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ZL1ANM > CW 31.07.05 02:12l 48 Lines 1608 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: spark gap recordings?
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From: ZL1ANM@ZL1AB.#11.NZL.OC
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>Message-Id: 355_VE1EW
>From: ve1ex@ve1ew.#cbrk.ns.can.na (Andrew)
>To: cw@ww
>
>Anyone know of recordings of spark gap transmissions? Perhaps on the
>net somewhere? Have read about spark gap and a description of what they
>sounded like, but have to admit was a little before my time.
>(&) Andrew J. Bowlby
The tinfoil.com site, named after Edison's earliest recordings on
tinfoil-wrapped cylinders, has dozens of recordings from the 1880 to
1915 period. You can listen to these early recordings if you have
RealPlayer or similar. They take less than a minute to download
even at dialup speed, and RealPlayer starts and plays automatically.
http://www.tinfoil.com/archive.htm
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Scroll down the list until you get to "Telegraphic radio aircheck (?)"
of circa 1915. This is apparently a CW radio transmission in American
Code, received and recorded off-air.
Take a while to listen to some of the other fascinating recordings.
My favourites:
"The Teddy Bears' Picnic" - 1908 (Edison Symphony Orchestra)
(a rousing version, even today!)
"Everybody Works But Father" - 1905 (Bob Roberts)
(humourous)
"Flirting on the Beach" - 1904 (Edison Symphony Orchestra)
(an 1890's tune, still catchy today!)
"I'd Love to, But I Won't" - 1910 (Bessie Wynn)
(full of naughty innuendo!)
73 de Neil ZL1ANM
T4 1.5à24
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