Hear hear! On Wed, Oct 19, 2022, 3:21 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Well, that's because the "WIKI" in "Wikipedia" stands for "We Impose > Knowledge Interpretation". > > Sadly, the promise of the internet has been utterly destroyed by > megalomaniacs, zealots, and abject morons. It's up to people like us to > preserve history as it actually happened, and not as the would-be masters > would have us believe. > > This is why we do what we do. > > Sellam > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 11:29 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Oct 19, 2022, at 2:09 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Oct 19, 2022, at 08:14, Fritz Mueller via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> On Oct 19, 2022, at 6:16 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > >>> ...a couple of years ago I wrote an article about the invention of FM > > radio, in Holland in 1919 (no, not by Armstrong in the USA in the late > > 1920s). > > >> > > >> That sounds interesting, Paul — I’m only familiar with the usual > > USA-centric Armstrong lore. Is your article available to read online > > anywhere? > > >> > > >> —FritzM. > > > > > > I’d be interested in the article as well. > > > > > > There are reasons for the story of FM radio to be US- and > > Armstrong-centric, even if someone or some institution in Europe did it > > first. > > > > Yes, but suppression of the story, which is what I experienced when I > > tried to update Wikipedia, is not the right answer. > > > > The correct answer is to recognize that (a) Armstrong was NOT first with > > FM transmission, (b) Armstrong was first with FM-specific receivers > > (discriminator), and (c) the technology direction started by Armstrong is > > the one that got traction and evolved into what we have now. > > > > As I mentioned in the opening paragraph of the article, Idzerda's FM > > transmitter is like Leif Eriksson's discovery of America -- he did it > > first, but it didn't lead to anything. Still, he made a living off a > > commercial broadcast venture using his technology for 5 years or so, > until > > the creation of the BBC made his business uncompetitive. > > > > paul > > > > >
