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70th Anniversary FM Commemorative Broadcast

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thank-goodness-for-the-top-40 dept.

Anonym1ty writes "A special commemorative FM broadcast Saturday, June 11, at noon (EDT) will mark the 70th anniversary of Edwin H. Armstrong's first public demonstration of wideband frequency modulation (FM). The transmission, from Experimental Station WA2XMN (reminiscent of Armstrong's W2XMN call sign) will be on Armstrong's original 42.8 MHz frequency and will emanate from his landmark 400-foot Alpine Tower in NJ. The program will tell the tale of FM's difficult birth, as well as its impact on present-day communications and will include excerpts from a recording of a 1941 test broadcast of the New England Yankee Network. For those unable to receive 42.8 MHz FM, the broadcast is being retransmitted by WFDU-FM on 89.1 MHz and via the Web. Rebroadcasts will take place June 14 and 16 at 7 PM (EDT)"

5 of 109 comments (clear)

  1. WHO CARES? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    anybody?

  2. 42.8 by sound+vision · · Score: -1, Troll

    For those unable to receive 42.8 MHz FM,

    AKA, everyone.

    1. Re:42.8 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
      Amateur radio kicks ass. =)

      Funny I thought it was the amateur radio enthusiasts that got their asses kicked.

  3. Re:frist psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring.

    Next story, please.

    Perhaps something about Apple; we only had 67 (!) this week (dupes already subtracted).

    Or some article about a blog-whore who develops something using Ruby-On-Rails and AJAX, using "semantic markup" and "tableless layouts" and being all clever and such.

    Or Googel. Googel is the greatest company in the world.

    Hooray for the Googel and its advanced and innovative ways of ... whatever.

  4. Re:frist psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    Subliminal messages in the blurb?
    "A special commemorative FM broadcast Saturday, [J]une 11, at noon (EDT) w[i]ll mark t[h]e 70th [a]nniversary of E[d]win H. Armstrong's first public demonstration of wideband frequency modulation (FM). The transmission, from Experimental Station WA2XMN (remiscent of Armstrong's W2XMN call sign) will be on Armstrong's original 42.8 MHz frequency and will emanate from his landmark 400-foot Alpine Tower in N[J]. The program w[i]ll tell t[h]e t[a]le of FM's [d]ifficult birth as well as the its impact on present-day communications andwill include excerpts from a recording of a 1941 test broadcast of the New England Yankee Network. For those unable to receive 42.8 MHz FM, the broadcast is being retransmitted by WFDU-FM on 89.1 MHz and via the Web. Rebroadcasts will take place June 14 and 16 at 7 PM (EDT)"
    /tinfoil