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September 7, 2002 Thanks to the Smithsonian Institution Archives Center we have nine images of the interior of the Belmar High-Power Wireless Station operation building , aka building 9004 of Camp Evans. The Archives Center has preserved the George H. Clark Radioanna Collection. Through these rooms some of the most important messages of WWI were dispatched to and from Washington and Europe. Take a look at the wireless equipment and interior long gone. All the equipment was removed by 1926 when the station was sold as obsolete. The interior was gutted for classroom and later dormatory space in 1936 for students of The Kings College.
September 6, 2002 To
honor his dad, Jack Hansen took the time to type all his dad's hand written
remembrances of his WWII days at Camp
Evans, or on assignment in Europe, the Pacific and Japan. He
sent us the information from his dad's post
WWII radar assignments.
Jack also authored a story "Without
Spare Parts" based upon his dad's special assignment to make sure there
were sufficent spare parts for radar units.
September 1, 2002 Camp Evans Group Photos... It took the efforts of thousands of men and women of all races to out-wit the Nazi and Japanese radar engineers. Take a look at American heroes who fought and defeated the Axis with electronic creativity and ingenuity at the Signal Corps Radar Laboratory - Camp Evans.
August 24, 2002 Virtual Volunteer Brian O'connell updated the Casey Kasem biography page. Casey Kasem, a 1995 National Broadcasters Hall of Fame Inductee has one of the most popular pages here.
Thanks to Deborah Klee of The Jewish State, a Camp Evans veteran was given long-over due honor. Mr. Gilbert Cantor helped develop the SCR-268 radar that was the backbone of the WWII Allied radar defense. In 1946 he was a key member of the Project Diana team, who missed the lime-light due to being away the day the "Movie-tone" cameramen and New York Times reporters came to Camp Evans. In 1953 he was personally interviewed by Senator Joe McCarthy, but was not suspended. Mr. Cantor attended numerous atomic tests as a part of the Camp Evans team that was determining the effects of nuclear blasts on electronic equipment. Read Deborah Klee's account of Mr. Cantor's oral history interview.
August 10, 2002 Another story published in the Coast Star - How the Titanic disaster changed Wall Township's history, twice. Basicly, as a result of the Titanic disaster Congress passed the Radio Act of 1912. Two parts of that Act caused changes to Wall.
August 6, 2002 Added a little story published in the Coast Star in 2001 shortly after the North Wall Little League had its first opening ceremony on its new fields built on old Area G of Camp Evans. North Wall Little League plays at site where the fate of nations was once decided
August 3, 2002 The shops of Camp Evans could make anything...and in secret. They had to, allied and American armed forces depended upon the Signal Corps for equipment that would be one step ahead of the enemy. At camp Evans they could design, develop, test, production engineer and work with industry to manufacture advanced communications and radar systems.
August 2, 2002 Thanks to hours and hours of work by Mr. Irv Bauman, Mr. Robert Johnson Jr., and Mr. Michael Ruane we have a number of oral history interviews available in our archieves and a guide here on our website. See our 'Oral History Guide' now under construction.
July 27, 2002 U.S. Gives Radar Secrets, ‘Major Reason’ of Victory This story was printed the day World War Two ended. It is an excellent overview of the major roll radar played in the Allied victory. It also predicts the future of electronics. As the Signal Corps radar laboratory Camp Evans played a fundamental roll in the "story of victory in a laboratory race against the enemy".
July 9, 2002 Professor Johnson's series of Oral Histories:An
Oral History of African-Americans and the Development of Radar Defense
Technology at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 1940-1959 was the featured
topic on 
,
an internet radio talk program which is an offering of 
at http://www.tbwt.com. After July
10, 2002 the 15 minute program will be available for listening over the
internet. Thanks to Ms. Michelle Denise Wilson for inviting Infoage
and Professor Johnson to the Digital Journey. Anyone wishing to help
Professor Johnson complete the professional voice-overs and editing of
the 45 minute video please make your check out to "Infoage - No Short Climb".
