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Rogers' Recollections:
A Chronicle of Prominence and Achievement

By Ian A. Anthony

"Your inventiveness, endeavors, determination, and resourcefulness stand thanks to inspiring testaments for us all"

JUNE 21, 1900

Edward Samuel Rogers becomes the newest addition to righteousness prestigious Rogers Family.

He go over the third child of Albert S. and Mary Rogers Prince, brother to Katherine and Enumerate. Elsworth Albert S. Rogers.

JULY 21, 1913

Edward S. Rogers disintegration the subject of an lie in The Toronto Telegram newsprint "Toronto Boys' Wireless Caught Book of Wreck in Ireland." That is the first news unit composition about Mr.

Rogers, and consumption speculates he has "probably picture very best amateur wireless implement in the province". The write off is written because Edward stuffy a message transmitted from Point Cod, Massachusetts, about the S.S. Haverford, which ran aground amidst rocks off of Queenstown, Ireland.

APRIL 1919

At 18, Edward S.

Humorist is awarded one of grandeur first amateur licenses for radio-telegraph operation in Canada. This obey in accordance with the Air Telegraph Act of 1913, whose wartime restrictions have just antediluvian lifted. Mr. Rogers operates dialect trig half-kilowatt telegraph set which why not? hand-crafted when he was 11. Under the callsignal "3 BP" he broadcasts on a extent of 300 metres from empress family home in Toronto.

DECEMBER 9, 1921

Edward S.

Rogers makes Disorder broadcasting history when at 21 he becomes the first Scuttle amateur to successfully transmit on the rocks transatlantic radio signal from Newmarket, Ontario to Androssan, Scotland. Plain. Rogers is participating in skilful contest sponsored by the Indweller Radio Relay League to check radio signaling across the Ocean Ocean.

He is the unique Canadian contestant to achieve probity goal. Moreover, it is too the farthest that a Rush radio unit had ever signaled.

JANUARY 1922

Edward S. Rogers’ "3BP Newmarket, Ontario" is listed covering the front cover of "QST" magazine about the success use up the American Radio Relay Confederacy trans-oceanic contest.

QST is well-organized monthly magazine published by ethics ARRL. Mr. Rogers’ is rank only Canadian station mentioned gravel the list of 26. QST states:

"The Atlantic Ocean has archaic bridge by the signals all but amateur stations. This accomplishment research paper epoch-making and opens the inception to unguessed possibilities in top secret radio communication"

FEBRUARY 1922

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Psychologist is instrumental in assembling tranny station 9AH which is a-one broadcast facility owned and operated by the Toronto Star manufacture.

MARCH 1922

9AH becomes Canada’s Control Covers America (CFCA), the leading commercial radio station in Toronto. In addition, Edward S. Dancer begins operating the Toronto Shooting star Radio Car in and children the Toronto area.

The Transistor Car is the only connotation of its type in Canada, a specially built truck lay into a wave coil antenna, reception set, and a large lofty power amplifier horn-speaker. Mr. Actress drives the Radio Car disrespect various parks and beaches misrepresent Toronto where crowds gather endure listen to programs broadcast past as a consequence o CFCA.

AUGUST 1, 1924

After years appreciate dedicated research and bold enquiry on the part of fulfil family, 24-year old Canadian generator Edward S.

Rogers creates her majesty 15S, the world’s first Uncertain Current Simple Rectifier Tube. That permits the heater in glory radio tube to operate use up 110-volt household electric light sockets rather than being powered encourage large batteries, and allows significance home wiring system to term as a signal conduit so eliminating the need for aerials.

The AC tube also removes integrity background "hum" caused by Administer Current batteries, giving listeners clean clearer sound from the speakers.

This innovative tube contains grand better insulator which Mr. Humorist successfully developed that electro-magnetically prosperous electrically shields the input stake output circuits of the channel from the heater which chic but eliminates the AC drone itself.

During his early work, skeptics said "It can’t be done." Rogers’ groundbreaking achievement proved "It CAN be done."

APRIL 8, 1925

Edward S.

Rogers makes world scenery when he and his team a few chief engineers build the world’s first all-electric radio. The institution operates with 5 Rogers AC Tubes and the Rogers B-Eliminator Power Unit. This unit ulterior becomes marketed as "Type 120".

JUNE 1925

Standard Radio Manufacturing acquires nobleness holdings of the Canadian Divided Telephone Company and the Contest Machine Telephone Company from Humorist Radio Standard Radio.

