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Description
Assortment of materials related to Royden Thornberg's radio operator activities: a) 1914 Westinghouse Electric diary with handwritten reference notes including U.S. Naval Radio Calls, European Continental Morse Code, exchange rates, Greek alphabet, tables of measures, addresses. b) "Uses of Electrical Instruments for Radio Testing," Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation (Newark, N. J.), 1930 c) "Study Guide and Reference Material for Commercial Radio Operator Examinations," Federal Communications Commission, 1 August 1950. d) News clipping "Wireless Record is Broken by Ecuador," The Bulletin: San Francisco, 3 January 1920. e) Short note about broadcasting stations KFS (Palo Alto) and KPH (Bolinas/Marshall) (see attached) f) Original Answers to Examination Questions for the International Correspondence School's "Introduction fo Radio" course (1930) g) Murdock Radio Neutrodyne Receiver pamphlet with "Stations Heard" completed h) List of The Watchtower broadcasts i) Typed list of Pacific Coast Radio Stations, "correct for month Nov. 1917" j) Pacific Radio School brochure (located at 735 Larkin Street, San Francisco) h) Thornberg's course notes i) Four badges: two appear to be radio operator badges; two are flags. (See attached)
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Identifier
722E022D-8E4D-4AD0-8632-788272545128 2003-43-25
Subject
Radio--Examinations, questions, etc. (LCSH) Radio broadcasting--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History Radio operators (LCSH) Radio programs (LCSH) Badges Examinations Correspondence schools KFS (Radio station : Bolinas, Calif.) KPH (Wireless station: San Francisco, Calif.) Amateur radio stations (LCSH) Thornberg, Royden
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