The audio player from Odeo.com hosts many podcasts, including old time radio, such as this one from Mister Ron’s Basement:

And here is another sample from The Radio Nostalgia Network:

CR-18 Radio details

Gordon MacCreagh “The Incorrigible Explorer” packed a CR-18 on his expedition into Abyssinia to hunt for the Ark of the Coventant in 1927. From an article published online by Peter Ruber:

“Amateur radio operators who have picked up messages from Arctic explorers and from the Dyott expedition now following Theodore Roosevelt’s trail down the River of Doubt through the jungles of Brazil are likely to hear dispatches from Gordon MacCreagh, exploring in Abyssinia.

“When Gordon MacCreagh, American explorer, left New York on the Abyssinian expedition, Feb. 10, long and short wave radio traveled with him. Some of the equipment carried was that which Commander Richard E. Byrd took in his airplane on his successful flight over the North Pole.

“This apparatus consisted of a broadcast receiver, and a CR-18 short-wave set designed by A. H. Grebe & Co., Inc. The short-wave transmitting equipment to be used by the expedition will be of British make. Although the operator who will accompany the expedition has not yet been chosen, it is said he will be picked up in England on the way to Abyssinia.

Gordon MacCreagh Grebe CR-18 radio

Details about MacCreagh’s exploration of the Amazon, see his book White Waters and Black

Grebe CR-18 Instruction Manual

A. H. Grebe Synchrophase SK4

This small photo appears to be of an A. H. Grebe & Co. Synchrophase SK4 model radio manufactured in 1928. It has a fine wooden cabinet and elegant details. Below is a close up photo of the tuning dial.

Synchrophase SK4 Close Up of Tuning Dial

Season's Greetings from Grebe Radio

Everybody wants a Grebe Radio for Christmas.

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EDITOR’S NOTE (September 15, 2008): The images and website referred to below appear to have gone off-line.

Front of Grebe MU-1 Synchrophase Radio

Found an interesting web site of Antique Radio Pictures including A. H. Grebe Radio CR5, CR8, and many others at this page.

Inside a Grebe MU-1 Synchrophase Radio

Listening to the World Series on the radio is part of the baseball legacy. Here is a page from Grebe Radio history.Grebe Radio World Series Ad

A. H. Grebe also experimented with broadcasting from cars and boats, with his mobile transmission station WGMU broadcasting horse races in 1925. Here is Alfred Grebe’s brother Rudolph in a car outfitted to transmit radio in 1919.

Grebe Auto Radiophone, August 1919

Alfred H. Grebe Jr. will be presenting the ALFRED H. GREBE MEMORIAL AWARD for EXCELLENCE at the Radio Club of America 96th Anniversary Annual Awards Banquet, November 18, 2005 at the New York Athletic Club.

The recipeint will be Jerry Minter, an officer and very long-time member of the club. This is only the fourth time in eleven years the award has been presented. The award is a very attractive plaque that includes a photo of Alfred H. Grebe.

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