As the fans of military radio fade away, we remember what we learned from this classic kit.
Codar CR45 regenerative valve receiver on the 7Mhz Amateur Band and adjacent Broadcast Band around 1900 UTC.
Not the best radio ever made but a great introduction to shortwave listening.
BBC Monitoring, a historical BBC World Service department which has been monitoring some of the world’s most seismic events for 75 years.
Counting off the seconds, we wonder how long these stations have got as GPS Time becomes universal.
The preparation and manufacture of quartz crystals for radio communications during World War II.
It's the worst thing that can happen to a much-loved newsreader. Anything can set you off and once you have started to laugh, trying to stop makes it worse.
The centenary of the outbreak of World War One at the Marconi Centre Poldhu as reported by BBC News.
Recorded at a Military Radio Collectors Association mini-meet at former Signal Corps Fort Monmouth E Evans Signal Lab in Belmar NJ, now the InfoAge Science And History Museum.
Classic jingles and radio commercials from the golden age of Capital Radio plus clips of Kenny Everett, Michael Aspel, Dave Cash and Duncan Johnson.
This must have seemed strange after a lifetime of voice comms.
Solid kit, but can it really work as a ham station?
The simple pleasure of listening to a classic communications receiver.
We remember Humphrey Lyttelton, John Peel, Alan Coren and Spike Milligan.
A radio reception report for the major shortwave bands powered by HamQsl.
