The AM Forum
March 28, 2024, 06:49:25 PM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
 
   Home   Help Calendar Links Staff List Gallery Login Register  
Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: University Researchers to Study Early Amateur Station Logs  (Read 2648 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
wd8das
Member

Offline Offline

Posts: 167


« on: October 18, 2009, 11:03:31 PM »


University Researchers to Study Early Amateur Station Logs - Your Help is Needed

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Miami University of Ohio are seeking copies of amateur station logs from 1913-1927 in hopes they may offer insights into the relationship between individuals’ work and leisure activities, technology, and their social networks.

“Early hams laid the foundation for the now-ubiquitous use of technology for communications and entertainment," says Steve Johnston, WD8DAS, and Director of Engineering & Operations for Wisconsin Public Radio. “Many operators did not work in a technical field, but pursued the radio-hobby for its own sake. This is a true success story about how a pastime can develop into an entirely new commercial and social phenomenon.”
 
Phil Kim, an Assistant Professor at the Wisconsin School of Business, has noted that diaries, letters, QSL cards, and station logs can contain valuable insights into the link between an individual’s occupation, hobbies, and friends. During this time, thousands of early ham radio enthusiasts were licensed by the government to comply with the Radio Act of 1912, and began to more carefully document the new communications era.
 
“Amateur radio operators during this time period were on the forefront of a new method of communication and social interaction, similar to how social media is evolving today,” Kim says. “We notice a lot of similarities between these two groups, even across time.”
 
“We can learn a lot about ourselves and our own interactions from how these pioneers pursued their hobby and expanded their social networks,” adds Steve Lippmann, an Assistant Professor at Miami University of Ohio.
 
Kim, Lippmann, and Johnston are comparing early ham licensing records from the Department of Commerce with detailed information in amateur operators’ station logs in an effort to uncover new information about approaches to work and leisure time and the development of social networks.

If you happen to have an old ham station log from the period 1913-1927 that you'd like to include in this study, please contact Steve Johnston, WD8DAS, at wd8das_at_arrl_dot_net.  Thank you.






Logged
WA1GFZ
Member

Offline Offline

Posts: 11152



« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2009, 11:58:17 AM »

Well did they find the first use of "piss weak" and "Strap"
Logged
wd8das
Member

Offline Offline

Posts: 167


« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2009, 04:50:40 PM »


>did they find the first use of "piss weak" and "Strap"

I understand Hiram P. Maxim was the first to use both terms.  He was describing a station that was trying to check into a traffic net but was not an ARRL member, and how well the old man's signal was doing on top of him.

Steve WD8DAS
Logged
W3SLK
Member

Offline Offline

Posts: 2651

Just another member member.


« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2009, 05:50:59 PM »

Sounds like "Our Stimulus Dollars" at work.  Tongue
Logged

Mike(y)/W3SLK
Invisible airwaves crackle with life, bright antenna bristle with the energy. Emotional feedback, on timeless wavelength, bearing a gift beyond lights, almost free.... Spirit of Radio/Rush
wd8das
Member

Offline Offline

Posts: 167


« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2009, 01:43:01 PM »


W3SLK wrote:

>Sounds like "Our Stimulus Dollars" at work.

That seems a bit rude.  I'm not seeing any money, and the other guys do this in the course of their research/publish/teach cycle.   

Steve WD8DAS

Logged
Opcom
Patrick J. / KD5OEI
Contributing
Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 8308



WWW
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2009, 09:17:32 PM »

I see nothing wrong with historical research. To document the history and evolution of communications, one has to study the earliest elements including the writings of those involved.
Logged

Radio Candelstein - Flagship Station of the NRK Radio Network.
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
 AMfone © 2001-2015
Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines
Page created in 0.068 seconds with 18 queries.