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2009/01/16Report of Visiting the broadcasting Museum [Jing-yu Hsu]

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Participants:
Advising teachers: Director Hsun-de Cho, Mr. Bao-chia (teacher) Wu, Teacher Wei-chun Chang
Volunteers: Da-sheng Lin, Bao-chian Tzeng, Chun-ling Hsiao
Students: Ting-wei Hsu, Min-ching Hsieh, Ya-jun Hsu, Rong-cheng Liu, Hsin-ju Hsu, Tze-qi Lin, Hong-yu Hsu, Jun-hsian Hsu, Wei-wen Hsu, Jing-yu Hsu

        We went to Minhsiung, Chiayi to visit theNational Radio Museum. Once we got to the place, we went inside immediately. First, we saw an introduction video. After that, our chief asked Ms. Liu to be our guide for touring the museum. First, we saw a plate and then a model. After that, we went to the 2^nd floor. I recorded a lot of things on the staircase, such as Marconi, an Italian, discovered radio inLondon; De Forest, a Canadian, was experimenting with creating a broadcasting station atPittsburg,USA, and also the first broadcast of TBS, among other things. Next, there was a small door on the 2^nd floor and we went in to visit. Our guide told us that the Central Station was built by the Japanese and it was approximately 206 meters, which was over 70 floors in height! We almost couldn’t see its top. Later, the guide told us that BCC was 81 years old (almost a century old)! We went to another small house and we saw that there were 13 language programs, including Mandarin, Russian, Taiwanese dialect, Hakkam etc. I even saw the bullet hole on the door of the power generator! There is a bullet hole next to the power generator. Our guide said that it was left during WWII. We even saw the vinyl records of old, which became antiques! We also saw small vacuum tubes. Time passed fast and we told the guide goodbye and then took some photos and ended our journey.  

Photo: Jing-yu Hsu pointed at the bullet hole and says: “this was left during WWII.”

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2009/01/16Report of Visiting the broadcasting Museum [Jun-hsian Hsu]

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 There’s a bomb shelter for Minhsiung Station. During wars, the radio stations were bombed first in order to prevent important information to be transmitted. There are some broadcasting equipments inside the bomb shelter. Vacuum tube is the equipment for magnifying the sound. I was surprised to see bullet marks on some equipment. Minhsiung Station wasn’t part of BCC but part of Radio Taiwan International. There were many used equipment at Minhsiung Station, which became today’sNational Radio Museum.  There are 3 branches for Radio Taiwan International: 1)Taipei; 2) Chiayi, which was the place we visited; 3)Kaohsiung. There was only one main station and two branch stations but the range of radio wave was broad, which can be transmitted toChina and even all over the world. Radio waves are quite powerful!

Photo: Count! How many antenna towers are there tower? What’s the difference between them?

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2009/01/16  Report of Visiting the broadcasting Museum [Hsin-ju Hsu]

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National Radio Museum used to be the “Minhsiung Transmitter Station”. The equipment inside was left over from the Japanese colonial era. There were some bullet holes on them. In addition of the transmitter room, two T-shaped towers, 206 meters each (approximately 70 floors high), were build. Those towers became the preeminent land mark at Minhsiung for their impressive and imposing external appearance. Today’s radio broadcasting equipment is quite convenient to use. Antique equipment is usable but they take up a lot of room and they’re complicated to use. Today, they’re used for display purpose and well are maintained because they’re national treasure.

Photo: The equipment insideNational Radio Museum has been left over from the Japanese colonial era. Today, they’re used for display purpose and well are maintained because they’re national treasure
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