Upcoming Events
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.
Tri State Radio Fest 2010
04/18/2010
This years TSRF was held Sunday April 18th 2010
Thanks to all who contributed to this years TSRF!
Special Thanks to Richard, Cindy and John Estes who contributed their time for the auction.
General consensus was that this was our best TSRF yet.
Please check out the TSRF 2010 photo gallery in our Event Photos page <- see left side of web page.
If you have any pictures of the event to contribute please send them to me.
Also if you have any comments I would love to hear them.
Next years 2011 TSRF is also planned for the Center Stage Monaca mid April.
Regards
Chris Wells President - Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society
email me - radioactive55man@comcast.net
PARS Public Service Announcement
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"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
Tri State Radio Fest PSA #3
PSA courtesy of WCNS 1480 Latrobe http://www.1480wcns.com/
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Tri State Radio Fest PSA#2
PSA courtesy of WCNS 1480 Latrobe http://www.1480wcns.com/
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Tri State Radio Fest PSA #1
PSA courtesy of WCNS 1480 Latrobe http://www.1480wcns.com/
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Oscillator - back issues for review
Download the June 1990 The Pittsburgh Oscillator:
There are 2 resolutions here, take a look and tell us what you think!
We plan to scan some of the back issues and post them soon!
