I suspect the world would be better if that percentage were even greater.
Crystal Sets to Sideband, by Frank W. Harris
I was trying to remember where I had seen this excellent online book, and finally found the link that lead me to it. Archived here for posterity. Frank tries to never buy radios, but literally build his entire station. This isn’t to save money, it’s to foster an understanding of how things work in a way that a single individual can master. It’s a great way to think about amateur radio. Check it out, lots good inside.
Book Copyright c 2006, Frank W. Harris / HTML and PDF assembly Copyright c 2006 AmSoft.
Comment from Barrie Gilbert
Time 3/27/2014 at 11:30 am
I just wanted to say that, after stumbling on Frank Harris’ book on-line, I felt the urge to e-mail him to congratulate him on a great piece of honest writing – the high times and the down times come roaring through the text with tremendous effect and value to the new hams and the old geeks like myself. I’m not ACTUALLY a ham, but an avid supporter of my dear wife, Alicia, aka WB9LAD.
If you could let Frank know I’d like to contact him, I’d be very grateful.
Barrie Gilbert – Inventor of the “Gilbert Mixer”
Life Fellow IEEE, First Fellow Analog Devices
Member of the US Academy of Engineering
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PS. I had awful trouble with the “Mathematical Challenge gate” that checks whether a contributor is a real person or an idle robot. Please make it easier.