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echo: collectables
to: DON DELLMANN
from: RUSS WILLIAMS
date: 1996-10-13 21:26:00
subject: Old radios

While on the heels of Geoff Duke, Don Dellmann said:
 DD> While tripping merrily through the mail, Russ Williams was overheard
 Hi Don,
 RW> really a collector or buyer, but I would like to find a 20's-30's
 RW> AM model or a '30s FM if it was reasonably priced.
 DD> ^^^^^^^
 DD> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think FM was even invented until
 DD> about 1947-48.
 It was actually invented in 1933 by Edwin H. Armstrong who tried do
 develop FM on his own after being shunned by the well established
 AM manufacturer's--especially RCA.  He created the "Yankee" FM network
 and licensed other firms to build FM sets in the mid '30s.  The
 frequency he used was about 45 MHZ until RCA lobbied the FCC to change
 the FM band to the current 88-108 MHZ which effectively crushed
 Armstrong's network and made all of his radios obsolete.  The would be
 in the early-mid '40s.  I'd like to find one of Armstrong's original
 45 MHZ sets.
 TTYL
 Russ
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