundation Online Anniversary We’ve now been online for our first full year! And, as the DJ’s say, ‘the hits just…
Reminiscing with a Radio: Radio to the Rescue – On the Rocks
Radio to the Rescue – On the Rocks by Adrian Petersen In the era before World War 2, our planet was just awakening to the…
Los Angeles Changes Calls KFVD-KPOP-KGBS-KTNQ
Happy 80th KTNQ LA After VD for 30 years, 1020-AM Turns 80 Speaking Spanish?by Jim Hilliker (June 15, 2005) The license for KTNQ, 1020-AM in…
From David’s Desk: Issue 9
November 25 2005 Art of Radio Japan Exhibition – Dec 1 2005 to Feb 28 2006 Japan Information & Cultural Centre,Mezzanine Level,Majestic Centre,100 Willis Street,…
Reminiscing with a Radio: Radio to the Rescue – Lost in China!
Radio to the Rescue – Lost in China! by Adrian Petersen These days we are quite familiar with the multitudinous forms of electronic communication that…
Reminiscing with a Radio: Hurricane Katrina on Shortwave
Hurricane Katrina on Shortwave by Adrian Petersen Hurricane Katrina has been described as the worst natural disaster in the history of North America. It began…
Reminiscing with a Radio: Radio to the Rescue in Coastal Flooding
Radio to the Rescue in Coastal Flooding by Adrian Petersen Back around the middle of last century, it seemed that there was almost constant seasonal…
Christmas Island Radio
by Ron Ehrke Radio comes to Christmas Island To people living in the developed economies of the world, information is shared in ways which were…
From David’s Desk: Issue 8
November 03 2005 Rare Images of VU2ZP Bangalore, Mysore One of the ‘forgotten fifty’ WWII AFRS stations in China-Burma-India was VU2ZP Bangalore, in Mysore. We’re…
From David’s Desk: Issue 7
October 18 2005 Radio Ephemera We often talk about ‘radio ephemera’, and some readers have asked for examples of what we mean so they know…
From David’s Desk: Issue 6
September 15 2005 Papua New Guinea 30th Birthday September 16 2005 is the 30th anniversary of the independent Melanesian state of Papua New Guinea. The…
From David’s Desk: Issue 5
July 29 2005 Refreshing the Site After six months on-line and with daily visitor numbers almost trebling in the past month, we’ve taken the opportunity…
2CA Canberra Voices
Radio Canberra is located at the seat of the Commonwealth Government…
Early Australian Radio Personalities on 2KY Sydney
The rapid progress which marked 2KY’s infancy has been maintained throughout its 20 years.
From David’s Desk: Issue 4
July 25 2005 Sharing Memories This is a very special image I wanted to share with you. It seems so often that radio stations from…
Canton Island: From WXLF to the Hermit Crab Network
In November 1944, a low power outlet of the US Navy managed Pacific Ocean Network was established as part of the global AFRS system. WXLF broadcast on a frequency of 950kc in the medium wave band. Edwin E Calhoun takes up the story.
KMTH Memories
Recollections of KMTH by DJ Dave Perkins ‘Doing Radio’ With not much to challenge me, I wandered into the radio station one day and asked…
KMTH Midway (Territory of Hawaii)
By David Ricquish The Lonely Island It’s a very lonely island, about, well, about Midway between California and Asia, and about 5 degrees north of…
Early ZL3 Amateurs
A Guide to Amateur Radio Stations in Christchurch 1932 By David Ricquish ‘Wireless listening will have a bit of a run, like ping-pong, or put-and-take,…