[Hallicrafters] Another resource for beginners

[Carl Nord WA1KPD]

The absolute best resource I have is a book from the 40s or 50s called "Practical Radio Servicing" by 

William Marcus and Alex Levy 

The book walks you through circuit theory and trouble shooting by each section of a tube radio. It explains what a part does, how it does it and what symptoms are exhibited when the part is bad. It is not aimed at an engineer but at the normal guy who might be trying to fix a radio 

The book starts at the AF output and works its way back. 

They show up on ebay from time to time and at radio shows. I strongly recommend it. I only wish they had done a similer book for transmitters. 

73 
Carl 
WA1KPD 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Pagel" <mpagel at uwsp.edu> 
To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Thursday, May 6, 2010 3:36:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Another resource for beginners 

Several days ago I posed a question about resources for beginners...today I'm sharing a link to a potentially useful tool for newbies. 

The 1949 version of the NRI Radio Repair Course is available (PDF) for download at: 
http://www.fyrbotlz.com/Downloads.html 

The education provided by the NRI material is far too basic to have value to most of the subscribers on this list, but I expect to gain competence and confidence by taking the course. I've recapped a half dozen radios, with the SX-101 being the most sophisticated of that small group, but simply swapped caps without really understanding what each one did and why. 

Most hams I know will say that radio theory came easily while they struggled to master the code. For me, it was the other way around. 

73, de Mike, K9UW 
Amherst, WI 



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