Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Meara who shares this story on the SolderSmoke Podcast and notes, “With more to follow…”
From the Last Whole Earth Catalog (1971) — Short Waves — Part 1
Having recently returned from San Francisco, it seemed somehow appropriate for me to take a look into the Last Whole Earth Catalog (1971). I picked a copy of this book up some time ago. There is some radio stuff in it, a lot of it on shortwave listening. [To the right] is one article. I’ll post more in the days ahead.
It was around 1973 that I gave my cousin’s husband Mike an S38-E shortwave receiver. It is a wonder that he survived. He did report electrical shocks.
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3 months ago I trashed my copy of “Whole Earth Catalog” to recycle
I collect catalogs but after 15 years I decided this XXL paper print is just too much to keep.
I have memories of the Whole earth catalog, including “Why Does a Tree Sway in the Wind”
(answer vortex shedding – same thing that causes Stop signs to “wiggle” in high winds)
and how to rig up three cables to a swaying tree in order to drive a generator or pump.
Coincidently or not, one of the authors of the Whole Earth Catalog is being honored with a festival soon:
https://www.as.uky.edu/gurney-fest