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Website Highlights |
There are some areas of this site
that I believe are especially interesting. If you look at nothing
else, take the time to check out these pages.
- Company
History--The Early Years: 1930-1955
- This is a great place
to get an good overview of the history of the company and its
founder, my father, Frank Dawson Bliley, W3GV. (Written in 1982)
- 1936 Survey of the Use of Quartz
Crystals in the Radio Amateur Service
- Not only is this survey
a measure of the sophistication of the company, but a rare snapshot
of the operating practices of ham radio operators in a time of
great changes in communications technology. It is includes 10
detailed graphs of the use of the radio spectrum by hams on the
shortwave bands.
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- 200
kc Variable Crystals--Could
Bliley's inventions have changed the communications industry
a third time?
- While this may seem preposterous,
I think there is sufficient evidence in a suite of 1940s vintage
patents that may change your mind. At a minimum, it will impress
you. Imagine a single crystal that covers 200 kc at 3,500 kcs.
Check it out and let me know what you think?
- Publications
and Literature
- Interested in seeing old
ads, catalogs, patents and magazine articles featuring Bliley
products? If so, then check out this index page; it contains
resources from the obscure to the ubiquitous.
- Frequency
Control with Quartz Crystals, Engineering Bulletin E-6 (1943
Printing)
- Looking for advice on
the design of crystal oscillators? Here is a 32-page guide published
by Bliley's for seven years from 1938 to 1943 that will provide
you with practical information on practical designs for many
applications. Suitable reading for radio amateurs and commercial
designers alike. The complete contents of the 1943 version are
available for online reading and in PDF format for off-line reading
and printing.
- Ham
Radio's Influence on the Commercial Market
- Are you interested in
a great story on how technology is influenced? If so, then you
have to read this well researched and written history of how
the interests of ham radio operators in the 1920's and 1930's
changed the direction of frequency control in commercial and
military communication devices. Authored by a well-respected
Hewlett-Packard engineer and historian Patrick Brown, N7KRG.
Yes, you will find more than one reference to the accomplishments
of Bliley Electric Company and its chief engineer, John Wolfskill,
W3QKT.
- Fun and Trivia--The lighter side
of life at Bliley Electric
- Many of the topics on
this site are very technical and and may be interesting, but
not a lot of "fun". Look for some lighter fare on the
"Fun and
Trivia" page. Learn how to spell, how to acknowledge
emloyee achievement, and how to make an old song popular again--at
least for a night or two. Stop by and I guaranty at least one
smile! :-)