THE AWA JOURNAL - Table of Contents

VOL. 49 APRIL 2008 NO. 2

**CONFERENCE PREVIEW**
Rochester Conference 2008 by Staff RIT Conference Center, Rochester, NY, August 20-23, 2008. Theme: International Radio

**FEATURE ARTICLES**
A 1920s Style Colpitts Broadcast Receiver by Mike Bittner Made From Junkbox Parts, It Has A Handsome Period Look
A Transmitter For Balloon-Borne Cosmic Ray Telemetering by Leon Hillman, W2JXJ Needed: Reliable Telemetering Link With A 500-Mile Range
Building my First Mirror Screw Receivers by Peter Yanczer An Unexpected Flea-Market Purchase Begins A Long Quest
Air/Ground Communication in World War I by Larry Babcock In the Beginning, We Used French and German Know-How
The Triplett Model 1200-E Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter by Charles Kirsten Reverse Engineering Restores Vintage Instrument to Original Accuracy
Superhets That Were a Little Different! by Richard T. Ammon How about a 200-Pound Set? A 3-Story One? A Radio With Knob-Adjustable I.F. Transformers?

**COLUMNS**
AWA News by Staff
Museum News by Ed Gable, K2MP/W2AN
The Vacuum Tube by Ludwell A. Sibley RCA's Octalox Adventure
Key and Telegraph by John Casale, W2NI Baseball and the Telegraph Part Three: Sending What Your Eyes See
Recent Radio, TV and Entertainment Obituaries by Charles S. Griffen, W1GYR
New Books and Literature by David W. Kraeuter
Breadboarding by Richard A. Parks Extreme Breadboarding; The Work of Claude Paillard
Television by Richard Brewster The Jenkins Radiovisor Model 302
On The Internet by Chuck Schwark Military Sets and Mil Surplus On The Web
Amateur Radio by John Rollins, W1FPZ Results of the 2007 Bruce Kelley Memorial 1929 QSO Party by Scott Freeberg,WA9WFA; Results of the 2008 Linc Cundall Memorial OT Contest and Announcement of the 2008 Linc Cundall OT DX Contest by Bruce J. Howes, W1UJR; Results of the AWA AM QSO Party by Gary Carter, WA4IAM
Radio Reproducers by Dave Crocker The Freshman Master Speaker
The Communications Receiver by William Fizette, W2DGB The 1941 Collins TCS Radio Receiver by Tom Laszynski, K8JRM and William Fizette, W2DGB
Equipment Restoration by Ken Owens Rebuilding Electrolytic Cans; "Unsticking" Small Threaded Parts; Reconstructing a Pot Metal Speaker Frame
Of Mics and Men by George A. Freeman The Mic: Neumann U-47 fet i, The Man: Ray Charles