Wednesday, July 24, 2019
New home for the old blog
The Foxhole Radio blog has moved to http://foxholeradio.com/ so please update your bookmarks!
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Details of George Ferree's radio
Here are some extra pictures of George B. Ferree’s radio
that won’t be in the book. He built this crystal set from a German battery box
during WWI (see the book for more details). I took these at the US Army
Communications Electronics Museum at Fort Monmouth in 2006. The radio, along
with much of the museum’s exhibits, are, for now, in storage at Fort Belvoir,
Virginia.
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Mountain Home foxhole radio
This post-war foxhole radio replica isn't dated but it has been around for a few decades at least. Photographed in 2006 at the Museum at Mountain Home, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
The book - update!
After all of these years I am happy to say that I am putting the finishing touches on the Foxhole Radio book! There's quite a bit of fine tuning to do yet but I am pleased with the results so far and I'm sure you will be too.
The story starts with the earliest U.S. Army radio experiments in the 1890s and traces the development of solid state radio detectors, army morale, field fortifications and military grooming as they converge to create the little razor blade radio of Anzio. Stay tuned!
The story starts with the earliest U.S. Army radio experiments in the 1890s and traces the development of solid state radio detectors, army morale, field fortifications and military grooming as they converge to create the little razor blade radio of Anzio. Stay tuned!