My name is Aimé Salles. I am one of the last generation of radio engineers who were trained in technology using both tubes and transistors. However, I never got to handle these components except as a hobby. In 1969 I gratuated in radio electronics and through job projects, I have keenly followed each technological advance such as IC logic, microprocessors and computers. As someone for whom the history of technology has always been a passion, I have often resented the lack of interest and pride that French firms all too often display towards their own technical history. They tend to overlook the fact that fresh progress can stem from those small steps forwards and backwards that have led us to today’s achievements. When I turned 30, feeling somewhat nostalgic, I went down into the basement and brought back up the RU 93 radio receiver with which, as a teenager, I had listened to distant voices emerging from the static, therefore triggering my professional vocation. This move was to be the first step in never-ending quest to collect as many radio sets as possible. As a collector (I gave it up to the relief of my family), I realized that these sets might no longer serve as testimony to the inventiveness of those who went before us, in so far as cultural clues would no longer be there to make them understandable to the current generation. The IRMA project was not born not only of this observation but also from encounters with other enthusiasts who shared my ideas and who embarked with me on this collective journey. For want of someone better, I’ve been made head of the Project . When I look at the huge amount of work to be done, I’m not sure that I want to thank them ....
The Head of the Project
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