The Jersey Broadcaster NEWSLETTER OF THE NEW JERSEY ANTIQUE RADIO CLUB August 2013 Volume 19 Issue 8 MEETING/ MEETING NOTICE ACTIVITY NOTES The next NJARC meeting will take place on Friday, August 9th at 7:30 PM at Princeton's Bowen Hall (70 Prospect Ave.). Directions may be found at the club's website (http://.njarc.org). This month's program will include a compila- tion of radio-related movie shorts. Reported by Marv Beeferman neer, and his staff initiated a rush devel- "The Secret War" which turned the tide The ON-LINE Broadcaster opment to modify an existing Camp Ev- during the Battle of Britain. The New Jersey Broadcaster is now ans radar, successfully testing it on Long While we're on the subject of radar, on-line. To date, over 120 of your fel- Beach Island, and then shipping it imme- you can find an expanded version of low NJARC members have subscribed, diately to the Pacific theater where it me mber Ray Chase's article on the AN/ saving the club and your editor a sig- saved many lives. TPS-1D radar in the August issue of the nificant amount of money and work. Fifty years later, General Franks, head Tube Collector (bulletin of the Tube Co l- Interested? Send your e-mail address of the U.S. ground forces in Iraq, sent a lectors Association, edited by honorary to [email protected]. Be sure letter to U.S. Army CECOM requesting member Ludwell Sibley). The original to include your full name. the immediate production of the LCMR article first appeared in the May-August currently under development for the Spe- 2013 issue of the InfoAge Marconigraph. My apologies for a shortened (6 pages) cial Forces, by the successor division to Although I was on vacation and unable and late Broadcaster this month, influ- Dr. Marchetti's team. The threat was to attend, weather was perfect for our an- enced by some vacation time and a limited truck-mounted mortars that were attack- nual tailgate swapmeet at Infoage. Presi- input of new material. I'll try to make up ing U.S. forces in urban and semi-urban dent Richard Lee reported that it was nice for it with the next issue. areas. to see a few new vendors and he wants to Good news from InfoAge. The town- The full give a big "thank you" to member John ship has approved a new 1000 KVA trans- story, and its Tyminski for climbing on the InfoAge former to be installed by High-Energy many details, lawn mowing tractor and providing a Electric for a cost of $61,000. Once the will be told green carpet of freshly cut grass. As contracts are created and signed, delivery, at the Fourth usual, you can see a video of the event installation and testing is expected to take Annual Info- courtesy of member Bob Bennett's about three weeks. Age WWII "Radiowild" on "youtube" (http://www. As reported in the InfoAge "Electronic Weekend on youtube.com/user/Radiowild). Update," InfoAge volunteers have re- Volunteers Bob Per- August 24 to cently acquired a Lightweight Counter ricelli, John Cervini 25th from 1- Mortar Radar (LCMR) developed by the and Bruce Williams 5 PM. Ad- Army for use in Iraq and Afghanistan. stand near the LCMR. mission is The radar was donated by the Tobyhanna free with a Army Depot. It was developed jointly $5 donation requested. The weekend will between the Army (Fort Monmouth, NJ) feature dioramas, displays, and a special and the Syracuse Research Co rporation Waterhouse Art Exhibit of prints of for use by airborne forces. The light- WWII action. Also featured will be de- weight LCMR (120 lbs) is transportable tailed WWII National Archives 50th an- and can be deployed by a crew of two. niversary posters covering the entire con- The radar has an interesting connection flict. to InfoAge. During WWII and the cam- In addition, there will be a fascinating paign in the Pacific, a message was sent lecture on the WWII "Spy Radio" devel- from General MacArthur's staff to the Sig- oped at the Fort Monmouth Coles Area, nal Corps for help in dealing with a mo r- which stood off Exit 109 of the Garden Member Dave Snellman enjoys the tar threat from Japanese soldiers who had State Parkway. Special videos will be idyllic setting of our InfoAge tailgate. refused to surrender to U.S. troops. Dr. shown on Radar development, much of What looks like an R390 in the back of John Marchetti, Camp Evans radar pio- which took place at Camp Evans, and Dave's vehicle winds up with a "sold" tag in Bob Bennett's video. August 2013 Volume 19 Issue 8 Page 2 (Abobe Reader is free software available on the internet.) THE JERSEY BROADCASTER is The club is quite willing to make ex- the newsletter of the New Jersey Antique Radio Club (NJARC) which is dedicated ceptions for those of you who have prob- to