Tue 18 Jul 2006
Images kindly contributed by John Mattesini, Technical Supervisor, NBC10 WCAU-TV.
Note: An improved copy of the Radio News cover is now online. Click this thumbnail to see the high res version of it. Thanks to Wddrvkii.
Fri 9 Jun 2006
The audio player from Odeo.com hosts many podcasts, including old time radio, such as this one from Mister Ron’s Basement:
And here is another sample from The Radio Nostalgia Network:
Wed 29 Mar 2006
Gordon MacCreagh “The Incorrigible Explorer” packed a CR-18 on his expedition into Abyssinia to hunt for the Ark of the Coventant in 1927. From an article published online by Peter Ruber:
“Amateur radio operators who have picked up messages from Arctic explorers and from the Dyott expedition now following Theodore Roosevelt’s trail down the River of Doubt through the jungles of Brazil are likely to hear dispatches from Gordon MacCreagh, exploring in Abyssinia.
“When Gordon MacCreagh, American explorer, left New York on the Abyssinian expedition, Feb. 10, long and short wave radio traveled with him. Some of the equipment carried was that which Commander Richard E. Byrd took in his airplane on his successful flight over the North Pole.
“This apparatus consisted of a broadcast receiver, and a CR-18 short-wave set designed by A. H. Grebe & Co., Inc. The short-wave transmitting equipment to be used by the expedition will be of British make. Although the operator who will accompany the expedition has not yet been chosen, it is said he will be picked up in England on the way to Abyssinia.
Details about MacCreagh’s exploration of the Amazon, see his book White Waters and Black
Wed 29 Mar 2006
Sun 22 Jan 2006
This small photo appears to be of an A. H. Grebe & Co. Synchrophase SK4 model radio manufactured in 1928. It has a fine wooden cabinet and elegant details. Below is a close up photo of the tuning dial.
Sun 18 Dec 2005
Everybody wants a Grebe Radio for Christmas.
Fri 2 Dec 2005
EDITOR’S NOTE (September 15, 2008): The images and website referred to below appear to have gone off-line.
Found an interesting web site of Antique Radio Pictures including A. H. Grebe Radio CR5, CR8, and many others at this page.
Sun 23 Oct 2005
Listening to the World Series on the radio is part of the baseball legacy. Here is a page from Grebe Radio history.
A. H. Grebe also experimented with broadcasting from cars and boats, with his mobile transmission station WGMU broadcasting horse races in 1925. Here is Alfred Grebe’s brother Rudolph in a car outfitted to transmit radio in 1919.
