BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//California Historical Radio Society - ECPv6.16.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:California Historical Radio Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://californiahistoricalradio.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for California Historical Radio Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240914T180000 DTSTAMP:20260603T191247 CREATED:20260126T221623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T221623Z UID:10000820-1726311600-1726336800@californiahistoricalradio.com SUMMARY:SFAF hosts Michael Fremer at CHRS DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco Audiophile Foundation will be hosting speaker Michael Fremer at CHRS for two sessions\, 10-1 and 2-5.  Come be entertained by the most famous name in the vinyl and turntable review world.  There will be a fee associated with this event. \nFrom SFAF: \n \nMichael Fremer is back and he’s Mad!  \n\nSaturday\, September 14\, 2024\nTwo Sessions: Morning 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM & Afternoon 2:00 PM unitl 5:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)\n \nDon’t miss our new bonus and exclusive offers listed below\n\n\n\nMad about vinyl that is… It’s been a few years since Michael’s last visit\, so we have a lot to catch up on. Micheal is currently the editor of The Tracking Angle and editor at large at The Absolute Sound. He has been a champion of vinyl since the beginning of time. He is one of the world’s foremost experts on analog playback. Fremer has also been a professional comedian\, a voice actor (Animalympics\, Felix the Cat: The Movie)\, and supervised the Academy Award-nominated soundtrack to Tron.\n\nHe can now add record producer to his CV. He and co-producer Robin Wyatt have released Rufus Reid Presents Caelan Cardello. He’s now working on his second album. This album is in collaboration with Patrick Leanard called “It All Comes Down to Mood” featuring Tony Levin on bass\, with Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre on guitar & Ian Anderson on flute. It’s mixed by Kevin Killen (U2 etc.). Patrick co- produced “Amused to Death” with Roger Waters. Michael will be bringing a pre-release copy to play for us.\n\nMichael is famous for his candor and is open to any and all questions. He always brings some special sonic treats and unique and eye-opening stories.\n\nSpecial Bonus for All Attendees: First access to purchase records from the recently donated KFOG record collection\n\nWe have been organizing the amazing collection of records that have been donated to the Audiophile Foundation.  We will present the first curated selection for purchase at reasonable prices at the event.  There will be some high quality pressings and unique offerings available. \nExclusive Offer for Non-Members!\n\n\nRegister for this event and receive a FREE 12-month Audiophile Foundation membership! \nHere’s what you’ll get:\n– Full access to our website and forums\n– Exclusive discounts from Manufacturers\n– Receive discounts for Foundation events\n– Connect with other members of our community \nHow it works:\n1. Register for the event\n2. Receive a unique coupon code\n3. Redeem your code for a free one-year membership \nDon’t miss out! Explore our Membership Benefits page for more perks. \nImportant Details: \n\nThis offer valid for new members only\nCoupon codes are non-transferable\nCoupon codes will be sent via email after September 14\, 2024\nCoupons must be redeemed by October 14\, 2024\n\n\n\n\nThis is a not to be missed event. There are morning and evening sessions available.\n\nMorning Session Sign Up\nAfternoon Session Sign Up\n\n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window)\n Mastodon\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp URL:https://californiahistoricalradio.com/event/sfaf-hosts-michael-fremer-at-chrs/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240920T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240920T200000 DTSTAMP:20260603T191247 CREATED:20260126T221623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T221623Z UID:10000819-1726855200-1726862400@californiahistoricalradio.com SUMMARY:Cracking the Enigma: The Secret Battlefield of WW2 DESCRIPTION:Description of talk: \nWW1 was the first war to use radio\, which was an enormous advantage on the battlefield. But the weakness of existing manual ciphers meant every country now had their secret messages broken by the enemy! This vulnerability was the driving force for the invention of more advanced machine ciphers and was the beginning of crypto warfare. The Enigma machine was invented during this time and was the first cipher device to use electricity. So\, radio was directly responsible for the resulting explosion of crypto warfare\, which continues to this day. \n  \nThe Nazis used the Enigma in WW2 and had the utmost confidence in the secrecy of their messages\, despite evidence of enemy codebreaking. The story of Allied codebreaking during WW2 is a story of innovation\, intrigue\, and deception. The success of cracking the Enigma was kept secret for 41 years\, until 1974\, despite tens of thousands of people working on the effort in the UK and US. This secrecy is especially incredible for us living in the age of the internet\, WikiLeaks\, and Edward Snowden. Over 35\,000 Enigma machines were manufactured\, but only 400 exist today. \nRalph Simpson Bio: \nRalph Simpson worked in the computer industry for 32 years\, working for IBM and Cisco Systems. He started as a systems engineer for large mainframe computers and held a variety of technical and management roles\, including authoring an IBM Technical Manual on redundant systems.  He retired as Senior Director for Service Strategy at Cisco Systems\, with responsibility for 2\,500 engineers. \n  \nRalph is now retired and volunteers at History San Jose and the Computer History Museum. He wrote a book on cipher history called\, Crypto Wars: 2000 Years of Cipher Evolution. He is also an avid collector of cipher machines\, which you can see on his website\, CipherHistory.com.  \nAuthentic and working German Enigma machine from 1941 & Ralph Simpson in his “home museum” \n \nRSVP here!!\n\n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window)\n Mastodon\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp URL:https://californiahistoricalradio.com/event/cracking-the-enigma-the-secret-battlefield-of-ww2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240929T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240929T180000 DTSTAMP:20260603T191247 CREATED:20260126T221623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T221623Z UID:10000818-1727622000-1727632800@californiahistoricalradio.com SUMMARY:CHRS at West Is Best DESCRIPTION:CHRS will be at the West is Best Alameda event.  Contact Kim Brickman to volunteer. \nkim@chrsradio.org \nhttps://www.westalamedabusiness.com/west-is-best \n\n Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)\n Email\n \n Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n Facebook\n \n Share on X (Opens in new window)\n X\n \n Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)\n Bluesky\n \n Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window)\n Mastodon\n \n Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)\n WhatsApp URL:https://californiahistoricalradio.com/event/chrs-at-west-is-best/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR