While rummaging through an "antique" store, my local daughter found, and got
for me, a Packard-Bell Shortwave Log and Tuning Guide. Published in 1939, the
thin little booklet cost a princely (then) sum of fifty cents -- equivalent to
about $10 now.

Anyhow, it was published primarily for owners of P-B radios that had
push-button settings. It also discussed how to use the tuning eye on models so
equipped as well as the usual "how to" in tuning in shortwave stations.

It lists all the active SW stations in the world (not many then) and their
frequencies and schedules, as well as US AM BC stations running 50 kW or more
(some current 50 kW stations aren't listed) and Western US AM BC stations.

She said there were also some radio magazines from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
I told, not asked, her to go back and get them for me. G

73,
Bill, K5BY

Don't have any mags that far back. But I do have some great
Communications World from the 1970s when I first started SWL. Remember
them? They're fun to read now and back then packed with information
for the beginner DXer.


Marty
San juan, PR

Interesting I thought Packard-Bell was a newer company. I have only seen
their computers. I don't recall ever seeing anything else from that company,
anyone else?

"WShoots1" wrote in message
...
While rummaging through an "antique" store, my local daughter found, and
got
for me, a Packard-Bell Shortwave Log and Tuning Guide. Published in 1939,
the
thin little booklet cost a princely (then) sum of fifty cents --
equivalent to
about $10 now.

Anyhow, it was published primarily for owners of P-B radios that had
push-button settings. It also discussed how to use the tuning eye on
models so
equipped as well as the usual "how to" in tuning in shortwave stations.

It lists all the active SW stations in the world (not many then) and their
frequencies and schedules, as well as US AM BC stations running 50 kW or
more
(some current 50 kW stations aren't listed) and Western US AM BC stations.

She said there were also some radio magazines from the 1920s, 1930s, and
1940s.
I told, not asked, her to go back and get them for me. G

73,
Bill, K5BY

"WShoots1" wrote in message
...
While rummaging through an "antique" store, my local daughter found,
and got
for me, a Packard-Bell Shortwave Log and Tuning Guide. Published in
1939, the
thin little booklet cost a princely (then) sum of fifty cents --
equivalent to
about $10 now.

[snip]

73,
Bill, K5BY

That should be interesting! There were a few US SW stations at the
time. They were used for propaganda broadcasts during the WW2 and most
were absorbed into the VOA after the war. One example was Crosley's
transmitter in Bethany, Ohio.

Frank Dresser

"Jim Douglas" wrote in message
news:KSWRb.177339$na.287112@attbi_s04...
Interesting I thought Packard-Bell was a newer company. I have only seen
their computers. I don't recall ever seeing anything else from that
company,
anyone else?


Oh Yea Jim Packard Bell made a lot of radios and stuff clear back to the
30s.
--
73 and good DXing
RX:
R-5000, SP-600 JX-6, SX-28
Ant:
100' longwire, Evesdropper Dipole

Brian's Radio Universe
http://webpages.charter.net/brianehill/

Jim Douglas wrote:

Interesting I thought Packard-Bell was a newer company. I have only seen
their computers. I don't recall ever seeing anything else from that company,
anyone else?

In the 30s and 40s Packard-Bell was a consumer electronics company,
making radios and TVs. Over time, the company ceased to exist and
"Packard Bell" became just a name, like most of the rest of the
electronics companies of the Golden Age of Radio. About 15 years ago a
former Israeli Army officer (chew on THAT, Artaud!) bought the Packard
Bell name and started making computers, mostly in Sacramento, CA in an
old US Army supply depot. Quality was bad from the start. Eventually
Packard Bell 2 went bankrupt and was purchased by NEC. The REST of the
story...

"WShoots1" wrote in message
...
While rummaging through an "antique" store, my local daughter found, and
got
for me, a Packard-Bell Shortwave Log and Tuning Guide. Published in 1939,
the
thin little booklet cost a princely (then) sum of fifty cents --
equivalent to
about $10 now.

Anyhow, it was published primarily for owners of P-B radios that had
push-button settings. It also discussed how to use the tuning eye on
models so
equipped as well as the usual "how to" in tuning in shortwave stations.

It lists all the active SW stations in the world (not many then) and their
frequencies and schedules, as well as US AM BC stations running 50 kW or
more
(some current 50 kW stations aren't listed) and Western US AM BC stations.

