The Library contains lots of technical papers; photos; historical documents and lots of practical information that you can download. They are provided to help members with their hobby.
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Great for Beginners! (Published: August 1963)
Continues from Part 1 (above)
Collection of datasheets from hundreds of valves
Datasheet for popular valve 6V6 and its equivalents
A Beginners Course in 27 Lessons - By F.J. Camm - 1956
An alphabetically arranged list of Australian radio models by manufacturer and year - Published by AORSM
A collection of Jan. 1972 newspaper ads for Philips valves; capacitors etc.
By Edwin P. Anderson - Published by Theo Audel & Co, New York. 5th Edition, 1945 (Complete book)
J. Barton Hoag Ph.D. - 5th Edition - Published 1942 (Complete book)
The Notebook (No. 1) Boonton Radio Corporation - A discussion of the physical concepts underlying a familiar and useful, but not always fully appreciated quantity....the "Quality Factor", or The Q Standard (Early 1954)
The Notebook (No. 2) Boonton Radio Corporation - A discussion of a number of interesting engineering problems in the development of a completely self-contained instrument for measuring impedence at very high frequencies - By John Mennie (1954)
The Notebook (No. 3) Boonton Radio Corporation - Article by W. Cullen Moore - Published October 1954
By Eric Stenberg. Part 1 (of a 2-part series) of practical hints; techniques and photos for restoring wooden console and mantle radio cabinets.
By Eric Stenberg. Part 2 (of a 2-part series) of practical hints; techniques and photos for restoring wooden console and mantle radio cabinets.
An article by Wes Hayward in 2007. Building a “Zero Power Receiver (ZPR) - a circuit that would receive the
AM broadcast band while using no external power. NOT a crystal set but a ZPR.
Diagrams and plans for building 12 different models of crystal set radios - from 1957