BVARC at Hearthside's 1904 World's Fair

Radio in 1904

The Blackstone Valley Amateur Radio Club set-up exhibits at the Hearthside House celebration of the St Louis 1904 Worlds Fair. Inside Hearthside House, our club president, Rich - W1TBR, gave a demonstration of early wireless. He demonstrated a spark gap transmitter, the same technology that was being shown at the 1904 World's fair by "the father of Radio" Lee Deforest.