Mail the check to Infoage, 2201 Marconi Road Wall, NJ 07719. Help
bring this inspiring story to a larger audience via video. Infoage holds
a 501 (c) 3 certificate, your donations are tax deductable, as allowed
by law. We have updated Professor Johnson's 'African-American
History at Camp Evans' page with links to additional onsite resources.
We are pleased to note that during February 2002, Black-History Month,
this page recorded over 10,000 visits. I bet we helped alot of kids
do their Social Studies homework in February.
July 5, 2002 The CAMP EVANS HISTORIC DISTRICT APPLICATION FOR OBTAINING REAL PROPERTY FOR HISTORIC MONUMENT PURPOSES is here for your review. The application was approved by the National Park Service in April 2002, we are waiting for the Department of the Army to accept the application, then to transfer the Historic District to Wall Township for the express use of Infoage to develop the Infoage Science-History Center at Camp Evans. This application was a ton of work...all done by volunteers!!
June 25, 2002 A picture is worth a thousand words - The National Archives has many of photos from Camp Evans, we have a dozen or more here for you to view.
June 23, 2002 Starting in 1963 the Army Photo-Optics Laboratory was located in building 9037. An AFCEA article supplied to Infoage by Mr. Irv Bauman describes important mobile intelligence equipment developed by his team and fielded in Vietnam. Read Eagles' Eyes For The Infantry - Army June 1969 by James H. Hoque.
April 5, 2002 Updated McCarthy Communist Witch Hunt page with photos of the Senator at Camp Evans on October 20, 1953. Photos found at National Archives.
December 2, 2001 Radar units designed by the Camp Evans engineers
spot the enemy planes attacking Pearl Harbor...
November 22, 2001 
In 1914-1925 timeframe postcards were
published of the Marconi Station and The King's College in 1938.
Take a look!
November 7, 2001 In 1914 Mr. Edward Henderson of Glendola, NJ took photos of the entire Belmar Marconi Station from Shark River Hills and the 400 foot antennas from various views. We added some recent photos for comparison. The glass negatives cost 11cents to develop in 1914...today we are greatfull Mr. Henderson preserved long gone views.
November 1, 2001 Anyone ever tell you about the nuclear laboratory (the blue glow) at Camp Evans...Building 9401 was the Army Dosimetry Laboratory
October 27, 2001 Camp Evans is a work site for "MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY" and what a difference our volunteers made at the Wireless Station Manager's Residence.
September 7, 2001
Read a personal account of life at the station in the 1920's.
THE
BELMAR DAYS"Belmar!
It is a sweet and euphonious name. A pile of
money went up the flue there, technical reputations were lost and gained,
there were heartbreaks private and corporate, and now there is silence..."
Want a great job with a future? Become
a wireless operator at a Marconi High-Powered station. -- "The
Wireless Operator's Future"
September 2, 2001
ADDED THE
SIGNAL CORPS DEVELOPMENT of U.S. ARMY RADAR EQUIPMENT, PART 1, Early Research
and Development - 1918 - 1937, by
H. M. DAVIS, 1st Lt., Signal Corps, March 1943 CONFIDENTIAL
DECLASSIFIED
DOD DIR5200.9 1972
This extensive work (69
pages and 31 illustrations) tells the story
of the team of Signal Corps engineers under the technical leadership
of Major William R. Blair developed Army radar. Without their
pioneering work the United States would not have been ready to fight the
RADAR war. Major Blair was awarded the patent for radar development
after the war.
August 29, 2001
Camp Evans radar engineers under
direction of E. King Stodola develop and test special anti-Kamikaze
radar for the planned invasion of mainland Japan.
August 27, 2001
We have a photo gallery
page with 32 Project Diana Photos in the works... we will add captions
soon.
