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The AWA Review Is Now Online Updates from the Antique Wireless Association

The Antique Wireless Association’s research publication The AWA Review is now entering its 35rd year of publication. An archive of these issues has been placed online for researchers. The AWA Review is one of the oldest academic publications dedicated specifically to the history of radio, wireless and telegraph technology history. It includes in depth exploration of material that was prepared in the context of presenting annual conference papers and providing research findings. This periodical offers a mechanism for AWA to publish longer articles that are not possible in The AWA Journal. The focus of articles in The AWA Review is on the history of communication technologies and associated individuals, places, technologies, and artifacts. The articles are peer reviewed, meaning that authorities other than the author have reviewed each contribution, and their anonymous comments have been forwarded to authors during the editorial review process. The AWA Review has been published since 1986. The AWA Board of Trustees has approved the online posting of all issues except the last two year’s issues. The AWA website contains a listing by Year and Volume for each issue. The listing provides a “hot link” to each issue’s PDF document. All volumes are .pdf word searchable format. In some cases, the file is of substantial size, especially those that contain color illustrations. A few issues are yet to be posted. Please see https://www.antiquewireless. org/homepage/awa-review/ and also https://www. antiquewireless.org/homepage/awa-review-archive/.

The 2020 AWA Review. If you are searching for a specific topic, the button to the right will take you to a page with a complete set of indexes for both The AWA Journal and The AWA Review. The combined index is available at https://www.antiquewireless. org/homepage/journal-review-index/.

The AWA 2021 AWA Annual Conference AWA Hosts Monthly Zoom Meetings — “AWA Shares”

On October 5 to 9, 2021, the Antique Wireless Association hosted a successful AWA Annual Conference with over 120 in attendance. During the 4 ½ day Conference, AWA provided 12 interesting and informative presentations, three dinners including the Annual Awards Banquet, a dessert social, a flea market, a book sale, an Old Equipment Contest, visits to the Antique Wireless Museum and an auction. It was a busy schedule, but attendees found plenty of time to renew old and make new friendships. Many of the Conference presentations will be posted on the AWA YouTube Channel. The link to the AWA YouTube channel can be found on the AWA website at https://www. antiquewireless.org/homepage/awa-youtube-channel/. Each month, there will be a one hour well researched presentation by an expert in their field followed by a short question and answer period from the attendees. AWA Webinar Wednesdays on Zoom will be held the third Wednesday of the month with a refreshing new topic with each meeting. You do not need to be an AWA member and the meetings are FREE! You need to register for each meeting so that AWA can make sure we have enough Zoom capacity. The registration link is posted at https://www. antiquewireless.org/homepage/awa-shares/. The AWA is a partner organization to the Radio Club of America. See the AWA website for more information at https://www.antiquewireless.org/homepage/.