The Radio Amateur's Hand Book

About this eBook

Author

Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick), 1869-1952

Title

The Radio Amateur's Hand Book A Complete, Authentic and Informative Work on Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony

Credits

Produced by Alan Millar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering

Subject

Telegraph, Wireless

Category

Text

eBook-No.

6935

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6935

Release Date

November 19, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE RADIO AMATEUR'S HAND BOOK
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.CONTENTS — I. HOW TO BEGIN WIRELESS — II. PUTTING UP YOUR AERIAL — III. SIMPLE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE RECEIVING SETS — IV. SIMPLE TELEGRAPH SENDING SETS — V. ELECTRICITY SIMPLY EXPLAINED — VI. HOW THE TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SETS WORK — VII. MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL TUNING — VIII. A SIMPLE VACUUM TUBE DETECTOR RECEIVING SET — IX. VACUUM TUBE AMPLIFIER RECEIVING SETS — X. REGENERATIVE AMPLIFICATION RECEIVING SETS — XI. SHORT WAVE REGENERATIVE RECEIVING SETS — XII. INTERMEDIATE AND LONG WAVE REGENERATIVE RECEIVING SETS — XIII. HETERODYNE OR BEAT LONG WAVE TELEGRAPH RECEIVING SET — XIV. HEADPHONES AND LOUD SPEAKERS — XV. OPERATION OF VACUUM TUBE RECEPTORS — XVI. CONTINUOUS WAVE TELEGRAPH TRANSMITTING SETS WITH DIRECT CURRENT — XVII. CONTINUOUS WAVE TELEGRAPH TRANSMITTING SETS WITH ALTERNATING CURRENT — XVIII. WIRELESS TELEPHONE TRANSMITTING SETS WITH DIRECT AND ALTERNATING CURRENTS — XIX. THE OPERATION OF VACUUM TUBE TRANSMITTERS — XX. HOW TO MAKE A RECEIVING SET FOR $5.00 OR LESS. — APPENDIX
4. 4.LIST OF FIGURES
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.CHAPTER I — HOW TO BEGIN WIRELESS
7. 7.CHAPTER II — PUTTING UP YOUR AERIAL
8. 8.CHAPTER III — SIMPLE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE RECEIVING SETS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — SIMPLE TELEGRAPH SENDING SETS
10. 10.CHAPTER V — ELECTRICITY SIMPLY EXPLAINED
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — HOW THE TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SETS WORK
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL TUNING
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — A SIMPLE VACUUM TUBE DETECTOR RECEIVING SET
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — VACUUM TUBE AMPLIFIER RECEIVING SETS
15. 15.CHAPTER X — REGENERATIVE AMPLIFICATION RECEIVING SETS
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — SHORT WAVE REGENERATIVE RECEIVING SETS
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — INTERMEDIATE AND LONG WAVE REGENERATIVE RECEIVING SETS — TABLE OF CHARACTERISTICS OF HONEYCOMB COILS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — HETERODYNE OR BEAT LONG WAVE TELEGRAPH RECEIVING SET
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — HEADPHONES AND LOUD SPEAKERS
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — OPERATION OF VACUUM TUBE RECEPTORS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — CONTINUOUS WAVE TELEGRAPH TRANSMITTING SETS WITH DIRECT CURRENT
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — CONTINUOUS WAVE TELEGRAPH TRANSMITTING SETS WITH ALTERNATING CURRENT
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — WIRELESS TELEPHONE TRANSMITTING SETS WITH DIRECT AND ALTERNATING CURRENTS
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — THE OPERATION OF VACUUM TUBE TRANSMITTERS
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — HOW TO MAKE A RECEIVING SET FOR $5.00 OR LESS
26. 26.APPENDIX — USEFUL INFORMATION — ABBREVIATIONS OF UNITS — PREFIXES USED WITH METRIC SYSTEM UNITS — SYMBOLS USED FOR VARIOUS QUANTITIES — TABLE OF ENAMELED WIRE — TABLE OF FREQUENCY AND WAVE LENGTHS — PRONUNCIATION OF GREEK LETTERS — TABLE OF SPARKING DISTANCES — FEET PER POUND OF INSULATED MAGNET WIRE — INTERNATIONAL MORSE CODE AND CONVENTIONAL SIGNALS — INTERNATIONAL RADIOTELEGRAPHIC CONVENTION — Symbols Used For Apparatus — DEFINITIONS OF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC UNITS — WIRELESS BOOKS — Manufacturers and Dealers in Wireless Apparatus and Supplies: — ABBREVIATIONS OF COMMON TERMS
27. 27.GLOSSARY
28. 28.WIRELESS DON'TS — AERIAL WIRE DON'TS — TRANSMITTING DON'TS — RECEIVING DON'TS — STORAGE BATTERY DON'TS — EXTRA DON'TS — THE END.

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