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Welcome!<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0<\/span>This is a tour of amateur radio history, beginning around the turn of the last century. It unfolds blog-style in periodic installments or chapters.<\/code><\/code><\/i><\/p>\n

This table of contents is useful whether you’re new to this site or have been following it for a while.\u00a0 It presents stories in chronological order. The Chapters<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>page lists the same contents but with the most recent first, proceeding backward in the order in which they were posted (which is also nearly always historically reverse chronological order). The site reads best chronologically, but you are welcome to jump in at any point. Reading in random order might get confusing, though, since some installments refer back to events described in earlier ones.<\/p>\n

If you’re new here, the best way to start is to begin at the beginning with the Introduction<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, followed by the Prologue<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. At the top of each page are links (at left and right) to the next and previous posts in the sequence.<\/p>\n

73,
\nChris Codella, W2PA, author
\nJohn Pelham, W1JA, editor
\nPhil Johnson, W2SQ, editor<\/p>\n

\"BT<\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong> <\/a>– An introduction to the site and how to use it.
\nPrologue<\/a><\/strong> – Background and intent
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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Part One (ca. 1886\u2013<\/em><\/strong>1917)
\n<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Beginnings<\/a><\/strong> – The first amateurs
\nThe Squeak Box<\/a><\/strong> – Kids with keys
\nThe First Regulations<\/a><\/strong> – The end of free range hams
\nGetting Organized<\/strong><\/a> – Collaboration extends range to a continent
\nQST at the Beginning<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– A new amateur wireless magazine
\nA Patriotic and Dignified Effort<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– Relevance to the nation, public service
\nHumor, Poetry and Rotten Rants<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– It’s fun too
\nTechnical Writing<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– Professionals and amateurs, sometimes the same
\nSpark Radio<\/strong><\/a> – The damped wave
\nAerials, Attachments, and Audibility<\/strong><\/a> – Wires, gaps, and phones
\nThe Audion<\/strong><\/a> – The third electrode’s the charm
\nThe Relay’s the Thing<\/a><\/strong> – A blueprint for passing messages
\nTrunk Lines<\/strong><\/a> – Cross-country paths and star stations
\nCooperation and QRM<\/strong><\/a> – Sharing the air
\nRegulations and Enforcement, Hard and Soft<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– A process forms around the 1912 law
\nStrangely Behaving Signals<\/strong><\/a> – Propagation is more complicated than it seems
\nTranscons<\/strong><\/a> – Relaying across the country and back.
\nThe Lid<\/strong><\/a> – The war puts an end to amateurs’ operations
\nShut Down and Called Up<\/strong><\/a> – Hams are off the air at home, then back on overseas
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Part<\/em><\/strong> Two (ca. 1918\u2013<\/em><\/strong>1923)<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Waking up<\/strong><\/a> – Hams begin to return home from war
\nNaval Maneuvers<\/strong><\/a> – Amateur radio comes under renewed threats
\nLiberty<\/strong><\/a> – The ban on operating is finally lifted
\nNew Hams(F.)<\/strong><\/a> – The “fraternity,” not
\nArmstrong in QST<\/a><\/strong> – Scientist, engineer…\u00a0 amateur
\nFreaks<\/strong><\/a> – What makes signals fade?
\nQSS Tests<\/strong><\/a> – Hams and the Bureau of Standards seek an answer.
\nSpark to CW<\/strong><\/a> – Renewed experimentation and an inexorable trend
\nRadiotelephone<\/strong> <\/a>– Beginnings of phone transmissions and broadcasts
\nStrays\u2014The Twenties Begin<\/a><\/strong>
\nTranscons at Record Speed<\/a><\/strong> – The air falls silent as hams run for records
\nThe Chicago Plan<\/strong><\/a> – Urban hams get rowdy – a model of cooperation results
\nCrossings<\/strong> – The first amateur radio transatlantic tests (in three parts)
\nCrossings I\u2014<\/strong><\/a>Aquitania
\nCrossings II\u2014<\/a><\/strong>Ardrossan
\nCrossings III\u2014<\/strong><\/a>Accolades
\nWhat is an Amateur?<\/strong><\/a> – Distinguishing transmitting from broadcasting
\nBroadcast Boundaries<\/strong> <\/a>– A first national radio conference
\nTwenty-two in ’22<\/strong><\/a> – Allocations to accommodate broadcasting
\nCrossings IV\u2014The Reply<\/strong><\/a> – This time, Europe transmits too
\nFirst Band, Top Band<\/strong><\/a> – Amateurs are assigned a band of wavelengths for the first time<\/p>\n

Part<\/em><\/em> Three (ca. 1923\u20131930)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

New Circuits<\/strong><\/a> – Improving receivers for shortwaves
\nTranspacifics<\/strong> <\/a>– Reaching all continents
\nHigh Latitudes and Low Wavelengths<\/strong><\/a> – Amateur radio in the arctic
\nThe Fourth Time’s the Charm<\/strong><\/a> – The first QSOs across the ocean
\nCall Sign Confusion<\/strong><\/a> – Amateurs cope with an absence of national prefixes
\nScooped<\/strong><\/a> – Hams set new records on shortwaves, and WNP returns
\nOnward, Downward<\/strong><\/a> – Experimenting with shortwaves accelerates
\nCall and Card<\/strong><\/a> – The CQ and the QSL
\nWWV<\/strong><\/a> – Hams get help calibrating
\nSix Segments, Sans Spark<\/strong><\/a> – New bands, new regulations
\nApril in Paris<\/strong><\/a> – An international amateur radio organization is formed
\nDX Records and Shortwave Reflections<\/a><\/strong> – A flurry of DX firsts, all on shortwaves
\nArmy Vacation or Navy Cruise<\/strong><\/a> – Hams collaborate with the US military
\nNorth Again<\/strong><\/a> – This time with Reinartz and shorter wavelengths
\nStrays \u2013 Traffic, 200, and 20<\/a><\/strong>
\nRare International Sport<\/strong><\/a> – the first DX contests<\/span>
\nWireless in Washington<\/strong><\/a> – Finally, a new law and bands<\/span>
\nWabbulation<\/strong> <\/a>– Phone, and problems with frequency control<\/span>
\nTreaty<\/strong><\/a> – International agreement on radio allocations<\/span>
\nThird Parties<\/strong> <\/a>– How is message traffic defined under the 1927 law?<\/span>
\nFamily Harmonics<\/strong><\/a> – Band allocations narrow under US and international regulation<\/span>
\nStability, Accuracy, Purity \u2013 The \u201c1929-Type\u201d Station<\/a><\/strong> – A new generation of equipment
\nRamifications – Regional Fine Tuning and Phone<\/strong><\/a> – Effects of the 1927 law continue
\nTwo Contests<\/strong><\/a> – The precursors to two present-day big ones
\nStrays \u2013 Perspectives on Amateur Radio, 1930<\/strong><\/a> – The US, Maxim, Warner, and XYLs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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