preserving the history and enhancing the lems using a computer and we consider knowledge of radio and related dis- this understandable. But for the rest, in ciplines. Dues are $20 per year and today's digital environment, it is hard to meetings are held the second Friday of each month. The Editor or NJARC is not conceive of any reason not to receive on- liable for any other use of the contents of line versions of our newsletter. this publication. Won't you consider participating? - every little bit helps. Just send your re- PRESIDENT: Richard Lee John Tyminski shows off his wares. quest to [email protected]. (914)-589-3751 John is responsible for the nice green carpet they sit on. Upcoming Events VICE PRESIDENT: Sal Brisindi (732)-308–1748 September 13th: Monthly meeting at In- Two months ago, I included a request foAge - Tech-talk by Al Klase (to be an- SECRETARY/EDITOR: in the Broadcaster regarding delivery nounced) Marv Beeferman format that didn't seem too burdensome, September 20-21: Kutztown Antique Ra- (609)-693-9430 but unfortunately it resulted in zero re- dio Meet TREASURER: sponses. With the hope that there are at October 11th: Monthly meeting at Prince- Harry Klancer least a few takers out there, let's try it ton - Talk by Steve Klose on Armstrong (732)-238-1083 again: plaque project (tentative) SERGEANT-AT-ARMS (WEST) : November 8th: Monthly meeting at Info- Darren Hoffman Dues renewals for 2013 were excel- Age - Talk by Joe Taylor on the history of (732)-928-0594 lent and I'm happy to report that we are the moon bounce project (tentative) still maintain a strong membership base. December 7th: Holiday Party at InfoAge SERGEANT-AT-ARMS (EAST): Rotating However, club membership still comes (no meeting this month) with a little responsibility for all of us. TRUSTEES: As with most clubs, 10% to 15% partici- Ray Chase (908)-757-9741 pation in keeping the club active is pretty Phil Vourtsis (732)-446-2427 Walt Heskes (732)-205-9143 standard. We do realize that the respon- sibilities of many club members and trav- NJARC OBSERVES TECHNICAL COORDINATOR: eling restrictions make it difficult for ARMSTRONG DAY Al Klase many people to volunteer and help out on (908)-892-5465 a frequent basis. However, there is one TUBE PROGRAM CHAIRMAN: thing that you can do that takes virtually By Al Klase little effort. Al Klase [email protected] Over the years, the cost of producing SCHEMATIC PROGRAM: and mailing the NJARC Broadcaster has Aaron Hunter been steadily rising. Even with some 120 (609)-267-3065 members receiving our newsletter via the The New Jersey Antique Radio Club's internet, production costs still take a large Radio Technology Museum (RTM) held CAPACITOR PROGRAM: chunk out of our dues receipts. It would its first Armstrong Day observance on Matt Reynolds July 27th and 28th at the InfoAge Science (567)-204-3850 be a great service to the club if those of you receiving the Broadcaster by mail History Learning Center in Wall Town- RESISTOR PROGRAM: could consider switching to e-mail deliv- ship. The event honored the 101st anni- Walt Heskes ery. versary of Edwin Armstrong's introduc- (732)-205-9143 tion of the regenerative radio receiver. It is understandable why some me m- WEB COORDINATOR: bers might insist on being mailed a physi- Armstrong was arguably radio's most Dave Sica cal copy. Perhaps they desire to collect important inventor and the concept of re- (732)-382-0618 past copies. However, with a relatively generation brought the industry forward http://www.njarc.org from the early "wireless" era dominated inexpensive printer, a copy can easily be MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: obtained in black and white or better yet, by buzzing spark-gap Morse code trans- Marsha Simkin living color! Receiving the newsletter mitters and nearly deaf crystal receivers 33 Lakeland Drive requires no computer expertise or expen- into the vacuum tube-based electronic Barnegat, N.J. 08005 age. This also enabled the long distance (609)-660-8160 sive software; just click on the link that is sent out each month and the Adobe communications and voice broadcasting reader version quickly downloads. that we enjoy today. InfoAge enjoys an important connec- August 2013 Volume 19 Issue 8 Page 3 tion with the Armstrong story. It was president, Rich Phoenix, was also present. here, in January 1914, at the then under- The presentation was well-received construction Marconi Belmar station, that and inspired the society to consider hiring Armstrong demonstrated his device to a bus in the near future to take a trip to see Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of the club's museum at InfoAge.