User:Engradio

Personal Website:
https://sites.google.com/site/johnengsdeadtechrescue/



Personal Facts
Radio Collector since 1973 and Dead Technology Rescuer'''
 * Retired 2011 and Enjoying Life
 * Radio Collector since 1973
 * Electronic Engineer 1977-1993 and High School Science Teacher 1994-2010
 * Maintains personal website- John Eng's Dead Tech Rescue

My Wikipedia Goal
Collecting and restoring "Dead Technology" is a disappearing skill but there are many people wanting to have the "retro" look. My goal in Wikipedia is to bring in radio and television historical articles of people, business and technology to Wikipedia and using it to link readers to other sites to expand their knowledge and maybe try to save some "dead technology". The invention of radio and television are considered one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. It won't be long when the people, businesses and the actual products of these great inventions will be forgotten. Wikipedia would be a nice place to keep those achievements alive.

Interesting Contributions

 * Featured local newspaper article in the Orange County Register about Preserving Past Technology (July 19, 2013)
 * Featured article in the people section in the World Journal- A large USA based Chinese Newspaper (July 23, 2013)
 * Featured article in the social and cultural section of the Los Angeles Times Sunday OC Edition (Aug 2018)
 * Featured article in the OC Fair News for the Daily Pilot, a S. Orange County Community Paper (Aug 2018)

Some of My Favorite "Dead Technology" I have Collected

 * 1915 Audio Tron Tube. An illegal copy of the DeForest Tubular Audio
 * 1924 RCA AR-812 Superheterodyne Portable Radio (Weighs over 20 pounds without batteries and speaker)
 * 1947 Hallicrafters 505, 7 Inch Diagonal Screen TV with push button tuning, 25 tubes, weighs 40 pounds and has Channel 1 (USA)
 * 1983 IBM PC Portable, weighs 25 pounds, uses 5 inch floppy disks, 640K RAM, no hard drive, monochrome CRT display and 4.7 MHz clock
 * 1944 Raytheon 2J39 WW2 Magnetron Tube NIB. Box marked SECRET due to classified design of Magnetron RADAR used in UK and US.
 * 1950 RCA TC-125 TV Console with speaker as large as CRT (12 inches). Last of the Roundie BW CRT TV. Restored
 * 1946 RCA 630TS- The first mass produce post war television that has been restored.

Miscellaneous
I'm a Christian and believe true happiness is through Jesus Christ rather than personal success.

Radio History Stuff

 * 1) John F. Rider
 * 2) Morris N Beitman
 * 3) Elmer T. Cunningham
 * 4) H. Leslie (Les) Hoffman
 * 5) Robert C. Sprague

Electronics Stuff

 * 1) 2N107 Transistor

Radio History Stuff

 * 1) Eugene F. McDonald
 * 2) Allen DuMont
 * 3) Packard Bell (1926)
 * 4) Superette (radio)
 * 5) All American Five
 * 6) Lee De Forest
 * 7) Avery Fisher

Electronics Stuff

 * 1) CK722 (Transistor)
 * 2) 7JP4 (Electrostatic Cathode Ray Tube)
 * 3) Norman Krim
 * 4) Rogers Vacuum Tube Company

Electronics Industry

 * 1) Packard Bell
 * 2) Tektronix
 * 3) Harman Kardon

Edit STUBS to attract more upgrades

 * 1) XL-100

Improved Other Items

 * 1) Brian Witman
 * 2) KRLA
 * 3) KTIE
 * 4) KABC
 * 5) Larry Elder
 * 6) Ferde Grofe
 * 7) Kirk Morrison