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| Issue | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | ||
| Vol. 1 #1 | 3/94 | "Letter of introduction" 1 pg. (reprint) $2.00 |
| Vol. 1 #2 | 4/94 | Letter from Keith Roloson, Want ads, Roster, 6 pg. (reprint) $2.00 |
| Vol. 1 #3 | 6/94 | Letters, List of Insulator Manufacturers, Story of W4fXQ Insulator, Requesting Patents, Manufacturer's Codes for Military Insulators, Roster, 12 pg. (reprint) $2.00 |
| Vol. 1 #4 | 10/94 | NIA Western Regional Convention, Philmore Manufacturing, Collecting Antenna Insulators, Patents, Roster, 8 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 1 #5 | 12/94 | Budwig Mfg. Co., How I Got Started, A Shattering Experience, Ads, Roster, 8 pg. $2.00 |
| 1995 | ||
| Vol. 2 #1 | 2/95 | Cataloging Radio Antenna Insulators Part 1, Ads, 1995 Roster, 10 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 2 #2 | 4/95 | Cataloging Radio Antenna Insulators Part 2, A Brief Look at Pyrex Insulators, Ads, 10 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 2 #3 | 6/95 | Cataloging Radio Antenna Insulators Part 3, Northwest Collectors Show and Sale, Color Page: Jim Overstreet Collection, 10 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 2 #4/5 | 8/95 | L.S. Brach Mfg. Co.: Company History, Key Dates, Check List, 17 figures (1 color), 16 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 2 #6 | 12/95 | Shell Insulators, Measuring and Cleaning Insulators, World's First Strain Swap Meet w/ Color Page, Display Suggestions, Letters, Roster update, 14 pg. $2.00 |
| 1996 | ||
| Vol. 3 #1 | 2/96 | D.C. Jenkins Glass Company, Charles F. Jacobs Adjustable Spreader Insulators, 2 color illustrations, 1996 Roster, 14 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 3 #2 | 4/96 | Brilliant Glass Company, Cataloging Radio Antenna Insulators Part 4, A Bottle Stopper Insulator, Letters, Ads, Roster update, 2 color illustrations, 14 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 3 #3 | 6/96 | Antenna Insulators from Shipwrecks including Andrea Doria and U-853, Rocket insulator, 14 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 3 #3 1/2 | NIA Show Special Issue, 1/2 page. Free with Vol. 3 #4/5. | |
| Vol. 3 #4/5 | 10/96 | M.M. Fleron & Son: Company History, Checklist, color page, over fifty illustrations, NIA 1996 Convention Report, 24 pg. $4.00 |
| Vol. 3 #6 | 12/96 | Who Made Fleron's Insulators? (History of Star Porcelain, E.H. Freeman, Cook Ceramic Mfg. Co., et al.), Twin Towers Lightning Arrester, Gray Porcelain, 16 pg. $2.00 |
| 1997 | ||
| Vol. 4 #1 | 2/97 | Lighted Rotating Insulator Display, Belknap Hardware, "Church" Insulators, NU-BLAC Update, Thanks For Asking, Twin Towers Update, 1997 Roster, 3 color illustrations, 14 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 4 #2 | 4/97 | Ball Antennas, RCA's Radio Central Station, Cleaning insulators, color cover, 16 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 4 #3 | 6/97 | Electrose Insulators, Twin Towers Lightning Arrester, List of Glass Trademarks, color cover, 16 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol. 4 #3 1/2 | Filling the Gap Insulator Swap Special Issue, 1/2 page. Free with Vol. 4 #4/5 | |
| Vol. 4 #4/5 | 10/97 | Birnbach Radio Company, Show Reports, Fakes, color page, 24 pg. $4.00 |
| Vol. 4 #6 | 12/97 | Steatite Insulators, Greene Insulators, Blue Flash Lightning Arresters, 16 pg. $2.00 |
| 1998 | ||
| Vol. 5 #1 | 2/98 | Pyrex Insulators, Roster, 14 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol 5 #2 | 4/98 | Pyrex Insulators, Show reports, color page, Star Porcelain, 16 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol 5 #3 | 6/98 | High Powered Radio Stations, Jewell Lightning Arresters, Pyrex Insulators, 16 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol 5 #3 1/2 | Show Special, 1/2 page. Free with Vol 5 #4/5 | |
| Vol 5 #4/5 | 10/98 | History of Military Antenna Insulators, Decoding Military Part Numbers, Manufactures Symbols, Show Reports, color cover, 40 pg. $4.00 |
| Vol 5 #6 | 12/98 | Airplane Antenna Insulators, Bendix Insulators, Show Reports, 16 pg. $2.00 |
| 1999 | ||
| Vol 6 #1 | 2/99 | History of Isolantite, 14 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol 6 #2 | 4/99 | Sensory Insulators and Lightning Arresters, color page, Voice of America, Show Reports, Clarksburg Glass Co., 16 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol 6 #3 | 6/99 | Pyrex Update, Mythology, Bendix Update, Fleron Update, Military Update, 14 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol 6 #4/5 | 10/99 | Pyrex Update, Birnbach Update, Show Reports, color page, 24 pg. $4.00 |
| Vol 6 #6 | 12/99 | Keystone Lightning Arresters, 16 pg. $2.00 |
| 2000 | ||
| Vol 7 #1 | 2/00 | Lapp Insulator Company, Lapp Date Codes, 34 pg. $3.00 |
| Vol 7 #2 | 4/00 | JFD Lightning Arresters, Marks Products, Show Reports, Pyrex Update, Lapp Update, 22 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol 7 #2 1/2 | 5/00 | NIA Show Special, 1/2 page, Free with Vol 7 #3. |
| Vol 7 #3 | 6/00 | Pyrex Update, Glass Lightning Arresters, Brach Update, Show Reports, color page, 16 pg. $2.00 |
| Vol 7 #4/5 | 10/00 | E F Johnson Company, Illinois Porcelain, American Lava, D M Steward Manufacturing, Wisconsin Porcelain, much more. 60 pages. $5.00 |
| Vol 7 #6 | 12/00 | Sensory update, Shinn lightning arresters, show reports, 16 pg. $2.00 |
| 2001 | ||
| Vol 8 #1 | 2/01 | Corning Pyrex strains, 52 pages. $5.00 |
The newsletter is in 8 1/2" x 11" format and illustrated throughout.
If you are interested in obtaining any back issues,
please contact the Editor; Dan Howard at .
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