Postai és Távközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány Évkönyve, 1998
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The transmitter’s self-radiating antifading antenna, higher than half a wavelength, was constructed following the American Blow-Knox system. The steel frame structure was manufactured in the Hungarian State Iron and Steel Works. On 28 December 1968, the Kossuth Radio station commenced broadcasting from Lakihegy on a 300 kW transmitter. The ageing of the 135 kW transmitter at the site and the resulting deterioration in medium-wave reception necessitated a complete reconstruction of the transmission station, which was started in 1966. The transmitter installed in the new building, manufactured by the Electro-Mechanical Company, consisted of two 150 kW transmitters run in parallel. Alexandra Halász: Travel report on the Prague 1998 stamp exhibition We set off on a study trip to Prague on 11 September 1998. Our main destination was the Prague 1998 stamp exhibition. Stamp collection is undergoing a revival all over the world, but nevertheless it was a surprise to see the hundred-metre queue waiting in front of the flag-adorned entrance of the Veletrzni Palace in Prague. All were awaiting the opening of the world stamp exhibition, evidence of the great popularity of stamps and stamp collecting even in the age of the computer. All age groups were represented among the visitors, not just granddads with their grandchildren, but even those that are not supposed to be interested in stamps, the young and middle-aged. The beautiful capital of the Czech Republic first hosted a major international stamp exhibition in 1938, and had last held the World Stamp Exhibition in 1988. This large- scale event comes to Prague every ten years. The crowd did not wait in vain in front of the entrance. The standard of the exhibition was outstanding, dominated by Czech and Slovak philatelic relics and rarities. The earliest letters on show dated from the 16th century. One of the main attractions of the exhibition was a nine-fold misprint with a Hungarian connection: a 20-fillér Magyar Posta Arató stamp overprinted “Posta Ceskoslovensko 1919”. There was probably only one misprinted sheet, and this set of nine is the largest known. The occasion of this four-day exhibition was an opportunity to see philatelic rarities and curiosities, and to become familiar with our Czech counterparts and with the world- famous attractions of Prague. Klára Pataki: This was a good exhibition because I was there A young visitor to our museum in Nagyvázsony could not have known how accurate her entry into the visitor’s book was. Because what really does make the exhibition good - in terms of its mission - is that it greets several thousand visitors every year, many children among them. It is good because the museum is not just another item on the itinerary of families, groups and schools visiting Nagyvázsony, but leaves them with a cheerful, lasting impression, as proven by the many return visits. Why is it good? Because, just like us, many regard the museum’s target public as children and schools. We find that there are two kinds of adults: those that go to museums, and those that do not. Of course the true picture contains some shades of grey apart from 256