She said there were also some radio magazines from the 1920s, 1930s, and
1940s.
I told, not asked, her to go back and get them for me. G

73,
Bill, K5BY

"tommyknocker" wrote in message
...

In the 30s and 40s Packard-Bell was a consumer electronics company,
making radios and TVs. Over time, the company ceased to exist and
"Packard Bell" became just a name, like most of the rest of the
electronics companies of the Golden Age of Radio. About 15 years ago a
former Israeli Army officer (chew on THAT, Artaud!) bought the Packard
Bell name and started making computers, mostly in Sacramento, CA in an
old US Army supply depot. Quality was bad from the start. Eventually
Packard Bell 2 went bankrupt and was purchased by NEC. The REST of the
story...

Packard Bell, the radio company, lasted at least to the early 60s. The
famous Gilligan's Island radio was a Japanese made Packard Bell:

http://www.transistor.org/collection...kardbell1.html

Frank Dresser

Frank D: One example was Crosley's transmitter in Bethany, Ohio.

The only Ohio station listed in my booklet is W8XAL in Cincinatti, on daily
from 5-6 am PST on 6.06 MHz, and from 6-9 pm, same freq. Interestingly, during
the 7-9 pm slot, W3XAU in Philly was also on the same freq.

W6XKG was on 24/7 on 25.95 MHz. From what I can tell, no station in the world
shifted frequencies. I guess they were one transmitter, one antenna (and one
crystal G) stations back then.

Forty years ago, I had a "Packed Bowel" 8mm camera and projector. I think my
tape recorder then also was a P-B.

Both of my computers are, too. The newest of the two is fine for me. The older
one, though, had a hardwired 2400 modem, yet it had a CD drive and a super
audio board. G

73,
Bill, K5BY

"WShoots1" wrote in message
...
Frank D: One example was Crosley's transmitter in Bethany, Ohio.

The only Ohio station listed in my booklet is W8XAL in Cincinatti, on
daily
from 5-6 am PST on 6.06 MHz, and from 6-9 pm, same freq.
Interestingly, during
the 7-9 pm slot, W3XAU in Philly was also on the same freq.

That's it, although I was wrong about Bethany. Crosley's original
transmitter was in Mason. There's a run down he

http://www.anarc.org/naswa/issues/0996/apd0996.html



W6XKG was on 24/7 on 25.95 MHz. From what I can tell, no station in
the world
shifted frequencies. I guess they were one transmitter, one antenna
(and one
crystal G) stations back then.

That's probably one of the early experimental high fidelity stations.
There were a few stations that experimented with high fidelity wideband
AM. Many of them later switched to FM. The band is still in use for
link transmissions.

W6XKG is currently unassigned on this database:

http://sattrackhouston.com/w6x_1x3.htm



Forty years ago, I had a "Packed Bowel" 8mm camera and projector. I
think my
tape recorder then also was a P-B.

Both of my computers are, too. The newest of the two is fine for me.
The older
one, though, had a hardwired 2400 modem, yet it had a CD drive and a
super
audio board. G

73,
Bill, K5BY

WShoots1 wrote:

Frank D: One example was Crosley's transmitter in Bethany, Ohio.

The only Ohio station listed in my booklet is W8XAL in Cincinatti, on daily
from 5-6 am PST on 6.06 MHz, and from 6-9 pm, same freq. Interestingly, during
the 7-9 pm slot, W3XAU in Philly was also on the same freq.

Note that these are *amateur* callsigns, not standard (commercial) four
letter signs. These stations were likely legally considered on the same
level as hams with fleawatt tx's because there was no provisions in
federal law to license commercial stations on SW-the "domestic
broadcasting" ban that's been talked about so much in this group.


W6XKG was on 24/7 on 25.95 MHz. From what I can tell, no station in the world
shifted frequencies. I guess they were one transmitter, one antenna (and one
crystal G) stations back then.

Over the years I've seen articles on old SW transmitters, as well as
looked at some tube era ham level SW tx's. It seems that ALL SW tx's
were crystal controlled until the 1960s, when transistorization made
tunable transmitters possible. A lot of these Third World stations that
stay on the same freq for decades, and whose transmitters can be tracked
from owner to owner by freq usage, are one crystal setups. I suspect
that the crystals in these tx's were (and are) sort of hardwired in like
the early tube computers had one "program" that could only be changed by
rewiring.