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We’re not sure we entirely agree with the premise, but the September 1956 Popular Electronics construction article for this one-tube superheterodyne receiver begins with the observation that “single-tube radio receivers are always in the novelty class.”

One hundred years ago this month, the September 1926 issue of Popular Mechanics showed this self-explanatory idea for installing an antenna on a narrow city lot.

Sixty years ago this month, the September 1966 issue of Popular Mechanics showed how to put together this simple one-transistor regenerative receiver for the broadcast band.

Eighty-five years ago, these students, seniors at Eastern District High in New York are airing an unscripted debate on the subject Guns or Butter, over WNYE, the radio station of Brooklyn Technical High School.

I was quite the philatelist when I was a kid, and when I learned that there were stamp exhibits at the Minnesota State Fair, I wanted to enter one.

This handsome two-tube two-meter receiver was featured in the September 1966 issue of Electronics Illustrated.

The word has gone out of style, but back in the day, “physic” was a polite synonym for “laxative.”

One hundred years ago, the August 1926 issue of Radio World explained to young men the secret for meeting girls: Become a ham!

Seventy years ago this month, the August 1956 issue of Popular Electronics carried this ad from E.F.