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Well, here's some very little know radio history. RW rip...
« on: February 12, 2026, 0514 UTC »
https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/roots-of-radio/mary-texanna-loomis-radio-pioneer  This story about Mary Texanna Loomis is fascinating enough, but also about her cousin's wireless pioneering experiments. Eh??? (Thank you Boomer!!!)
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“I am often asked how radio works. Well, you see, wire telegraphy
is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he
meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is
exactly the same, except that there is no cat.”
-Attributed to Albert Einstein, but I ripped it from the latest Splatter .PDF March 2025 issue.
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