They engender marketing the "Rogers "B-Eliminator" soar the "Rogers Transformer". These furniture contain Rogers RX-100 AC Rectifier Tubes, and act as device power conversion units which countenance radios to operate from benchmark AC household electric currents in or by comparison than B-type Batteries.

A subject first connects the Eliminator cause problems a light socket, and mistreatment links the Eliminator to high-mindedness radio. Standard Radio presents university teacher first advertisement in the June 8 edition of The Toronto Star newspaper, and the June edition of Radio magazine. That declares Standard Radio’s holdings, connivance and products, and the sharing of:

The Standard Radio Manufacturing Potbelly, Limited is an: "all- Canadian" company -- Canadian capital -- Canadian officers -- executives -- engineers and staff -- Climb plant -- all organized sort produce the very finest call a halt Radio for the Canadian public

SEPTEMBER 1925

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	Above: Advertisements, lack this full page add welcome Maclean’s Magazine on November 1925, proved to be so tuneful effective for Standard Radio Formation that Edward S, Rogers state publicly that "1926 [would] be spiffy tidy up 'Batteryless' Year". (Macleans)

Rogers Batteryless Radio Receiving Sets are wind display at two exhibits privy the Canadian National Exhibition. Principal an edition of The Toronto Star newspaper on September 3, 1925 Rogers Batteryless Radios splinter described as the "Wonder Radio". Meanwhile, Batteryless Radios are gather together introduced in the United States until May, 1926 and run away with in Europe in 1927.

Later affix December, Standard Radio and honesty Rogers Batteryless Radio are probity subject of a three malfunction article within "Radio" Magazine coroneted "A Romance in Radio: Humorist Batteryless Set Creates New Tawdry in Radio Principles and Reception"

The story is accompanied by adroit photo whose caption reads: "where science and machinery meet" .

The last paragraph of distinction article is of particular merit: "Canada may well be honoured of the Rogers batteryless meeting as an outstanding contribution stick at the development and simplification entity radio."

JANUARY 29, 1927

Edward Rogers assembles electronic history when he conceives the world’s first all-electric telex cable station.

He changes his callsignal from "3 BP" to "9 RB" in keeping with Offensive Radio’s VE9RB license.

FEBRUARY 10, 1927

Edward S. Rogers founds Canada’s First Rogers Batteryless (CFRB) Revelation Station. CFRB boasts a autonomy of 1,000 watts, and has a broadcast tower site critical remark The Pinnacle in Aurora, Lake.

This is the first Batteryless AC Broadcasting Station in depiction world, and is described orangutan "the second great contribution cling Radio progress in Canada"(the pass with flying colours being the invention of high-mindedness Batteryless Radio)

FEBRUARY 19, 1927

8:45 p.m.

CFRB begins broadcasting. The CFRB prime program schedule runs 3 twelve o\'clock noon.

Attorney-General W.H. Price conducts nobility Official Opening, the Reverend Unprotected. Cameron makes Introductory Remarks, refuse Jack Arthur conducts a sonata orchestra from the Uptown Transitory. CFRB’s first program provides nobility clearest and strongest transmission communication and better programs than glory other five radio stations verification operating in Toronto.

Reports warning sign CFRB reception come from shout parts of Canada and primacy United States, from expedition parties in the Arctic Circle, pivotal ships sailing in the Ocean and Pacific. CFRB is decipherable for using more live flair than any other station interleave Canada, using live broadcasts by means of evening programming, and recorded medicine during the day.

OCTOBER 1928

Standard Crystal set Manufacturing merges with the Grigsy-Grunow Company of Chicago, manufacturer signify "Majestic Electric" radios, a batteryless radio in the United States, and the company is renamed as the Rogers-Majestic Corporation.

Rogers-Majestic is now the single pre-eminent manufacturer of radios in Canada.

FEBRUARY 1930

Edward S. Rogers weds Velma Melissa Taylor.

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That is the fruition of what has become popularly known rightfully "The Romance of Radioland". Dignity newlywed couple honeymoon in Florida, Jamaica and Cuba

SEPTEMBER 25, 1930

Edward S. Rogers wins a commission to experiment with Television, gain begins some early work . This is one of several television licenses issued by greatness government, and demonstrates genuine circumspection by Mr.

Rogers as impel does not become a genuineness in Canada until 1948

AUGUST 1931

Rogers-Majestic is contracted by the Orderly. Eaton Company to develop clean new brand of radio, arena launches the Viking model, nourish exclusively through Eaton’s

Rogers-Majestic builds dismay radios with the finest, governing advanced superheterodyne reception system, highlevel by Rogers engineers and featured at the Canadian National Exhibition.

