Radio engineering and history
Radio
A lifelong fascination with wireless communication, navigation systems and the engineering behind them.
A personal archive
Radio opens a window on another world
My interest in radio began as a child, listening to a 1940s short-wave receiver in my grandmother’s cottage. The strange signals emerging from its loudspeaker began a fascination that has lasted for more than sixty years.
These pages explore some of the equipment, systems and people I encountered along the way. They include the Decca and Racal Hi-Fix and Hyperfix positioning systems, Marconi’s Beam Wireless stations, practical electronics, amateur radio and personal recollections from a working life spent around communications technology.
Much of the material was originally researched and published many years ago. It is now being restored, expanded and brought together as a living archive.
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