Postai és Távközlési Múzeumi Alapítvány Évkönyve, 2002
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Publications • Publication of the 2002 yearbook and continued publication of the collection of documents expanded to include archival data. • Museum publisher TKM was reorganized in 2002, rendering it unable to issue the pamphlets we had planned. So, publication will have to begin in 2003, preferably starting with the Hollókő and Ópusztaszer exhibit catalogues. • Publication of postcards and maps as reprint materials. Investments, Renovations • Continue organizing a memorial to telecom workers using the 1% of income tax that taxpayers may donate to the charity of their choice, and other supports • Conclusion of the heating upgrade and renovation at the Nagyvázsony Museum that began in 2002. • Continue to encourage enlargement of the Stamp Museum and the Postal Museum at Balatonszemes using funds from the foundation and grant monies. Budapest, October 15, 2002 X Piroska Farkas Krizsak: Following Up on Anniversaries The medium wave radio transmitter at Solt began broadcasting only a quarter century ago, on February 16, 1977. The Hungarian Post Office was in charge of the project. Designers, manufacturers, and assemblers came from the Soviet Union, Poland, and Hungary, and many are still alive, today. The author was curious to see how and what of the building of that transmitter, which just 25 years ago was considered one of the most powerful in Europe, was recorded. She explored ministerial decrees, CEO directives, investment documents, articles in the professional media, and the memories of the people who helped bring it about. She also explored the artefacts and documents in the Postal Museum, to see what they had on the Solt transmitter. Miklós Dérszegi: The First Domestic Light Coaxial Cable Line On May 26, 1969, the Hungarian Post Office began operation on the first large-channel landline telecom system in the country, which could relay 960 voice channels per pair of coaxial cables, the Budapest-Vienna four-line coax cable system. From Győr to Vienna the system operated as a wireless microwave transmission. The landline to Vienna was completed in 1971. All post office organizations whose activity was in any way connected to this type of facility participated in the project. The author memorializes the first line built in the 25-year-long coaxial era with a display presented in May of this year at the open air Radio and Television Museum, and with the current study. 349
