Antique Wireless Association
{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}
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{{Infobox journal
| title = The Antique Wireless Association Review
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| editor = Timothy Martin
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| history = 1952–present
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The Antique Wireless Association (AWA) is chartered as a non-profit educational organization in New York State and is an IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation based in Bloomfield, New York.{{Cite book |last=Petersen |first=Julie K. |date=2002 |chapter=Antique Wireless Association, Inc. | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AcGFlqSqNEUC&q=%22The+Antique+Wireless+Association%22&pg=PA57 |title = Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary |publisher=CRC Press |isbn = 9781420040357}} It was originally established in 1952 by Bruce Kelley, George Batterson, and Linc Cundall for operators and collectors of radio equipment.{{Cite web | url=https://antiquewireless.org/homepage/about-us/ |title = About Us}} The association currently has more than 1300 international members. It is a member of the American Association of Museums. It hosts an annual meeting in August. The association runs the Antique Wireless Museum.
The association publishes two journals, the quarterly AWA Journal (known as the Old Timer's Bulletin from 1952 until 2004) which focuses on history and preservation efforts, as well as the annual AWA Review, established in 1986, which features more extensive discussions. Since 2017, the museum has a quarterly newsletter called Museum Sparks.
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Further reading
- {{cite magazine |last=Turner |first=Terry |date=November 2006 |url=https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/the_antique_wireless_museum |title=The Antique Wireless Museum |magazine=Nuts & Volts |pages=84–87}}
- {{cite news |url=https://rbj.net/2018/10/09/antique-wireless-association-and-antique-wireless-museum/|title=Antique Wireless Association and Antique Wireless Museum |newspaper=Rochester Business Journal |date=2018-10-09}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.antiquewireless.org/}}
Category:History of radio in the United States
Category:Amateur radio history