Amateur radio is a scientific hobby, a means of gaining personal skill in the fascinating art of electronics and an opportunity to communicate with fellow citizens by private short-wave radio. Scattered over the globe are over 350,000 amateur radio operators who perform a service defined in international law as one of "self-training, intercommunication and technical investigations carried on by... duly authorized persons interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest." The Radio Amateur's Handbook has been a mainstay of the American Radio Relay League's program to provide its member-amateurs with an up-to-date, practical training and reference material. This book covers: The Amateur's Code; Electrical Laws and Circuits; Receiving Systems; Code Transmission; Power Supplies; Antennas; Wave Propagation; Construction Practices; Assembling a Station; and, much much more.
