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This website - http://www.pmillett.com/technical_books_online.htm - has a fascinating collection of old technical manuals available in downloadable PDF format. Here are examples of the kinds of books you will find at this site (the book descriptions come from the website):
Audels Radiomans Guide, Edwin P. Anderson, 1945, 880 pages: “covering theory, construction, and servicing including television electronics”. […]

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Google’s graphic image for April 27, 2009

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No…not parts for your ham equipment. Instead, parts for appliances, cameras, computers  and, it seems, much more. While I have no clue if their prices are any good, nonetheless, they may be a good first stop when hunting for a component for the expensive oven that you bought.
See: Parts store

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When I first got my amateur radio license, I was a bit perplexed by the term HT. It had a strange ring to my ears. When I was a kid, the little transceiver you held in your hand was referred to as a walkie-talkie. Yet in the world of ham radio, it was referred to […]

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You might find the answer at RadioReference. This website bills itself as “the world’s largest radio communications reference website, featuring a complete frequency database, trunked radio system information, FCC License assignments and callsign maps, 10-Code Lists, agency maps, files, downloads, links, and detailed agency information for most public safety, military, and local government communications.” Check […]

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For those hams who are still wondering how vacuum tubes work, see “Electrons at Work.”

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E-Ham is a great source of information. They have a section called Articles which has many construction ideas and other information of use to the ham radio community. The following Google trick will help you to do a search throughout their entire archive of posted articles. It will search, not just the article title but […]

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