Milestone-Proposal talk:RCA Radio Central

Addition to Proposal: Refernce Section -- W2ots (talk) 03:19, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

RCA Radio Central References

1. Young, Owen D., "Opening of New Long Island Station of the Radio Corporation of America," General Electric Review, January, 1922. 2. Alexanderson, E.F.W., Reoch, A.E., Taylor, C.H., "The Electrical Plant of Transocean Radio Telegraphy," A.I.E.E. Journal, July 1923, 3. "The World's Largest Wireless Station-RCA Long Island," http://mt-shortwave.blog spot.com. 4. White, Thomas H., "United States Early Radio History," http://www.earlyradiohistory.us. 5. Taussig, Charles William, "The Book of Radio," pp312-317, 1922. 6. Williams, Ralph; Etter, Marshall; McGraw, Bob; Bacon, Chris, "Report from Radio Central: The Beginnings of Radio Central," The Antique Radio Gazette, 1922, Vol. 20, No.1. 7. Michelsen, Dan, "RCA's Research Organization, 1919-1942," Hagley Museum Web Site, 2016. 8. Klahn, Elmer O., Lundquist, Robert L., "World Largest Radio Transmitting Station," General Information Memo, RCA Communications, Inc. Rocky Point, NY, Undated. 9. Stiefel, Natalie Steifel, "In the Shadow of the Radio Towers," Looking Back at Rocky Point, Rocky Point Historical Society, Rocky Point, NY, 2003. 10. Etter, Marshall J., "Spotlight on Radio Pioneer Dr. Harold H. Beverage," Proceedings of the Radio Club of America, Inc., May, 1993. 11. Carter, Jr., Philip S., "Spotlight on Radio Pioneer Philip S. Carter," Friends of Long Island History, Distant Sparks, Autumn, 1903. 12. Sisler, Robert & Patricia, "C.W. Hansen, Prolific Inventor at RCA in Rocky Point," Friends of Long Island History, Distant Sparks, Winter 2005/2006. 13. Beverage, Harold D., Rice,Chester W., Kellog, Edward D., "The Wave Antenna," A.I.E.E. Journal, 1923. 14. I.E.EE., "Milestones:Alexanderson Radio Alternator,1904," https://ethw.org/Milestones:Alexanderson_Radio_Alternator,_1904, Dedicated 20 February 1992 - IEEE Schenectady Section. 15. Lindenblad, Nils Erik, Slotted and Directional Antenna Patents, Nos. 2791769, 2488419, 2414266,2400867. 1940s-1950s at RCA Radio Central.

Updated Acknowledgement Section -- W2ots (talk) 20:17, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

The Acknowledgement Section has been updated to reflect the contributions of the proposal of Natalie Stiefel who is the President of the Rocky Point Historical Society and had published a history of RCA Radio Central and Robert Lundquist, also a member and who was the station engineer at the time of its closing.

Re: Updated Acknowledgement Section -- Jbart64 (talk) 16:41, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

I fully support the Milestone. It is very well documented, and the achievements at Radio Central deserve recognition for their legacy to radio communications. I note that the plaque location will be in a school building. Will it be part of, or near, a historical display, or can it be located on the exterior of the building for 24 hour access? These are simply thoughts to consider and not a criticism. I have a two small edits to suggest as shown below in brackets:

On November 5th, 1921, President Harding’s telegraphic transoceanic message inaugurated the world’s most powerful transoceanic radio facility, RCA Radio Central[, located] on more than 7000 acres at Rocky Point and Riverhead, NY. Its Alexanderson 220KW, 18.3KHz transmitters and Beverage long-wire receiving antennas provided reliable worldwide radio communications[,] and its research laboratory developed diversity radio reception, rhombic and folded-dipole antennas, the first transoceanic single side-band channels and commercial FAX service.

David Bart

Re: Re: Updated Acknowledgement Section -- Administrator4 (talk) 18:44, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

In the interests of bringing the citation in under the 70-word limit, I would recommend deleting the phrase about the acres, as that does not pertain to the technical achievement. My recommended citation is:

On 5 November 1921, President Harding’s telegraphic transoceanic message inaugurated the world’s most powerful transoceanic radio facility, RCA Radio Central, at Rocky Point and Riverhead, NY. Its Alexanderson 220KW, 18.3KHz transmitters and Beverage long-wire receiving antennas provided reliable worldwide radio communications. Its research laboratory developed diversity radio reception, rhombic and folded-dipole antennas, the first transoceanic single side-band channels, and commercial FAX service.