On the train ride back toward Broadway Junction, sitting next to me was an African gentleman with an identical Sony transistor radio. Little did he know that I secretly wished for someĪncient radio signals of Ralph Kiner, Lindsay Nelson and Bob Murphy announcing another Tom Seaver shutout. Shelly boasted that his iPhoneĬould pick up any radio station around the world and told me that all I was lacking was a New York Mets cap and a brown paper bag to be an official senior citizen. The Rockaway Peninsula and across to Broad Channel to pick up the A train back to the city.Īccompanied by my cousin Shelley for the first time, I heard him snicker when I turned on my transistor radio that serves as sound track for the ride. As a result, Philco delivered and GM subsequently released their transistor radio for their Cadillac model car the following year.More Reader Tales From the City ✽ear Diary:ĭating back to my youth in 1960s Canarsie, my favorite ride is still along the Belt Parkway bike path, past the Art Deco hangars at Floyd Bennett Field, over Jamaica Bay on the Marine Parkway Bridge to Riis Park, down Since the Chrysler Corporation had confidence in Philco, the Chrysler president offered to deliver the new Chrysler Imperial automobile to GM including the transistor radio prior to production if GM was willing to pay the full cost of the automobile. There was a rebuttal by the GM company vice president stating that Philco was premature by two years and could not accomplish this goal. Prior to Philco's delivery of the radio, it was publicized in a full page announcement in The New York Times. Philco's release of the all transistor automobile radio for the 1956 Chrysler Imperial (a quantity of one thousand radios) caused quite a stir with General Motors (GM). This resulted in producing the first all transistorized radio for the 1956 Chrysler Imperial automobile. Their theory of circuit applications of surface barrier transistors was developed and I was able to fabricate and test these circuits successfully. My assignment was under the guidance of Dr. William Schockley's Bell Laboratories research notebook on solid state circuit theory. As a regular member, it was my responsibility to review Dr. At the group meetings, assignments were given to the various participants. The Philco Corporation formed a Solid State Study Group under the directorship of Mr. The radio signal circuits used vacuum tubes. For economic reasons, only power circuits used transistors. applying transistors and vacuum tubes to the circuit design. These radios were designed as hybrid models, i.e. The responsibilities required leading a group of engineers and technicians to provide prototype radio models for each production year of the Mercury automobile: 1956, 1957, 19. My career coincided with my training as a project engineer at the Philco Corporation. Technical know ledge was also gained through the Olney Amateur Radio Club, which my friends and myself organized. Greenwood, the mathematics instructor, became a great inspiration in my learning at an early age. They both gave me extra assignments to instill further interest in electrical theory. Chambers and electrical machinery training from Mr. ![]() Serious interests developed during high school by way of my electrical shop training from Mr. As a radio enthusiast, and becoming a member of theĪmerican Radio Relay League (ARRL), a radio ham station evolved very quickly. These were the first instructions I gained in the understanding of electronic components. Reading newspaper articles about building one's own short wave radio receiver intrigued me immensely. Hobbies followed with some zeal in old battery radios gathered from neighbors' attics. School also exposed me to manual trade classes and music training that created many interests. Later, rusty nails and fruit boxes/baskets provided the materials to build handmade go-carts, roller scooters, wooden toys, playhouses, and so forth. These items were wooden spools, yarn, string, rope, rubber bands, and popsicle sticks. Owning few toys, it was only natural to play with mother's sewing paraphernalia. ![]() I was fascinated by hearing music from my uncle's headset connected to a crystal radio.
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