Plus updates to Project Diana
page and a new (May 1946) article
-- A DX Record: To the Moon and Back, How the
Moon-Radar Feat was Accomplished, BY HERBERT KAUFFMAN, W20QU
August 7, 2001
Thanks to Mr. James Stewart
we have added more technical information of the Marconi High Power Stations.
Camp Evans began as the Belmar Marconi Station. The Source is Elmer
E. Bucher's - Practical Wireless Telegraphy
- A Complete Text Book for Students of Radio Communication. Published
1917 - 1920+. You will see photos of the Hawaii, New Jersey and Wales
Stations. Also the Tubular Mast erection methods are described.
June 24, 2001
Bob Buus and Bernie
Ricciardi, gave many hours of their time to preserve the broadcasts of
their friend Philip Petersen. The collection has 86 broadcasts on
amateur radio history preserved here for your enjoyment. Read the
FORWARD
or go to the INDEX to pick any story .
June 2, 2001
SECRET
MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT FOR AUGUST 1943 (DECLASSIFIED)
See
the list of 1943 secret radar projects and list of Camp Evans Officers....
April 14, 2001
Thanks to a generous gift from the New Jersey
Broadcasters Association the National Broadcasters Hall
of Fame will be returning to New Jersey for revitalization and display
at Infoage at Camp Evans...Official Press
Announcement Soon!!
March 31, 2001
Samuel L. Stine
was interviewed by John Harnes of the Asbury Park Press. Mr.
Stine was involved with Camp Evans from its beginning until its closure.
He is an excellent resource on radar, meteorology, enemy equipment analysis
and other projects during WWII and later.
March 20, 2001
AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE
AT CAMP EVANS - Thanks
to the work of Professor Robert Johnson of Framingham
College, the resourcefulness, productivity, and patriotism of persons
of African American heritage at WWII Camp Evans is recorded for intrepretation.
This series of oral histories conducted in the early 1990s gives
first hand accounts of achievement inspite of the racial injustice of the
time. Professor Johnson is currently working on a video intreprtation
of these interviews titled - No Short Climb.
Professor
Johnson kindly provided copies to Infoage and the IEEE History Center for
review and comments. It is an excellent work, it will inspire
you and make you angry over the treatment afforded the Camp Evans engineers.
January 1, 2001
Artist held an era's attention.
By Jon Blackwell, Guest writer, Asbury Park Press, Page B1 Why
a story about an artist? Artist John Held Jr. served his country
during WWII at Camp Evans as a radar illustrator. Radar Operators
in the field of battle needed good manuals. Good illustrations were key.
In 1920 Elmer E. Bucher described how the Marconi aerial system worked and the circuits in his world-wide wireless network.
December 27, 2000
E. Hunter of Wimington, NC sent
us the 1964 Popular Electronics story ... THE
SECRET TUBE THAT CHANGED THE WAR
A step in the BRAC process was to determine if the BRAC
site had any historical value. In 1996 Geo-Marine, Inc. prepared
under contract the
"EVALUATION OF SELECTED CULTURAL RESOURCES AT FORT MONMOUTH,
NEW JERSEY: CONTEXT FOR COLD WAR ERA, REVISION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES DOCUMENTATION,
AND SURVEY OF EVANS AREA AND SECTIONS OF CAMP CHARLES WOOD". Some
title...the short form is 'Cultural Resources
Report - 1996'. Researchers Mary Beth Reed and Mark Swanson of
New South Associates did excellent research into the history of Camp
Evans.
William S. Wood worked at Camp Evans from 1942 until he retired. Check out his V-2 photos and his 1955 digital computer development project
November 4, 2000
This extensive article tells ths story of the Signal Corps contributions to space exploration. Before the creation of NASA, the U.S. Army was developing technology to explore space for communications. If you want to know about space exploration before NASA and during the early days of NASA read this.
Updated Project Diana page with a link to a 1958 childrens book by Jack Gould. This "allabout books" series book tells the story of Project Diana in Chapter 17.
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