The Society is incorporated as a non-profit corporation. The Society is dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of historic-communications equipment and early electronic entertainment media, with an emphasis on the Pittsburgh area and related material. Members are encouraged to acquire, restore or replicate historic items and collect publications, recordings and other materials related to the history of communications and broadcasting.
8th Annual - Tri State Radio Fest SUNDAY April 22nd 2012
04/22/2012
Next 8th - Tri State Radio Fest, Sunday April 22 2012, Center Stage Monaca Pa.
March 10th
RADIO CLINIC
Bring a radio that needs attention and PARS experts will attempt to diagnose and repair.
Visitors WELCOME!
CONTEST - Chrome Grill & Metal cabinet Radios
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
3725 Brownsville Rd, Brentwood 15227 (Pittsburgh)
Doors open at least by 9AM.
Limited Food will be available
PARS Public Service Anouncement
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Public Service Address #3 - TSRF 2012
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Public Service Address #2 - TSRF 2012
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Public Service Address #1 - TSRF 2012
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2012 TRI STATE RADIO FEST PRESS RELEASE
Tri-State Radio Fest 2012
For immediate release
A daylong vintage radio show, sale and collectors auction will be held Sunday, April 22 at the Center stage Banquet Hall, 1495 Old Brodhead Road, Monaca PA 15061.
Radio enthusiasts, vendors and buyers are expected at the 8th annual Tri-State Radio Fest which is also a welcome destination for parents seeking an educational outing for the family.
One Transistor Radio Project
Mike Starcher, KB4YJ, lives in Louisville, Kentucky and is retired after 38
years working in electronics and radio communications.
He started his website as a means of sharing his hobby of building radios and
other electronic equipment using old parts, materials and practices that are
now obsolete.
He has been interested in radio and electronics since he was very young. And
has always loved to build things with the parts he was continually collecting.
In recent years, Mike has enjoyed building projects more than ever. I credit
THE MYSTERY CRYSTAL SET by Joe Patrick
A few months ago, I was asked by Chris Wells, PARS President, if I
would be interested in “coming up” with a club “construction project”.
Something simple and safe, such as a regenerative receiver, low-voltage
“Space Charge” receiver or self-powered crystal radio set.
One unique crystal radio design in particular has held my interest for
several years now. I stumbled upon it on the Internet and have since
wanted to build and experiment with it. That circuit is known worldwide
as the “Mystery Crystal Set” of Australia.
"The Breting 12 Receiver" by Joe Patrick
Little did I realize the journey I was about to take from simply reading an online craigslist© ad – it was an estate-sale advertisement
for liquidating the contents of a once very active Pittsburgh-area electronic repair shop....
My Breting 12 purchase is a big, heavy, solidly-constructed 50+-pound receiver with an 18-gauge chrome-plated chassis
and transformers, and highly-polished Aluminum tube shields – similar in design to Scott’s and other high-quality receivers
of the time. The Breting 12 offered 550Kc to 32,000Kc 5-band reception using 12 tubes, dual panel meters and a
