The All-American Five Radio: Understanding and Restoring Transformerless Radios of the 1940'S, 50'S, and 60's [Paperback]

Richard McWhorter (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Sonoran Pub (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886606196
• ISBN-13: 978-1886606197
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 6.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,970 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little primer, August 21, 2005

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S. Johnson (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The All-American Five Radio: Understanding and Restoring Transformerless Radios of the 1940'S, 50'S, and 60's (Paperback)

Where was this book when I got started?!! Probably the best "first book" for anyone interested in repairing old radios--or just learning about how they work. The book is limited to the All American 5 Superhet radio just as the title says and therefore is highly focused on these radios which make up the bulk of the vintage radios out there today. Too many books try to discuss every old radio type from old TRFs to multi-band consoles and become very tedious and often too general for anything but entertainment. This book gives you just what you need to know (and no more) to get an old AA5 radio to work. You don't get bogged down in complex theory and useless details and history. With this book, a dead AA5 radio, and just a few tools which the author lists, almost anyone with any kind of mechanical ability can have that radio working in no time. Of course much of what you will have learned in this book can be applied to more complex radios as well, since all superhets operate in basically the same way.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Needs Professional Proof reading., November 19, 2007

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This review is from: The All-American Five Radio: Understanding and Restoring Transformerless Radios of the 1940'S, 50'S, and 60's (Paperback)

Just received 'The All-American Five Radio'.
This book is riddled with Typos, not just missing a letter here or there,
but calling the term Pi...pie, calling a Sine wave...a Sign wave, etc.
In the very first chapter there is an equation demonstrating Ohms Law,
the answer given is wrong. The book gives the answer 135 by multiplication, the answer is 60 by Division! The equation just below it has the right answer but the fraction has the values in the wrong position. This on just a brief look at the book so far. Many of the definitions in the back are bad or just plain wrong. Not sure what to trust in this book. The concept is good; could have been better written for a learning manual, especially about electric and Radio. My personal opinion is that anyone giving this book a top five star rating just doesn't get it or they are associated with book somehow,,,this is suppose to be a how to learning manual, understand?

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basic Informative Stuff, March 23, 2009

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Martin Harris (Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The All-American Five Radio: Understanding and Restoring Transformerless Radios of the 1940'S, 50'S, and 60's (Paperback)

This book has a lot of detailed information for anyone interested in restoring All American 5 or 6 Radios. You will need a little knowledge of electronics to fully utilize this information however. This book is likely not for beginners. This book is however a good addition to your bookshelf if you are interested in the history of Radio and in particular Tube radio.
Some errors in spelling and a few mistakes but there is a addendum to correct most of those. For the money invested this book is a good value if you are looking for information.