Most people that show an interest in amateur radio and shortwave listening are very curious about the methods required to conduct electronic communications, be it wire or wireless. And, they realize that "knowledge is power."
From conversations via E-mail, paper mail and on-the-air exchanges we are routinely armed with reports of the most talked about publications.
Thus, here we will list a compilation of the most popular held books among our amateur radio and SWL communities as well as those recommended by various respected educators.
Top Picks to Excite the Mind:
Beginner's Handbook of Amateur Radio - by Clay Laster
All About Ham Radio - by Harry Helms
1999 Passport to World Band Radio - by Lawrence Magne
Passport to Web Radio - by David Walcutt
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes - by Gary Belsky & Tom Gilovich
How to Live Without Electricity - And Like It! - by Anita Evangelista
The Complete Shortwave Listener's Handbook - by Andrew Yoder
The Innovator's Dilemma - by Clayton Christensen
Protein Power: The Metabolic Breakthrough - Michael & Mary Eades
The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America - by Phillip Howard
The Electronic Day Trader - by Marc Friedfertig, George West & George Piecznik
The Beam Antenna Handbook - by William Orr & Stuart Cowan
Power Supplies, Switching Regulators, Inverters and Converters - by Irving Gottlieb
World Radio TV Handbook - by David Bobbett
Video: Empire of the Air - The Men Who Made Radio (5 stars)
Video: Radio - Out of Thin Air
Video: Marconi - A Biography
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Cubic Communications, former manufacturer of both Swan and Cubic amateur radio equipment, has authorized Jim Singleton Publications (formerly Brock Publications) to produce Instruction and Operating Manuals associated with all Swan and Cubic amateur radio communications equipment and accessories. In recent years, Atlas and Siltronix Radio manuals have been added to the list of available publications.
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