California Hammin': Part 1 of Conversations with Bud Bane W6WB

California Hammin' is honored to present a series of interviews (done 24 years ago) with Clayton F. (Bud) Bane, W6WB, a genuine San Francisco Bay Area radio pioneer.
Bud was editor of Radio Magazine in the 1930's, editor of the Frank Jones Radio Handbook, co-founder of Technical Radio Corporation in the late 1930's which produced receivers and transmitters for the War effort. After the War, Bud went on to hold a number of important roles in area advertising, golf, and ham radio organizations including president of the San Francisco Amateur Radio Club.
Bud was an extraordinary person. "Everything he touched, turned to Gold." -- K6GLH
From the California Hammin’ video vault, this interview with Bud Bane, W6WB, was made in May of 1992 by K6GLH in the basement hamshack of Bud’s house in South San Francisco. Bud talks about the evolution of receiver design from the early spark days to the development of the tetrode and the superhetrodyne in this 16-minute interesting and informative Part One.