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From: ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader)
Newsgroups: net.misc,can.general
Subject: Re: Canada's Tradition as a Pioneer in Communications Technology
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Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 14:46:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 27 14:46:19 1984
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The first practical radio transmitter and receiver that could be powered
from the AC line were invented right here in Toronto by Ted Rogers.
All previous attempts had failed to suppress the 60 Hz oscillation
sufficiently, so all earlier transmitters and receivers had to use
large power batteries.  (I don't know about places with DC power supply,
but these have never been numerous.)  The first radio station using
this equipment was CFRB, the RB being for "Rogers* Batteryless",
which is still alive and well some 50 years later.

*Note to local readers:  CFRB has no connection to any company now using
 the name Rogers.  The name was accidentally released in a reorganization.

Source: "Sinc, Betty, and the Morning Man: the Story of CFRB" by Donald Jack
        (summarized from memory)

Mark Brader