Postai és Távközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány Évkönyve, 1998
Rövid tartalmi összefoglaló angol nyelven
The radio catalogue presents products of 9 large and 26 small companies. Between 1924 and 1985, up to 1100 types were produced in Hungary. We found reliable technical descriptions of 1066 receivers and pictorial representations of 933. The commercial receivers are presented by manufacturer and in chronological order, with a history of development from simple detector radios, simple and superheterodyne receivers up to digital-display stereo radios with full auxiliary functions. The receiver catalogue is a good representation of Hungary’s radio industry: its beginnings, rapid development, its heyday around 1940, its subsequent concentration into large enterprises, its recession after the war, its later revival, and its final closure. The receiver catalogue’s visual material is accompanied by archive sound material covering 25 periods. Published by the Foundation of Postal and Telecommunications Museums with the support of the Ministry of Transport, Telecommunications and Water, the CD-ROM has been produced in an impression of 200 copies, but not released commercially. Apart from the complementary copies for the institutions which assisted its production, one copy each will be provided to universities, technical colleges and the national library. 10 copies are available for borrowing from the Postal Museum. Júlia Kisfaludi: New temporary exhibition - 1848 letters Our outline plans for an exhibition entitled 1848 letters were submitted along with our application for the grant offered by the Ministry of Culture and Education Millennium Committee to mark the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the 1848/49 Revolution and War of Independence. The ad hoc steering committee meeting of 3 November awarded 1 M Ft of the 2 M Ft requested. The script was produced by the beginning of March 1998. It envisaged an exhibition with a double purpose: firstly to present the postal conditions and services between March 1848 and October 1849, and secondly to convey an impression of individuals, society and politics at the time by means of contemporary letters. The exhibition was opened on 18 May by Dr Tamás Szekeres, Chairman of the Hungarian Post Office. It marked our respect to the participants in the historical events of 150 years ago, particularly in memory of the leaders and staff of the Post Office at the time. In the Museum’s entrance hall the visitor first sees the documents relating to the establishment of the first independent government on 15 March 1848. In the second hall we placed contemporary letters and related documents on the 19th century Szentes Post Office counter. One of the first measures made by the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Trade, which was responsible for the Post Office, was to modify the post rates set by the Austrians for the territories of Hungary and Transylvania. The new charges came into effect on 1 July 1848 in Hungary and 1 September in Transylvania. The rate set by the Austrians of 3 krajcárs per 10 miles was changed by the independent Hungarian postal administration to 2 krajcárs. The Decree was accompanied by a list of letter carriage charges setting out the main charges by weight and mileage. Hungarian was made the official language of the newly-independent Hungarian post 241
