[Milsurplus] "Shortwave Receivers Past & Present 1942 - 2013" book

[Hubert Miller]

This is about the book "Shortwave Receivers Past & Present 1942 - 2013", by Fred Osterman. This is a $50 book, available from Electric Radio magazine;
a large and truly heavy book, but for enthusiasts, a fascinating compendium and a worthwhile investment.
When I received the book, of course I looked for some less common receivers I knew about. I found there were some omissions, where I had some
information, and some small detail corrections I could suggest. Thus the exchange of emails, below.

Areas for example, where I think more information might be submitted, if you wish to share in this excellent project:
1. Corrections that might occur to you. Examples, R-808 / GRC-14 is not single conversion; it is single and then double conversion above 8 MHz.
Another military receiver, IIR BC-652, is stated to be among other uses, for aircraft: wrong.
2. Maybe: listing of the suffix variants of military receivers, such as BC-312-*, where some suffixes had crystal filters, or the suffix indicated 24 volt operation;
or another example,  the TCS-5 receiver had wider selectivity. Yes, this is quite a bit of work, and needs a good base of manuals.
3. Missing U.S. receivers some of us know about. Like Brelonix or Hull marine receivers, for example.
4. Several more German WW2 military receivers: Fu.H.E.u. ,  AE1039, and so on. These are shown in the Fritz Trenkle books, Telefunken published in the 1980s.
I do not know if copyright is retained, or how to get photo permission. There is a Norwegian ham with much of this equipment who could also supply photos.
5. Japanese WW2 receivers. I understand most of these were designed in the 1934 - 1940 period, but they were manufactured throughout the war. The
'Yokohama Military Radio Museum' may be a source for information on these; also there's a U.S. government publication on WW2 Japanese equipment,
which has specs and photos of equipment. One complication not accounted for in this U.S. publication is that for several Japanese receiver-transmitter
packages, the receiver section also existed on its own as a separate, independent receiver. This seems really a daunting challenge, doesn't it?  But - consider
how much Mr. Osterman has already gathered in his book.

Just food for thought, maybe.
Even if you don't have the book, and no plans to buy it, but can think of some rare, little known shortwave receiver, I'd be willing to receive your email about
it, check the book, and maybe send on the data to the author.
-Hue Miller


From: Fred Osterman <osterman  @  dxing. com>
Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 6:43 AM
To: Hubert Miller
Subject: Re: Book updates ?

Hue,
Thanks for the email.
I would welcome your additions and corrections.
Yes, I have come to learn my Northern Radio treatment is largely in error.
I would appreciate your detailed info on that especially.
Many thanks.
- Fred

On 07/08/18 06:47 PM, Hubert Miller wrote:
This is a test to see if the address given in the book is still valid
Also to ask if you are still interested in compiling information.
I have a number of corrections and additions, as yet not written down but just facts I have in mind.
Some of the additions can be supported by my own photos.

I would point out that the Northern Radio ( Seattle ) information in the book is seriously wrong. There was NO
association whatever with the East Coast, Northern Radio.  I have the Northern ( Seattle ) 358, 612, 620 receivers
and manuals and can submit more correct information for them.

I also have BC-224-A ( different appearance ) and Brelonix and Partridge Electronics ( U.K. ) receivers. The latter
two are practically unknown.

I appreciate that your achievement in this book is one that is near superhuman !
-Hue Miller,
Newport, Oregon
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