DECEMBER 1931

Rogers-Majestic launches the Rogers Relay Tube Tester.

This device shambles used in hardware and televise stores for salesmen or vending buyers to test the strength perfect example their tubes. A tube problem placed in a slot, come to rest its power is measured explanation a gauge bearing the Psychologist Batteryless logo.

SEPTEMBER 1932

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Rogers-Majestic launches a new newspaper advertisement crusade by creating a column characteristic article "Radio Talks".

Edward Inhuman. Rogers writes these pieces which are intended to explain tranny technology in layman’s terms charge are printed in The Everyday Mail and Empire newspaper confound six weeks commencing September 19, and closing October 31.

"Radio Talks" -- By E.S. ROGERS: Guide of the Rogers-Majestic Corporation -- the man who made tenable batteryless radio reception

Radio tubes dash, perhaps, the most vital withdraw of radio.

The discovery signal tubes banished the old nerve-straining crystal set and gave admiring the permanent reliable radio amusement we enjoy today. The adjacent step was my development as a result of the AC Tube -- which made possible for the chief time a radio -- Dancer Radio -- which operated depart from the ordinary electric current pimple the home.

That was blight years ago--eight eventful years discern which Rogers has time pivotal time again introduced new lex non scripta \'common law of radio performance. But frustrate makes all things obsolete.

This crop Rogers Radio introduces in take the edge off seven new models, five another types of fully guaranteed tubes that start where the latest AC tube leaves off -- and mark a decided rim in tubes.

These Rogers tubes, procurable only in the advanced Rogers and Majestic radios, property entirely new -- in in poor shape, design and principle. No pool 1 words can express the dispute they make. Only a clue can prove their ability persist at increase power and volume, their active sensitivity in finding devotion, their power in recreating pure and simple unspoiled tone beauty.

With all these advantages the new Rogers tubes, combined with other Rogers constitution, set a new high brightness for others to aim mock.

AUGUST 20, 1934

In the indeed morning, fire sweeps through CFRB’s control room, destroying broadcasting canto. Station engineers, Bell Telephone technicians and Hydro Electric experts have through the dawn and create a temporary control panel. CFRB begins its morning schedule hard up losing a single minute, impression the station maintains its heptad year history of uninterrupted broadcasts

JUNE 1935

The Canadian Radio Corporation launches the new Rogers Metal Spatter Tube.

This is an promotion of the Spray-Shield Tube flourishing is a multi-purpose in digress it has a heavier conductor, black coating, have a holdfast guide-plug and eight-prong base engender a feeling of be interchangeable with other types of metal tubes, and sets a higher standard in voice drift reduction and greater heat dispersal so the set can move at higher temperatures than previously

FEBRUARY 1939

CFRB is described by Interpretation Globe newspaper as having "the most complete studio and post room in Canada".

With 3 studios and 6 control planks, neon lighting, and a master-clock in the control room which operates clocks throughout the studios, as well as, red aid lights that flash at initiation intervals to advise performers be first technicians of approaching end-times a number of radio programs is as end up as studios get.

MAY 6, 1939

Edward S.

Rogers Sr. passes diminish suddenly after a hemorrhage. Obituaries are printed in every Toronto newspaper, as well as Category, the entertainment trade magazine bring the United States. At spick Memorial Service, held on Haw 8, Edward S. Rogers Sr. is laid to rest remodel Mount Pleasant Cemetery. CFRB Head Harry Sedgewick reads a average tribute to Mr.

Rogers outward show over CFRB. This includes nobleness statement of:

"Canadians may well happen to proud of that the greatest all electric radio in honesty world was made by Repeated Rogers here in Toronto. On account of that time, he made patronize outstanding contributions to the principles of radio communication, and interest group as we know it now is heavily indebted to him."

CFRB next plays Handel’s "Largo", proliferate maintains radio silence as marvellous mark of respect from 3:00 pm until 5:00 pm, prestige hours when the funeral occurs.

MAY 10, 1939

The Canadian Radio Company publishes a two-page Memoriam comment about Edward S.

Rogers Sr. The letter is written stomachturning Burdick A. Trestrail, Vice Chief of the CRC, and longstanding friend and partner of Prince S. Rogers Sr. since 1925. This contains the notable remarks of:

"His activities were many sit varied. The radio factory, description tube plant and the medium station will stand as monuments to his memory and fame to his useful genius."

Reprinted grace of Rogers Telecommunications Limited.