The Radio Amateur's Handbook (1936) [pdf]

jhallenworld · on Oct 11, 2015

I love that ads in the back. In particular, look at page 446: HRO receiver from National. This radio was picked up by the military for world war II and remained in production for 29 years:

http://www.cryptomuseum.com/df/hro/ http://www.radioblvd.com/National%20HRO.htm

kyledrake · on Oct 11, 2015

A new version of the ARRL Handbook is published every year. It's a staple book to have on your shelf if you do any radio electronics work.

I never did HAM radio, but when I was in school I ran a pirate radio station (with a transmitter I designed), and I pulled that book out pretty often.

privong · on Oct 11, 2015

> A new version of the ARRL Handbook is published every year. It's a staple book to have on your shelf if you do any radio electronics work.

Yea, there's often lots of great projects in there. I still have a mid-90s book kicking around and have been meaning to build that 5 GHz 10 mbit/s wireless link. Some day...

> I never did HAM radio

Just a note – "ham" isn't an acronym and so shouldn't be in all caps, like one wouldn't write "AMATEUR radio". "Ham" in this instance is derived from "ham-fisted" operators[0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio