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From “Zero to Homebrew”

While cleaning out my e-mail inbox this morning, I came across this recommendation from Kendrick, KB1NCR:
This book made it possible for me to go from “zero to homebrew.”
Frank K0IYE Harris’ book Crystal Sets to Sideband It’s available as a seres of PDF files; each chapter must be downloaded separately.
All of his radios are homebrewed [...]

Amateur Radio: One of Life’s Best-Kept Secrets?

I don’t get many phone calls from women who are excited to talk to me, but that’s exactly what happened a couple of weeks ago. What made the phone call even stranger is that she was excited to be talking to an amateur radio operator!
The woman was an elementary school librarian—they call them media specialists [...]