The site
is a joint production of Jerry Berg and John Herkimer.We hope the site will be a gathering place for people who are interested in this subject. The main focus is on shortwave broadcasting and the listening
hobby that has grown up around it. However, since shortwave listening grew out of medium wave listening, we will cover medium wave too, as well as other aspects of early radio, when they help tell the shortwave
story.
The site is divided into a number of parts. One contains information about JB's book. In addition to descriptive information and ordering details, you will find reviews that have appeared in various
places.
The site will also be home to the Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications. Here you will find information about CPRV's operation; copies of "The CPRV Page," which
used to be published in various club bulletins and which contains illustrations and descriptions of many QSLs; and a gallery of other interesting CPRV QSLs. We will be changing the gallery from time to time.
Come take a look at some QSLs that you aren't likely to see anywhere else.
Other parts of the site include a section called "Articles, Research, etc." You will find several things of interest there
right now. We have posted George Zeller's excellent, well-illustrated article, "The Founding of the International Short Wave Club in Klondyke, Ohio"; an Index to the radio history material that has
appeared in Popular Communications magazine from 1990 through February 1999 (we hope eventually to expand this index to the starting issues of PopComm); and "Short-Wave Radio Monitors Let Families Know of Their
Capture," an interesting article about POW message monitoring during World War II.
In "Book Reviews" you will find reviews of books and journal articles about shortwave broadcasting history, plus links
to reviews that are located elsewhere on the web. In "Information for Collectors" we plan to post information that will be helpful to collectors of shortwave memorabilia. Right now this section
contains a valuable table of information about the early issues of the World Radio Handbook, including photos of their covers."On the Net" features links to shortwave history-related websites, including brief
descriptions of each site.
Finally, there is a "Comments" section where we look forward to posting comments received from visitors. We will be adding to the site on a regular basis
and reorganizing it as need dictates. When you re-visit, click on "New Material" and you will see a list of what has been added and when.
We hope you like ontheshortwaves. More importantly, we
hope you will contribute to it. Please let us know what you think, and what you can add to the telling of this great story
Thanks!
