{"product_id":"1927-qsl-card-with-photo-portrait-of-broadcast-radio-pioneer-and-electronics-inventor-parker-s-gates-9dzt","title":"1927 QSL card with photo portrait of broadcast radio pioneer and electronics inventor Parker S. Gates 9DZT","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLetterpress postcard, 3.5 x 5.5 inches. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVery Good with light soil and toning. Postmarked from Quincy, Ill., October 3, 1927, to W. Ridenour in Baltimore. Featuring a halftone photographic portrait of Gates under the heading, \"NU'S GIFT TO YL'S,\" and the remarks: \"U were vry fb hr. Sure vry gld to QSO. Hope to agn.\" QSL cards with operator portraits are commonly found from the 1940s on, but this 1920s example is surely among the first photo-illustrated cards. The novelty of the idea is reflective of its creator, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eParker S. Gates \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e (1907-1986), a renowned inventor who developed a new kind of receiver by age 14. He started the Gates Radio Company with his parents in 1922, first operating out of their home and growing into a major company. Gates is also credited with inventing motion picture equipment, a \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003etranscription turntable, and a remote amplifier for live broadcasting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA long-standing tradition in ham radio, QSL cards are (still) exchanged between amateur radio operators to confirm contact and evaluate the qualities of the transmission signals. They record the call sign, location, date \u0026amp; time, frequency, and signal quality. The standardized QSL card format was proposed by Donald A. Hoffman in the August 1919 issue of \u003ci\u003eQST\u003c\/i\u003e (\"The official organ of the American Radio Relay League”, p. 29). Like exchanging business cards, they served as souvenirs of their contact, occasionally documenting more personal exchanges with jokes in the “Remarks” section, or general expressions of enthusiasm for getting to “QSO” with the recipient.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[ephemera, radio, electronics pioneers]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46423587356822,"sku":"Q2429","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/haec_city-2-4.jpg?v=1781796112","url":"https:\/\/alsobooksbooks.com\/products\/1927-qsl-card-with-photo-portrait-of-broadcast-radio-pioneer-and-electronics-inventor-parker-s-gates-9dzt","provider":"Haec City \/ Also Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}