Radio Electronics

Dear Editor: I read Thomas E. Fairbairn's article, " Electronic Flame ," in the December, 1952, issue with considerable interest — not in the phenomenon itself but rather in the nature of its...

The "Death Ray" Is No Longer Science Fiction Last March Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, lectured at Assumption College, Worcester, Mass. Long before that, it had become known...

Is this a new discovery? Or is it an effect that goes back to Tesla's days? By THOMAS E. FAIRBAIRN While a friend and I were talking over ham station W8SYK to another ham in Australia, a large flame...

... Radio Signaling on the Moon Differs Vastly From That on Earth ... "After the first rocket from the earth has landed on the moon, supplies are unloaded feverishly and our exploration parties are...

Wireless power transmission seems about to become a reality after many years of dreams, science fantasy and experiments by, among others, famed Nikola Tesla. Raytheon has announced a new microwave...

"Long live the amateur, long live wireless!" shouted the opening article of a new publication, " The Electrical Experimenter ," which had long been pondered but finally was born with the issue of May...

...The Father of Wireless Ushered in the Radio Age... Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla is being celebrated July 9. Tesla, who was often so far ahead of his contemporaries that his...

I have followed with interest Radio-Electronics' "Antique Radios" column, but I was disappointed with the treatment of Tesla in the installment that appeared in the March issue. Far from being among...

Our solid-state Tesla coil can produce sparks as long as 8 inches with a peak output of about 100,000 volts. Tesla coils have been around for almost 100 years and, with the exception of vacuum-tube...

A universal power source for an Eye-of-the-Storm-like display, and other unusual plasma and neon lighting devices. You no longer need to go to a local discotheque to see the latest in unusual lighting...