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1 RADIOA Beginner's Guide 'NamIs rota universally appreciatedtom. MIL as Me author Says it has becomean acuatabko description of the woad ofamateur redo, which today has a wide andgrowing following.$ arecontenttoacquit* ortkopthent salable forlistening purposes only wutreas others atenot sateied untilthey have obtained theresources needed f or making their own their book explainsin simple terms something of the technic-alities of the sulkiest and the 'Language' ofamateur radio communication. No attemptmade to cover all tho technical moundalready covered adertuoalY by merry butit does deal With ,end math., equipment: its Installation andaintenance:the meat.

2 Ofamateurstations:callsigns;amateur transmitunglicences (with the syllabus of the Ministry ofPoste and Telecommunications examinationincludedInan Appendix)end AmateurRamo Call Signs. Transmitting by moans ofspeech and the Mcoo Code am also de-scribed Watling is already well known inhisbooks lot his clear exposition of the subjectof radio for beginners and once again no MsIllustrated his work with a whole tango ofdtawinga which will holy to stuffy manyaspects of the subtock. This is the ideal booklot anyone who wishes to master tho intricecina of amateur radio b100dCOStina and toundenstard fullyha subfoct without thefaunally of bacorning an expertin thetheory of tad.

3 And radio 0 TIN 1893 8 netHAM RADIOA Beginner's GUIDEWell. and IIIsuiratedR. H. 1 VARRINGJLqPLUTTERWORTH PRESSOUILDVORD AND LONDONwyLswin, I, balks. oft 1 Raj, WORLD 07 AAAAARADIOT. TILE SNORT WAVE L17711 NRg. geLsoahrur (moan)9,L. TR/MERIT."4, IN 170R11 army. AAAAAA NO At1 AMATEUR ETATICWAPE,NET, Tantammema" ,5, anmo CALL 111111N11551,48 LIST OF TABLES1. Use of Additional Receiver Sections2. Use of Controls3. Reception of SuppressedSignals4. Likely QSL's of Interest (Received in ) Variable Classes of Amplifiers707. Power Amplifiers-Typical Operating Conditions7,8. Typical PbFilter Component Values729. Typical Equivalent Noise Resistance Values of Valves86so.

4 Ralf -Wave Revenant Aerial Lengths14t. Amateur Frequency Bands[32 INTRODUCTIONrr HAT alit book is titled as a Guide to 'tramn tcall. for an1 immediate apology. The established amateur radio enthusiast donTrot relish the term 'ham', as it has an connotation. Yet qt ALRADIO. is the one complete description which means the world Ofamateur radio to the outsider, or the would-be enthusiast who has yetto start finding out what it is all about. And because this is a book for thebeginner and complete novice, that is why this particular title was it is intended as an introduction to the world of amateurradio, a subject which can be confusing in several ways.]

5 It is a technicalworld, utilising technicaloperated in a technical way. Thatin itself is no barrier to thefor the nemasary equipment canreadily be purchased, and the cost is not necessarily high. M will beshown, an ordinary domestic receiver capable of receiving 'short wave'can be a starting point. But to proceed to the stage where the enthusiastcan lat. zu well as 'linen', a formqualificadon is masa, before he(or she)is allowed freedom of the available airspaces for amateurtrarnmissions. This means studying for, .d paining, the written ex-amination set by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications-which is concerned with < language of the world of amateur radio, t.

6 , is quite differentfrom that of everyday life. Even spoken messages use code letters as wellas words, for brevity and clearer understanding (once you know whatthe code is all about!). And telegraphy is all code-not just Morse, but'code' and 'words' used together. So both the 'spoken' and 'written'menage on the amateur wave bands can be anew' language as far asthe novice is main aim of this book is to explain both what 'technicalities,.language artall about-and what they mean. Th<re aremanyexcellent textbooks available which deal with technicalities in detail, butthey can be heavy going for the novice (and even quite impossible tounderstand without some previous knowledge of radio technology).

7 9 INTRODUCTIONThis book aims at bridging the gap between atoning from scratch andthe normal textbook or advanced treatment or Amateur radio that reason ittells you about circuits, but not how to build or designcomplete acts (even the majority orexperieneed amateur radio operatontuse boughi equipment, anyway). It aims at making the whole subjectreal-and understandable. Skip the seetinns which have no immediateappeal, and come back to them later. They will then `make sense', afteryou have gained a little practical experience, even as just a listener'.CHAPTERITHE WORLD OF AMATEUR RADIO9-1111I0V11110111. the world there Are something like half a millionI amateur radio enthusiasts with their own radio 111 Allot'.

8 , regularly with other 0%71 country andMOM distant countries. Great Britain alone contribines some 20,000amateur radio licence holders tothistotal. To this figure, however,rine must add the ICUS of thousands of amateurs who merely I 4. 11toamateur radio limadcath. l'hey do not have a complete radio stationof their own, merelyasuitablereceiver which onlyrequiresanordinary'radiolicencetouse -notthemore technic. been,obligatory for amateur radio transmission, to qualify for which the a,plicant has to pan both a theoretical and practi,1 examination (seeAppendix I).Anyone who has a domestic type receiver capable of receiving (or frequency) of amateur tranuninions canthus take part in to world of amateur radio, at virtually no coeu--andcertainly without having to undergo a, special study or training.

9 Onceinterest has been awakened, however, he (or the) will alnsost certainlywant to acquire a more suitable receiver, erect a !setter aerial system,and emend boththe SC, and enjoyment of amateur the Slone code will further extend the coverage available bymaking itpornb/e to take sloven hie' (carrier wave) or telegraphictraramixtions as well as the spoken word, or telephony. Suchmessagesmay he difficult to understand at first, with their special use of codeletters and abbreviatious-introducing the thtener tothe world ofrnilioese. But Huse rod, are meant to be undernood, and are readilylearnt-ere Chapter is. Apart from the fact that lradioese' condensesmessages sent and there is plenty of time to translate them after theyhare been taken down-another advantage is thatmany of the codesare internationally accepted and mean the 113111e in a, country.

10 Adifference in languages need he no harrier in 'm+ transmissions. TheWORLD Or ALATEUR RADIOand sweiust Mar with a wavelength Of 200 to 600 metro. Radio wavelengths of less than 2oo metres were claSSIfied as Moo toot and generallyregarded as useless for radio transmissions, or limited only to 'line ofsight. short-wave band thus remained relatively free of official andcommercial requitement, and was the one exploited by the earlyamateur radio enthusiasts, mail such time as .penenec and techno-logical advances Mowed that the shoe -wave band was, indeed, a mostusable range of broadcast frequencies. It was esmn possible to extend thetumble band to far below the limits originally visualized, so that furthersub -division was introduced.