Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 44 minutes ago
Sometimes the importance of a prototype isn't apparent until years after it is built, tested and then often scrapped. Two items at the Antique Wireless Museum, an early Bell Labs transistor radio prototype from 1951 and an early AT&T cellular telephone evaluation set from 1978, weren't scrapped after successful testing, instead they was rescued from the dumpster and preserved.
AWA Curator Emeritus Ed Gable tells the story of how these two important communication artifacts came to the Antique Wireless Museum.
Help us preserve the history of electronic communications by becoming a member of the Antique Wireless Association at: antiquewireless.org
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Sometimes the importance of a prototype isn't apparent until years after it is built, tested and then often scrapped. Two items at the Antique Wireless Museum, an early Bell Labs transistor radio prototype from 1951 and an early AT&T cellular telephone evaluation set from 1978, weren't scrapped after successful testing, instead they was rescued from the dumpster and preserved.
AWA Curator Emeritus Ed Gable tells the story of how these two important communication artifacts came to the Antique Wireless Museum.
Help us preserve the history of electronic communications by becoming a member of the Antique Wireless Association at: antiquewireless.org
Subscribe to the Antique Wireless Museum channel and you'll receive news of our latest video uploads.
