new research tangent on Richard Florac, the first pager and the Hastings Jr. two-tube pocket fm radio yet they are all related to each other...
ed sharpe
esharpe at USWEST.NET
Sun May 11 23:27:28 EDT 2003
yes have Raby's book at the library at the museum.
by first let me clarify it as first commercial implementation of a paging
system!
ed!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Dilks - K2TQN" <oldradio at WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: new research tangent on Richard Florac, the first pager and the
Hastings Jr. two-tube pocket fm radio yet they are all related to each
other...
> At 03:40 PM 5/11/03 -0700, ed sharpe wrote:
> >motorola was an early player, but not as early as Florac.
> >where can I get more on Fessenden?
> >Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> There was much written about Fessenden. Two of the best are his bio by
his
> Wife, "Fessenden, Builder of Tomorrows by Helen Fessenden, Coward McCann,
> 1940" - and "Radio's First Voice by Ormond Raby, MacMillan of Canada,
1970".
>
> Here are a couple of web sites to start:
>
> http://www.eht.com/oldradio/history/outline/hoganbio.html <- leads to ->
>
> http://www.eht.com/oldradio/history/outline/Hogaxx.htm
>
> http://www.radiocom.net/Fessenden/
>
> 73' John Dilks, K2TQN
>
> > Hi Ed,
> >
> > What you have is significantly important, but it is not "the first".
> >
> > Fessenden had a pager back about 1906 he used at Brant Rock. One
instance
> > of use caused his rescue from within his 430' tower when he was too fat
to
> > get through the trap door at the bottom. They smeared him with (I
think)
> > chicken fat and pulled him through. Too many oysters in his diet they
> said!
> >
> > There are probably others and other stories along the way. I've heard
> that
> > Motorola had something very early too.
> >
> > 73' John Dilks, K2TQN
>
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