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Oct 4, 2026

Graham FirthGUEST
8:24
Well, the, yeah, th- there was, there were radio magazines.
Graham FirthGUEST
8:28
There was Practical Wireless.
Graham FirthGUEST
8:30
The one that I got before that was called Hobbies, Hobbies Weekly, and, uh, that had how to make tables and mirrors and things like that.
Graham FirthGUEST
8:40
But every two or three issues there was how to build something radio or electronic, and that's where I got the information from, Hobbies Weekly-

27 MINS LATER

Graham FirthGUEST
35:44
That was, uh, that was his philosophy.
Graham FirthGUEST
35:47
He, uh, he designed all sorts of circuits.
Graham FirthGUEST
35:51
He, he had articles in the radio magazines, Practical Wireless and Short Wave Magazine, he had articles in there, partly because he was a vicar and didn't have a lot of money as a vicar, of course, um, and, uh, but partly because he wanted to get people l- do it, building r- radios for themselves, and, uh, hence all the, these simple transmitters that, uh, simple receivers that came along.
Graham FirthGUEST
36:22
And eventually, uh, we, he decided we ought to do kits.

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