What began as the project of Chuck Penson, WA7ZZE, is slowly growing into Radio Alpha, a ham radio museum and research resource hosted by the ARRL. The historian's vision is to build a tool where documents detailing amateur radio equipment and technology - and its evolution - can be accessible to everyone in a central location.

Announcing the project on the ARRL website, Chuck wrote: [quote] "This database will be a living resource, regularly updated and expanded through ongoing research and community contributions, fostering a deeper appreciation and understanding of amateur radio's profound impact on communication, technology, and society,” [endquote] Chuck is looking for volunteers to assist him in building and collecting the content, especially hams with deep knowledge of particular product brands or operating modes.The project is being supported by the ARRL's Historical Preservation Fund

If you are interested in assisting him, he can be emailed at radioalpha at arrl dot org [radioalpha@arrl.org] That's radioalpha - one word - at arrl dot org

To see how the collection has already grown, visit the link in the text version of this week's newsline script at arnewsline.org