{"id":9,"date":"2012-05-17T04:50:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T04:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vk2sja.org\/piffle\/?p=9"},"modified":"2021-01-16T23:19:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T23:19:58","slug":"crystal-sets-to-sideband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/2012\/05\/17\/crystal-sets-to-sideband\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Sets to Sideband"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought I’d start with a quick book review.<\/p>\n

“CRYSTAL SETS TO SIDEBAND”, By Frank W. Harris, K\u00d8IYE has become something of a stand-out publication in the QRP and home-brew community.<\/p>\n

This book takes the reader on a journey. Predominantly one man’s quest (the Authors) to build and operate a complete radio station comprised entirely of home-built equipment. Along the way little previous knowledge is assumed and so good coverage is given to basic electronics theory.<\/p>\n

While not exactly intended as a set of “build this” instructions, it would none-the-less be possible to fairly accurately re-create Frank’s station from the level of detail given. But this book is more about the general science of home-brewing as an art. And the typical problems encountered along the way with solutions required to achieve a goal.<\/p>\n

Mr. Frank Harris is a retired engineer and a superb writer. His very easy to read and often humorous style makes reading this excellent reference book a wholly enjoyable pastime.<\/p>\n

Originally released back in 2002 the book in now in its 12th revision. You can locate the book at a great many Internet web-sites but the “Four State QRP Group” seems to have “official sanction<\/em>” from the Author to host the book files. They are available for download from:- http:\/\/www.wa0itp.com\/crystalsetsssb.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Your can download either the entire book as one large file or each chapter as a separate file. All files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).<\/p>\n

A highly recommended read for anyone interested in radio electronics and home-brewing. Even if you just wanted an “insight” into this side of the Amateur Radio hobby and never intend on building anything at all.<\/p>\n

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I thought I’d start with a quick book review. “CRYSTAL SETS TO SIDEBAND”, By Frank W. Harris, K\u00d8IYE has become something of a stand-out publication in the QRP and home-brew community. This book takes the reader on a journey. Predominantly … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk2sja.org\/piffle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}