"Shortwave Receivers Past & Present' is your comprehensive guide to over 770 shortwave receivers manufactured int he last 55 years. Tabletop (non-portable) general coverage, amateur, shortwave and specialty receivers are featured.
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Very comprehensive summary of most vintage/modern receivers,
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This review is from: Shortwave Receivers Past & Present: Communications Receivers 1942-1997 (Paperback)
Nearly 500 pages of pictures & data on most SW receivers built in North America & abroad. Contains basic specs & features, picture, descriptions, and data on when built, physical dimensions, and estimates on values. A must for collectors.
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Some receivers are missing, but you can help,
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This review is from: Shortwave Receivers Past & Present: Communications Receivers 1942-1997 (Paperback)
Yes, this is a catalog of base receivers, 1945-now. Osterman provides many useful informations, and if it may be true that some informations may not be useful to an european reader (e.g. the 'used' prices), you wil not find a so comprehensive guide elsewhere. Another book will be dedicated to portable sw radios. Osterman is not God, so many data are provided by the readers: it's the way the informations flow in the scientific communities, why not here? If you are an european reader, and you know something Osterman does not, write him. I've done so, and a new chapter in this edition was added with the informations I retrieved.
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This review is from: Shortwave Receivers Past & Present: Communications Receivers 1942-1997 (Paperback)
Fred has done an excellent job of cataloging a wide range of shortwave receivers from the early WWII "boat anchors" up through the modern integrated-circuit PLL synthesized high performance radios of the 1990s. He not only covers the usual radios such as Collins, Drake and National but also the more obscure like the beautiful Gelosos from Italy (I DROOLED over those in catalogs in the '50s).
I guarantee you this book will raise your appreciation for the radios created by the gifted engineers (and the "dogs" created by some NOT so gifted ones) - these wonderful devices not only entertain and educate us but help save lives at sea and keep our conuntries safe.
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