{"id":10790,"date":"2014-09-12T13:17:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10790"},"modified":"2014-09-12T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:18:14","slug":"paul-litwinovichs-vintage-radio-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/paul-litwinovichs-vintage-radio-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Litwinovich&#8217;s Vintage Radio series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9503\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg\" alt=\"SX-99-Dial\" width=\"640\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-100x18.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Richard Cuff, for pointing out\u00a0a brilliant series of articles called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/people\/paul-litwinovich\" target=\"_blank\">Vintage Radio<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by <strong>WSHU<\/strong> Chief Engineer,\u00a0Paul Litwinovich.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Here are links to each article written thus far in the <em>Vintage Radio<\/em> series. If you would like to start at the beginning of the series, go to the bottom of the list first, then work your way up:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-RadioListening.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4624\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-RadioListening-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"1-RadioListening\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-RadioListening-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-RadioListening-100x64.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/1-RadioListening.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/radio-prepares-war-part-1\">Radio Prepares for War, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/breaking-news-1937-hindenburg-burns\">Breaking News, 1937: Hindenburg burns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/radio-great-depression-part-ii\">A Radio for the Great Depression, Part II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/radio-great-depression\">A Radio for the Great Depression<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/radio-roaring-twenties\">A Radio for the Roaring Twenties<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/sounds-good-looks-great-radio-cabinetry\">Sounds good, looks great: Radio Cabinetry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/regeneration-under-glass\">Regeneration Under Glass<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/making-pictures-fly-through-air\">Making Pictures Fly Through The Air<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/order-out-chaos\">Order Out of Chaos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/rhode-island-radio\">A Rhode Island Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/vacuum-tube-enabled-sound-box\">Vacuum in a Tube Enabled Sound from a Box<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/thats-radio\">That&#8217;s a Radio?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/post\/are-they-really-antiques\">But are they really antiques?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Paul\u00a0Litwinovich is a shortwave listener, amateur radio operator and holds a commercial FCC license as well; here&#8217;s his\u00a0bio, taken from the <a href=\"http:\/\/wshu.org\/people\/paul-litwinovich\" target=\"_blank\">WSHU website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;Paul caught the radio bug as a child. By age 12, he had taught himself the basics of vacuum tube theory.\u00a0 He began repairing old, discarded radio sets, the kind that we now call vintage sets.\u00a0 He loved listening, too, to local programs, DJs who picked their own music, talk shows designed to inform, not shock the listener.\u00a0 But his favorite listening was to short wave radio, with its magic of music and programming from all around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hobby led to career.\u00a0 Paul was a design engineer and engineering manager in the broadcast industry\u00a0 for 14 years before coming to WSHU in 1990.\u00a0 He holds an FCC commercial radio license, and an extra class Amateur radio license. And, oh yes, he&#8217;s still restoring and collecting vintage radio sets, for more than 45 years now, and counting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been in touch with Paul who tells me that an upcoming article will focus <a title=\"SWLing with heavy metal: my Signal Corps BC-348-Q\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/swling-with-heavy-metal-my-signal-corps-bc-348-q\/\">on one of my favorite WWII era receivers, the BC-348<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>I can&#8217;t wait to read it!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Richard Cuff, for pointing out\u00a0a brilliant series of articles called Vintage Radio\u00a0by WSHU Chief Engineer,\u00a0Paul Litwinovich. Here are links to each article written thus far in the Vintage Radio series. If you would like to start at the beginning of the series, go to the bottom of the list [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1271,3,305,288,26,5],"tags":[3233,3232,4091,681,3234],"class_list":["post-10790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-anchors-2","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-radios","category-swlers","tag-national-hro","tag-paul-litwinovich","tag-radio-history","tag-vintage-radio","tag-wshu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2O2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17852,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/paul-litwinovich-on-the-life-decline-and-possible-rebirth-of-am\/","url_meta":{"origin":10790,"position":0},"title":"Paul Litwinovich on &#8220;The Life, Decline and Possible Rebirth of AM&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"March 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to the SWLing Post reader who noted this latest post by Paul Litwinovich at WSHU (Paul is frequently referenced here on the Post). A short excerpt: \"AM occurs elsewhere in nature. A lightning strike or manmade electrical discharge will produce a burst of electrical noise that varies in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Zenith-Shuttle-Dial","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Zenith-Shuttle-Dial-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Zenith-Shuttle-Dial-1024x678.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Zenith-Shuttle-Dial-1024x678.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12864,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/paul-litwinovich-sheds-light-on-the-royalty-of-radios\/","url_meta":{"origin":10790,"position":1},"title":"Paul Litwinovich sheds light on the &#8220;Royalty of Radios&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"March 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Paul, who points out this excellent article about the Zenith Transoceanic\u00a0by\u00a0Paul Litwinovich of WSHU.\u00a0 Litwinovich's article covers a brief history\u00a0of the Zenith Transoceanic series including photos from his amazing collection (check out his model 7G605 above). 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First, we will take a look at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HAARP.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HAARP.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HAARP.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HAARP.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64742,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/anachronism-alert-fm-on-a-radio-in-the-wwii-blitz\/","url_meta":{"origin":10790,"position":3},"title":"Anachronism Alert: FM on a Radio in the WWII Blitz?","author":"Thomas","date":"November 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul, who writes: Hi Thomas, while watching this documentary from the BBC telling how people Northern Ireland survived the Blitz in World War 2. I spotted this glitch. The picture is from a scene when Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared war on Germany. It\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image003.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image003.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image003.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image003.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47424,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/don-discovers-a-treasure-trove-of-digitized-vintage-radio-books-and-magazines\/","url_meta":{"origin":10790,"position":4},"title":"Don discovers a treasure trove of digitized vintage radio books and magazines","author":"Thomas","date":"January 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don (W7SSB), who writes: I thought these links might be of interest to your readers: https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3iul\/Files\/Old_Radio_Frequency_Books.htm https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3iul\/ Brilliant! Thanks for the tip, Don! 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