WB6FZH Classic & Military Radio Book Recommendations
Greg's Favorite Radio Books
Classic Radio Equipment References
- Communications Receivers: The Vacuum Tube Era, 4th Edition
(Raymond Moore)
- Transmitters, Exciters and Power Amplifiers (Raymond Moore)
- Shortwave Receivers Past and Present (Dave Osterman)
- Tube Type Transmitters (Eugene Rippen)
- Crystal Clear Volume 1 & 2 (Maurice L. Sievers)Crystal Sets Only
Picture Books on Specific Types or Manufacturer's Radios
- Radios by Hallicrafters (Chuck Dachis)
- Heathkit: A Guide to the Amateur Radio Products (Chuck Penson)
- The Zenith Trans-Oceanic: Royalty of Radios (John H. Bryant &
Harold N. Cones)
- CQ Magazine Classic Radio Calendars- Great Pictures
Vacuum Tube Specifications & Information
- RCA Transmitting Tubes/Tech Manual TT-5 (Reprinted By Antique Radio
Supply, Tempe, AZ)
- Essential Characteristics:Receiving Tubes (General Electric '73)
- Saga of the Vacuum Tube (Gerald F.J. Tyne)- MORE than you wanted to
know about tubes.
- Radio Amateur's Handbooks (ARRL)- Technical Tables in Back of Book
- RCA Receiving Tube Manual (RCA)
WB6FZH's Favorite Books on Radio
- A Flick of The Switch 1930-1950 (Morgan E. McMahon) Reprinted by Antique
Radio Supply, Tempe,AZ
- Radio For Everybody (Scientific American-1922) Early Radio- Great
Crystal Set Diagram
- The Wireless Man: His Work and Adventures on Land and Sea (Francis A.
Collins-1921)
- The Radio Boys Series(Gerald Breckenridge or Allen Chapman-1920s)
- From High Seas to Low Comedy: Memoirs of Radio Man (Monroe Upton-1984)
- Audels Radiomans Guide Series- 1930s-60s
- 1927 Radio Encyclpedia (Sidney Gernsback-1927/Reprints availiable)
- Radio Physics Course (Alfred Ghirardi)
- Principles of Radio (Kieth Henny-1940s+ Ed)- Great Book
- Radio Engineering (Frederick E. Terman-1950s+)- Great Book
- The Principles Underlying Radio Communications (Signal Corps U.S.Army
1922)
- Electronic Communication (Robert Schrader-W6BNB-1959+)- Great Book
- Practical Radio Telegraphy (A.Nilson & J. Hornung-1928)
- The Boy's First Book of Radio & Electronics (Alfred Morgan-1954)- I read
this book 1958
- Letters of a Radio-Engineer to his son(J.Mills-1922)
- Elements of Radio (Marcus & Marcus)
- Radio Handbook (International Correspondence Schools-1923)
- Electronics Made Simple (Henry Jacobowitz-1958)- I did yardwork to buy
this book in 1959
- Radio's Conquest of Space (Donald McNicol-1946) Early Radio
- Empire of The Air (Tom Lewis)- T.V. Documentary Based on this Book
Last Updated: June 20, 1998
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