The Mississippi Historical Radio
and Broadcasting Society

Vol 6 #3 March 26, 1998

News Letter


Just two weeks! - then it's:
Radio Sings Spring in the Park
1998 Annual Member's Meeting
Show and SwapMeet
To be held APRIL 11, 1998 8AM until...
At Meridian's beautiful Highland Park
On the agenda for the day:
Plenty of sellers tables are available for the swap meet. There will be Old Time Broadcasts on the air (both AM and FM Stereo) all day - and many nice radios in the mini-museum. Since this is an "outdoor" event - the main theme of the mini-museum display this year will be portable radios... of course.

We have a large pavilion with a BBQ pit that will be fired and cooking rain or shine - bring your own Hot Dogs, Burgers, etc. and fixin's (cold sodas will be available) -- and have a great day in Meridian's gorgeous Highland Park.

Highland Park is the home of the Jimmie Rogers Museum and also home to one of the finest - completely restored and functional Dentzel Carousels in the world- and both will be open in the afternoon.

There is a large - nice and clean playground for the Kids... baseball, soccer and football fields and tennis courts... and for the Ladie's favorite activity --- we're only minutes from the fabulous new Bonita Lakes Mall. Plenty of close, convenient parking.

RV's are welcome at Highland Park as well--- some 30+ RV / trailer hook-up sites right next to the pavilion! So - if you want to drive your RV into Meridian Friday evening and spend the night at the park - just let us know - and we'll have everything ready for you. There is a $10 fee that is paid to the City of Meridian Parks and Recreation fund - which includes your space, water and power for the night! And you are just feet from the radio action! If you want to spend the night - please let us know in advance so we can have the arrangements made - then you can come in anytime that night and not have a hassle!

So come prepared to burn a burger or two - swap some radios and some stories - and have a great time!!!
Did we forget anything? The cost?
OK, here are the fees:

The Club can be contacted in several ways: E-Mail us here:
comcents@bellsouth.net
Snail-Mail us here:
The Mississippi Historical Radio and
Broadcasting Society
2412 C Street
Meridian, MS 39301
Phone us here: 601 693-5958

Radio Collecting Today

We've spent that last few issues discussing the hobby - and the issues of modern technology - and how they are - and likely to affect the hobby as we have known it. There is no doubt that the Internet is having a tremendous impact on the "collecting" end of the hobby - there is a raging debate on rec.antiques.radio+phono about eBay - and it's effects. Prices that some radios have sold for recently have been staggering. Radios that probably would never have seen the light of day are suddenly showing up available - so the supply side of the hobby is seeing a boost as well.
Another area of the hobby that is being affected - and happily - much less controversial - is the amount of technical information, data and general help that is available from many sources. Our own museum has a couple of construction articles about building things that are useful in the hobby (the 515 AM transmitter - and "The Bench"). Other sites have copies of service data and schematics - One site bills itself as the "Philco Repair Bench" and as the name implies - is loaded with Philco service data, schematics, and tidbits of useful and interesting things "Philco". Most agree that this is a very healthy addition to the hobby - it will help get more radios fixed and hopefully more people interested in the hobby in general. So on this note this article will wrap up our look at Radio Collecting - and the internet - and what follows is a list of URL's that have interesting things to for the Radio hobbiest:
http://www.clarc.org/HVRA/hvra.html
The Houston Vintage Radio Association
The Houston Antique Radio Club - interesting site that has lots of features - "How to" articles - an interesting collection of radio related artwork - and radio cartoons - Very Nice Site!

http://www.erols.com/oldradio/index.htm
The E. H. Armstrong Pages
An extremely important look at papers and memoribilia behind the man behind modern radio - An EXCELLENT site by Mike Katzdorn

http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~oldradio/
The Crosley Antique Radio Page
Jim Watson's nice Crosley Site

http://www.netmind.com/~padgett/index.html
Padgett's Zenith Pages
Good info on Zenith model numbers - and TransOceanic Info.

http://www.antiqueradios.com/
Antique Radios On Line
A very nice site with lots of radio and broadcast related stuff.

http://members.aol.com/caschwark/index.htm
Antique Radio Resource Page
Home of the PHILCO REPAIR BENCH

Until next time - Happy Collecting!
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