Wireless Weekly

McKenzie working with the wireless radio c1922

Wireless Weekly was Australia's first news-stand wireless magazine (not counting the AWA monthly), published in 1922 in Sydney by William John Foster St Clair Maclardy ("W. J. Maclardy") and his father William McIntyre St Clair Maclardy ("W. M. Maclardy"). W. J. Maclardy was one of the founders of the "A" Class radio station 2SB (soon changed to 2BL). It arose from conversations between Florence Violet (Vera) McKenzie OBE (née Wallace), aka 'Violet Wallace, 'Vera Wallace' and later 'Mrs Mac' (1890-1982),[1] who owned a wireless shop in the Royal Arcade, Sydney,[2] Ron Marsden her engineer, and Maclardy. The front cover featured a photo of amateur radio activity.[3]

  1. ^ Florence Violet McKenzie http://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=16655
  2. ^ "Women and Wireless" in The Mercury, 18 March 1922, p. 14 column 3.
  3. ^ Williams, Neville (April 1992). "Vintage radio magazines: how they came and went, and transmitters BC (Before Crystals)" (PDF). Electronics Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2016.