The Radio Handbook 1936: Chapters Covering Shortwave Receiver Construction, by Frank C. Jones, originally published by Pacific Radio Publishing Co., San Francisco, CA, 1936. Republished by Lindsay Publications, Bradley, IL, 2007. 5½ x 8½ paperback, 70 pages. ISBN 1-55918-360-8.
Please note this book is new, not used. It is a reprint, not an original.
This reprint includes ONLY THE CHAPTERS on Shortwave Receiver Construction
Table of Contents:
- Receivers: Elements of Tuning Inductances
- Electro-magnetic and Electro-static Coupling
- ”Q“ of Resonant Circuits
- Selecting a Receiver
- Methods of Band-Spreading
- Plug-in Coils
- Wire for Coil Winding
- Coil Winding for Simple Receivers
- Tickler Winding
- The Detector in a Regenerative Autodyne
- Audio Coupling
- Audio Tubes
- Notes for Set Builders
- Simple Receivers 2-Tube “DX-ER”
- Simple Receiver With One Type 19 Tube
- Noise-Free Two-Tube Autodyne
- A-C Operated Gainer An Ideal Amateur Receiver
- Superheterodyne Receivers
- Circuit Pre-selection
- The Super-Gainer
- The “222” Receiver with Improved Crystal-Filter and BFO
- Regenerative Pre-Selector with Variable Antenna Coupling
- Dual Band 20-40 Meter Receiver
- The Perrine Superheterodyne
- Receiver Measurements
- Band Pass Crystal Filters
- Tube Symbols and Bottom Views of Socket Connections
- Characteristics of Receiving Tubes
- Characteristics of Metal Tubes