The Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society (PARS) was established in southwestern

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in 1986 by

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, John Haught and others. Its purpose is "the preservation and exhibition of historic communications equipment and early electronic entertainment media, with an emphasis on the

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area and related material."From the Society's constitution. ''The Pittsburgh Oscillator: journal of the Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society'' (formerly ''The Pittsburgh Oscillator: newsletter of the Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society'') is published quarterly. Its ISSN is 0879-9480. Its OCLC record number is 17679107. The Society has also produced a series of 25 publications on various aspects of radio history. Examples are: ''A Bibliography of Frank Conrad,'' a comprehensive list of writings by and about

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, one of the founders of radio station KDKA (2007); ''Vintage Radio Redux,'' the collected essays of radio historian

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(2008); and Richard Brewster's ''An Interview with Harold Beverage'' (2007).

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was the inventor of the wave antenna, also known as the Beverage antenna. A complete list of publications in this series is available on the Society's web page, which is linked below. The Society has 150 members and meets eight times a year.

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