About the RCA
Welcome to the Home Page of the Radio Club of America. Intended for members and non-members alike, this page provides members with current information of interest (such as Announcements and Annual Banquet information), provides non-members with information on the Club and how to join, and provides everyone with an interesting look at the Club's rich history and future.
Mailing address of office:
PO Box 621074
Littleton, CO 80162-1074
Phone: 303-948-4921
Fax: 303-972-1653
Books
Books published by the Radio Club of America
The Legends of Edwin Howard Armstrong
Even as the regenerative-circuit lawsuit continued, Armstrong was working on another momentous invention. While working in the basement laboratory of Columbia's Philosophy Hall, he created wide-band frequency modulation radio. Rather than varying the amplitude of a radio wave to create sound, Armstrong's method varied the frequency of the wave instead. FM radio broadcasts delivered a much clearer sound, free of static, than the AM radio dominant at the time. (Armstrong received a patent on wideband FM on December 26, 1933; his just rewards required much litigation at the end of his life, and beyond it.)
Deforest - Father of Electronic Revolution
This documentary in print on the life and work of the eminent scientist-inventor, Dr. Lee DeForest (1873-1961) is the result of 25 years of extensive research, which reveals the facts of his vital accomplishments contrary to industrial history, previously written books, and recent film presentations which suppressed and demeaned his works. At last the public is told the true story of how in 1906 DeForest's invention of the electron tube amplifier changed the world, making possible long distant telephony, and amplified sound devices used today. Even DeForest's 1920 patent for sound-on-film recording is still in use in all modern sound films.