Onban Kikou - Vol. 2 Ch. 9 - New Wave Radio, Sailing Ship
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Volume 3 just came out a few days ago, placing the current chapter count at 20. And a lot of the art in some chapters was touched up for the release, which definitely took some work. There are huge differences sometimes, so if we eventually catch up, I think it might still be better to wait for volume releases. Also, as new volumes always come out on the same day as the magazine, there was no new chapter this time. The magazine is also planning a major revamp starting with the next issue, since a new chief editor is taking over. A couple of series will transfer to other magazines, but this doesn't affect this one as far as I know. I'll let you know about anything.
I think Heat Wave by Martha & Vandellas is one of the few examples of actual name-drops in the series. Though the author stated that he prefers the cover by The Who. Anyway, long chapter, so lots of places to slip up. Let me know if I made a mistake.
I think Heat Wave by Martha & Vandellas is one of the few examples of actual name-drops in the series. Though the author stated that he prefers the cover by The Who. Anyway, long chapter, so lots of places to slip up. Let me know if I made a mistake.
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Long one!
Many of the radios pictured in this chapter are shortwave units, which have fallen out of common usage in the last 50-60 years as the speed and amount of information available via other media has increased. However, for years, many governments operated official (or allowed semi-official) stations on a designated frequency, and so radio manufacturers would indicate those respective countries as points on the dial - see page 2's radio and several of the examples on page 30. Here's an older example from a five-band unit (an American Philips from just before WWII). Note the top band is AM, and gives both frequency in kilocycles (or kilohertz, like used in the US) and wavelength in meters (like many European stations), and also runs 'backwards' compared to normal US practice today (the low frequency is on the right).
The 648kHz band given in the image on page 46 would be a 463m signal (rounding), at the lower end of the modern AM band (and not far from where the tuning indicator is on the image above).
AM was the dominant band through much of the west into the early '70's, as FM circuitry was comparatively complicated (and therefore more expensive), particularly when stereo multiplexing was used, and FM signals have a comparatively very limited range. I would guess that most of the radios pictured in this chapter don't have FM bands. However, the higher fidelity possible with FM, the decrease in the cost of the broadcast equipment needed, and the advent of cheaper solid state components capable of handling the higher frequencies used in decoding the signal led to the rise of FM through the '70's, and today AM is largely used for talk/sports and low budget stations here in the US.
Thanks very much for the chapter and the excellent notes - glad to know this series is being given the chance to continue by the publisher!
Many of the radios pictured in this chapter are shortwave units, which have fallen out of common usage in the last 50-60 years as the speed and amount of information available via other media has increased. However, for years, many governments operated official (or allowed semi-official) stations on a designated frequency, and so radio manufacturers would indicate those respective countries as points on the dial - see page 2's radio and several of the examples on page 30. Here's an older example from a five-band unit (an American Philips from just before WWII). Note the top band is AM, and gives both frequency in kilocycles (or kilohertz, like used in the US) and wavelength in meters (like many European stations), and also runs 'backwards' compared to normal US practice today (the low frequency is on the right).
The 648kHz band given in the image on page 46 would be a 463m signal (rounding), at the lower end of the modern AM band (and not far from where the tuning indicator is on the image above).
AM was the dominant band through much of the west into the early '70's, as FM circuitry was comparatively complicated (and therefore more expensive), particularly when stereo multiplexing was used, and FM signals have a comparatively very limited range. I would guess that most of the radios pictured in this chapter don't have FM bands. However, the higher fidelity possible with FM, the decrease in the cost of the broadcast equipment needed, and the advent of cheaper solid state components capable of handling the higher frequencies used in decoding the signal led to the rise of FM through the '70's, and today AM is largely used for talk/sports and low budget stations here in the US.
Thanks very much for the chapter and the excellent notes - glad to know this series is being given the chance to continue by the publisher!
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Just want to say thanks for the translations and that I appreciate all the effort put into the notes at the end.
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Thanks for the chapter!
I'd rather avoid bothering the author directly so I'm asking here first:
Could anyone tell me where I might find a physical release of the volumes (English/Japanese)? Are they (still) in print? The ebooks linked are awesome but I'd rather have it on my shelf than have a DRM epub that disappears as soon as (e.g.) bookwalker goes under.
EDIT: I found all volumes on the store of the company behind Aokishi (magazine): https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/search/?kw=おんばんきこう
I'd rather avoid bothering the author directly so I'm asking here first:
Could anyone tell me where I might find a physical release of the volumes (English/Japanese)? Are they (still) in print? The ebooks linked are awesome but I'd rather have it on my shelf than have a DRM epub that disappears as soon as (e.g.) bookwalker goes under.
EDIT: I found all volumes on the store of the company behind Aokishi (magazine): https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/search/?kw=おんばんきこう
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