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More Great Links

History, General Information

• History of the AA5 AM tube radio
• Inventor: E. H. Armstrong
• Radio History - pictures!
• The Remarkable Radio Wave
• Radio Propagation Conditions
• The Museum of Television & Radio
• A Radio History & Technology Timeline - illustrated
• United States Early Radio History
• How Vacuum Tubes Work
• Radiation impedances of wire and rod antennas
• History of American Broadcasting
• The Broadcast Archive - Radio History on the Web

Antennas

• How to become an antenna guru
• The Ultimate Guide to 11 Meter CB Antennas
• Amateur Radio: A Little History and a Lot of Antennas
• Antenna software

Radio Transmission

• GE FM Transmitter
• Low-Power FM Radio Transmitters: Infocaster-2000
• Bext Corp. Radio & Television Broadcast Equipment
• Speedchek Sports Radar Gun
• Circuit: Light Sensing RF Transmitter
• Circuit: Simplest RF Transmitter
• Circuit: 1.5 Volt Tracking Transmitter
• Circuit: Miniature FM Transmitter

Radio Reception

• History of the AA5 (All American 5ive) AM tube radio
• Crystal Set Society
• Crystal Radio Plans - You even get to make your own inductor and capacitor! Replace the cat whisker diode with a Radio Shack diode to improve reliability.
• FAQ about international shortwave broadcasting and necessary equipment for listeners
• The Original Web-controlled Shortwave Radio
• Radio Noise Solutions
• Amateur Radio: Track and Solve Electrical Interference
• Strong Signals: Radio scanner users
• Long Loopstick Antenna
• Circuit: Crystal Radio

Radio Applications, Events, Sounds

• National Radio Astronomy Observatory
• LoJack: Stolen Vehicle Police Recovery System
• Electronic Surveillance Equipment
• The invention of the radar and its application in World War II
• Garage Door Opener Transmitters
• Microwave Cooking - recipes!
• Short Wave Broadcasting: VOA
• Race Car Telemetry
• SecurityPro.com
• Broadcast: Hindenburg Explodes! (May 6, 1937)
• Yahoo! Directory: War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)
• Surprise Broadcast: Pearl Harbor Bombed

Instructional

• Open Directory: Science: Technology: Electronics: Tutorials
• Various Schematics and Diagrams
• Electronics Tutorials
• Crystal Radio: The Xtal Set Society
• Iguana Labs: Microcontroller and electronics tutorials and projects
• Radio Design Group - How It Works
• Speaking Theoretically Archive
• Learn Electronics: Interactive multimedia tutorials, dictionary, abbreviations
• Bob Blick's Uses for Basic Stamps