QST August 1958
Ongoing review of 1958 QST with the August issue:
smaller pdf: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-DX/QST/50s/QST-1958-08.pdf
online viewable or larger pdf: https://archive.org/details/sim_qst_1958-08_42_8
items from the issue that I found interesting:
SSTV by Copthorne MacDonald p.11
It wasn't titled as SSTV or Slow Scan TV but that's how I knew it. The author's name Copthorne is memorable ! And later there was the SSTV equipment vendor: Robot Research - did they ever make any robots ? Anyway, a really clever approach which unfortunately came before the advent of cheap computation, memory and display. I also wonder if anyone kept tape archives of old SSTV transmissions, at 6 seconds each a lot of pictures could be stored on a reel of magnetic tape. Searching the ARRL magazine index found 157 hits for SSTV - a specialized, niche mode but popular and innovative.
PRP propagation research project, part of IGY p.42
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smaller pdf: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-DX/QST/50s/QST-1958-08.pdf
online viewable or larger pdf: https://archive.org/details/sim_qst_1958-08_42_8
items from the issue that I found interesting:
SSTV by Copthorne MacDonald p.11
It wasn't titled as SSTV or Slow Scan TV but that's how I knew it. The author's name Copthorne is memorable ! And later there was the SSTV equipment vendor: Robot Research - did they ever make any robots ? Anyway, a really clever approach which unfortunately came before the advent of cheap computation, memory and display. I also wonder if anyone kept tape archives of old SSTV transmissions, at 6 seconds each a lot of pictures could be stored on a reel of magnetic tape. Searching the ARRL magazine index found 157 hits for SSTV - a specialized, niche mode but popular and innovative.
PRP propagation research project, part of IGY p.42
Remotely controlled antenna switch p.63
It would have been nice if this hint and kink had been expanded to an article. In the 21st century a zillion relays would be used to switch antennas with at least one microcontroller and a hookup to the rig. This 1958 approach is so intuitive - maybe that's the appeal of the steampunk aesthetic ?
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
It would have been nice if this hint and kink had been expanded to an article. In the 21st century a zillion relays would be used to switch antennas with at least one microcontroller and a hookup to the rig. This 1958 approach is so intuitive - maybe that's the appeal of the steampunk aesthetic ?
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
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