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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | A presentation of the history, theory and practical operation of old-time, home, auto, amateur, shortwave and CB radio sets which provides the detailed instructions and schematics required to repair or rebuild them. A troubleshooting section is included, with charts and pin-out diagrams. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Joseph Carr | | Paperback: | 256 pages | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics | | Publication Date: | November 01, 1990 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0830633421 | | Product Length: | 9.18 inches | | Product Width: | 7.4 inches | | Product Height: | 0.54 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.01 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.0 inches | | Package Width: | 7.3 inches | | Package Height: | 0.4 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 18 reviews |
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38 of 38 found the following review helpful:
 Very detailed and enjoyable guide to restoring radios Sep 28, 1998
By Brett Saylor, N3EVB (bds2@psu.edu)
I always enjoy technical books written by Joe Carr - he takes a subject that could otherwise be dry and boring, and turns it into something that is very understandable, and sometimes funny! This book progresses from the requisite origins of radio, into vacuum tube theory, through receiver basics, and dives into step-by-step guides to fixing an ailing radio. It is not a guide to the value or history of any particular brand or model of radio (it actually features very few photographs) but it *is* rich with schematics, diagrams, and guides to parts and equipment you will use when repairing antique radios. A great addition to your library!
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Not for Beginners Jul 14, 2004
I bought this book without looking at it in a bookstore. I am a beginner in this field and was looking for something, somewhere that can explain radio restoration techniques to the non-engineer. Unfortunately, except for some interesting historical information, and what I would agree are some useful charts on tubes, etc., this book is written with a lot of electronic theory. Those who already have some knowledge or experience in electronics, or are very technically-minded, might not find that a problem, but the lay person will be tossing it in the air in exasperation after a few chapters. Very thorough but dense.
14 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Misleading Cover Mar 26, 2003
By kenwood
"kenetics"
The back cover of this book states, "A Complete training guide to restoring vacuum-tube and transistor radios." And an excerpt of the description notes, "In addition to covering the vacuum tube circuits of radios made before 1950, author Joseph J. Carr gives you transistor theory and practice..." Unfortunately, not a single mention is made of transistors or transistor theory in the book. Other than that omission, the book is a good guide to the theory of tube radio circuits and contains some chapters on tube circuit troubleshooting, safety, and test equipment. Some electronic knowledge is helpful in understanding this fairly concise book.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Radio repair made easy Aug 20, 2006
By Alec Montgomery
These books are usually a joke. This one is first class. For the beginner, it explains the sort of things we took five years to learn at the technical college. For electrical tradesmen,we can skip the basics and go to the nitty gritty. I was a telecommunications tech. This book is great. If you're a newby it's great, if you're experienced,super.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
My goal was accomplished by reading this book. Jul 06, 2008
By Douglas W. Long
I have been interested in and tinkered with electronics since I was a boy, but I didn't have the knowledge to do any involved repairs. Over the years my family and I have had tube radios that worked fine at one time, then started to hum, with the humming eventually getting so bad it drowned out everything else. I remembered my folks taking one of these sets to a radio/TV repairman when I was a kid and being told it wasn't worth fixing. For years I have wanted to find out what caused this and maybe fix those radios. Some 30 years later I spied this book, bought it, and found out what all that humming was caused by. I have proceeded to fix 3 of those old radios that now work like new, for only a few dollars in parts! This book taught me everything I needed to know to do it. I couldn't be more pleased. I had to re-read some sections a few times to "get it", but the info I needed was all there. I can't recommend this book highly enough!!
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