{"id":59212,"date":"2024-03-12T05:51:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=59212"},"modified":"2024-03-12T05:51:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:51:06","slug":"why-schenectady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/why-schenectady\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Schenectady?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Bill Meara<\/a>\u00a0who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas:<\/p>\n

SWLing Post readers might like this one.<\/p>\n

Ramakrishnan sent me the Smithsonian article. It is very nice, and helps answer — I think — the question about why so many old SW radio dials have “Schenectady” on them. Steinmetz seems like a great guy.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2024\/03\/the-wizard-of-schenectady-charles.html<\/a><\/p>\n

73 Bill<\/p>\n

I love these bits of radio history, Bill! Thank you for sharing.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Bill Meara\u00a0who writes: Thomas: SWLing Post readers might like this one. Ramakrishnan sent me the Smithsonian article. It is very nice, and helps answer — I think — the question about why so many old SW radio dials have “Schenectady” on them. Steinmetz seems like a great guy. https:\/\/soldersmoke.blogspot.com\/2024\/03\/the-wizard-of-schenectady-charles.html 73 Bill I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3254,4091,1302,4082],"class_list":["post-59212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-vintage-radio","tag-bill-meara","tag-radio-history","tag-radio-nostalgia","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fp2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58831,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/the-intercept-watch\/","url_meta":{"origin":59212,"position":0},"title":"“The Intercept Watch”","author":"Thomas","date":"January 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor, Bill Meara who writes: Thomas: I found this in an old radio magazine. 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