{"id":26869,"date":"2017-07-05T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T20:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=26869"},"modified":"2017-07-04T06:55:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T10:55:11","slug":"circa-1924-parisian-radio-stockings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/circa-1924-parisian-radio-stockings\/","title":{"rendered":"Circa 1924 Parisian radio stockings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Stocking-Radio-Paris-Vintage.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26870\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Stocking-Radio-Paris-Vintage.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Stocking-Radio-Paris-Vintage.jpeg 744w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Stocking-Radio-Paris-Vintage-300x174.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Stocking-Radio-Paris-Vintage-624x361.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jarno de Haan (PA3DMI), who shares the following in reference to <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/radio-hats-of-yore\/\">our recent post about radio hats of yore<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Radio hats are fun but I found radio stockings!<\/p>\n<p>In 1924 French ladies in Paris used their stockings and umbrella to receive the radio transmissions from the Eiffel-tower.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is part of a movietheatres newsreel in Holland so the text is in Dutch but the pictures says it all \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>A bit NSFW but hey 1924:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FHkjMUH5bLc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FHkjMUH5bLc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Jarno! \u00a0I had never seen this video before!<\/p>\n<p>I love the fact that her umbrella serves as an antenna. With this in mind, I hope our buddy, <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/wireless-nights-on-bbc-radio-4-features-london-shortwave\/\">London Shortwave<\/a>, can sort out a way to make a vertical HF loop for a little umbrella DXing in his local London parks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jarno de Haan (PA3DMI), who shares the following in reference to our recent post about radio hats of yore: Radio hats are fun but I found radio stockings! In 1924 French ladies in Paris used their stockings and umbrella to receive the radio transmissions from the Eiffel-tower. The movie [&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":[3,305,4796],"tags":[5997,4094,4091,6303,681],"class_list":["post-26869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-jarno-pa3dmi","tag-nostalgia","tag-radio-history","tag-radio-stockings","tag-vintage-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6Zn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58280,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/jarno-spots-vintage-radios-in-the-undeclared-war\/","url_meta":{"origin":26869,"position":0},"title":"Jarno spots vintage radios in &#8220;The Undeclared War&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"November 27, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jarno (PA3DMI), who writes: Hi Thomas, I found some radio's in the UK spy series 'The Undeclared War.' 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In episode 4 one of the leading characters makes a visit and look so many Yaesu, Eddystone, Heathkit\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\/2023\/11\/The-Undeclared-War-03.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Undeclared-War-03.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Undeclared-War-03.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/The-Undeclared-War-03.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24334,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/radio-news-archive-at-american-radio-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":26869,"position":1},"title":"Radio News archive at American Radio History","author":"Thomas","date":"February 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jarno (PA3DMI), who reminds us that the American Radio History site is chock-full of radio nostalgia: To keep you and your readers busy :-) http:\/\/www.americanradiohistory.com\/Radio_News_Master_Page_Guide.htm Many thanks, Jarno! Check out the main index for even more radio periodicals.","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\/2017\/02\/Radio-Times.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Radio-Times.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Radio-Times.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37983,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/otr-listen-to-the-spy-on-the-kilocycles\/","url_meta":{"origin":26869,"position":2},"title":"OTR: Listen to &#8220;The Spy On The Kilocycles&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"May 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jarno (PA3DMI), who shares the following Old Time Radio (OTR) show, The Spy on the Kilocycles, which features Henry Fonda who had just completed his military service (October 8, 1945). Enjoy: https:\/\/youtu.be\/kYuOyqW2Bg8 Click here to listen via YouTube.","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\/2018\/12\/Vintage-Radio-Dial-Air-Castle.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Vintage-Radio-Dial-Air-Castle.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Vintage-Radio-Dial-Air-Castle.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35589,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/free-radio-e-books-for-download\/","url_meta":{"origin":26869,"position":3},"title":"Free radio e-books for download","author":"Thomas","date":"January 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) There are a number of vintage radio and amateur radio related eBooks available for free download on the Gutenberg site Among them is the 1922 edition of\u00a0The Radio Amateur's Handbook\u00a0by A. 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Visit our Facebook page for updates. facebook.com\/euroradio6205\" Many thanks, Neil. \u00a0I have checked the Euro Radio Facebook page and it appears they will broadcast\u00a0on\u00a06205 kHz AM, starting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"EuroRadio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EuroRadio.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EuroRadio.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EuroRadio.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/EuroRadio.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}