[BC] FM History

[Scott Bailey]

Richard,

I went to this link you gave me:  
http://www.nps.gov/nhl/DOE_dedesignations/Armstrong.htm

I got to the homepage, but the some of the links don't work.  It could be my PC. 
Also, no offense, but please explain to my in "layman's" terms what you are 
refering to.  Some of the information you posted I didn't understand because I'm 
still learning about the early days of FM.  I'm trying to figure out in my mind, 
what when wrong. Why was Armstrong done dirty?  The technology was around in the 
mid to late 30's but I guessing RCA wanted to be the "big dogs" and push 
Armstrong out of the picture.

Like you said, I can "Google" the topic, but I may get different opinions than 
the true fact.  Just wanting to learn.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Scott Bailey
WMRO-AM, Gallatin, TN 

----- Original Message ----
> From: "RichardBJohnson at comcast.net" <RichardBJohnson at comcast.net>
> 
> Well I am not going to claim that you are quoting "misinformation," only that 
>most radio electronics historians would not agree. For instance, it was 
>Armstrong who took out basic patents:
> 
> US patent 1,941,066  : "Radio Signaling System" (Note: This is one of the 
>patents issued for wideband FM in 1933.)
> US patent 1,941,068  : "Radio signaling" (Note: This is one of the patents 
>issued for wideband FM in 1933.)
> US patent 1,941,069  : "Radio signaling" (Note: This is one of the patents 
>issued for wideband FM in 1933.)
> 
> The inventions were already patented and reduced to practice when RCA closed 
>the experimental station they helped build. But Armstrong was persistent and 
>licensed others to use his patents. Before WWII there were many FM stations on 
>the air. RCA put them off the air, and obsoleted all the radios, by having the 
>FCC they controlled change the frequency of operation from 50 MHz to 100 MHz. 
>This is all well-documented in the early history of radio.
> 
> Here is an entirely new perspective 
>http://www.nps.gov/nhl/DOE_dedesignations/Armstrong.htm
> 
> Using Google, you can find much information about Armstrong. Some of it may be 
>wrong, some may be misleading, and some may be correct. We do not know because 
>history gets rewritten by those who have something to gain by it.
> 
> I caution using one of my "famous" sayings: From a lie to the left and a lie to 
>the right, one cannot deduce truth in the middle ground.
> 
> As time passes, there is less and less that we really know because there are no 
>guardians for our history.
> 
> Cheers,
> Richard B. Johnson
> Book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/