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

by 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: 9.7 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #136,428 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	S. Johnson (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	D. Gebo (usa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very good book , February 17, 2008

By	R. Riddle - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is just what I needed, just getting started in tube radio repair. It covers basic radio funamentals and electronics, in an easy to read and understand format. Even though it only covers one peticular radio, I feel I can apply it to any other radio. I recommend it to anyone with moderate electronic background.