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This page needs to be modified and updated. There are quite a number of pdf files available in the depths of this web site. Since merging with the MW DXing web site, many links back and forth to the various material need sorting out. Please bear with us.

Since June 2013, a few zip files are available for download of temporary raw scans of various old radio magazines, which will eventually be made into decent res pdf files. Until that time, feel free to browse the raw scans.

 

TEMP RAW SCANS OF THE FOLLOWING ARE AVAILABLE

RADIO LUXEMBOURG 208 MAGAZINES, 1950's - 5 Issues (521mB ZIP)
RADIO PICTORIAL 1934 - 3 Issues (320 mB ZIP)
RADIO PICTORIAL 1936 - 3 Issues (388 mB ZIP)
RADIO PICTORIAL 1939 - 4 Issues (511mB ZIP)
POPULAR WIRELESS - ISSUE 01 - JUNE 3rd 1922 (57mB ZIP)
WIRELESS WEEKLY - OCTOBER 1st 1924 (111mB ZIP)

 

WORLD RADIO MAGAZINE (BBC) NOVEMBER 25th 1927 (57,127K)
OFFSHORE RADIO 1924!! POPULAR WIRELESS 17th JANUARY 1925
ARTICLE ON GLASGOW STATION - HARMSWORTHS WIRELESS ENCYCLOPEDIA
PIRATE BAD BOY FROM AMATEUR WIRELESS 1934
1937 CORONATION DAILY RECORD - RADIO PAGES
POPULAR WIRELESS (WEEKLY) JULY 6th 1922 (54,790k pdf)
AMATEUR WIRELESS (WEEKLY) JANUARY 20th 1923 (48,781k pdf)
THE BOYS WIRELESS ANNUAL - 1925 - MICHAEL EGAN (85,249 pdf)
The Story of Broadcasting - Burrows - 1924 (71,770 pdf) (Requires a tidy up!!)
BBC 25th Anniversary Booklet 1947 (45,918k pdf)


Radio Machrihanish (HTML)

Situated on the Mull of Kintyre, on the coast facing the Atlantic, this little known village was host to one of the earliest wireless experiments. The story of Radio Machrihanish was printed in the Scots magazine in July 1989, pages 384-7, and written by Hamish Mackinven.

Click here for a pdf file of scans of the original article

Radio Weekly September 14th 1951 (15,304k pdf)
World Radio Television Annual - 1947 (sample) (6,419k pdf)
VINTAGE RADIO MAP OF GREAT BRITAIN, DATED AROUND 1922 (HTML file + 25mB JPG)


 

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BBC Nostalgia from 1926 and 1927

Here are some nostalgic images from late 1926 and early 1927.  This was around the time the BBC changed its name from the British Broadcasting Company Ltd. to the British Broadcasting Corporation.  In those early days the BBC was not afraid of advertising products as can be seen by the back covers of the libretti below.  The images are quite large in order to preserve quality.

 

November 1926 Letter  (110k)

This letter was sent along with the following  libretto and has the BBC heading from just prior to its name change to the Corporation
December  1926 Front Cover  (165k)

December 1926 Back Cover
  (155k)

The above two images were from the libretto of 'The Barber of Seville' produced by the British Broadcasting Company Ltd. which was broadcast on 10th December 1926.  The rear cover features an advertisement for loudspeakers from S.G. Brown of Acton, West London.
April 1927 Front Cover  (160k)
April 1927 Back Cover  (160k)

These two images were from the libretto of 'Romeo and Juliet' as produced by the newly formed British Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcast on 29th April 1927.  The  rear cover of this issue features another loudspeaker advertisement, this time from Lissen Ltd. of Richmond, Surrey.
IRISH TRANSMITTERS 1928
Looking back at the BBC YEARBOOK listings from 1928, about the Irish transmitters of the day

 

These publications featured further advertisements for wireless equipment and batteries.
If you would us to include further such images, please drop us an e-mail.


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