ARRL Books
Thanks to these two revolutionary digital communication modes, any radio amateur can easily make contacts throughout the world. You don’t need high power or large antennas with JT65 or JT9. Ham radio operators have already used these modes to earn awards such as ARRL’s DX Century Club with nothing more than 5 watts RF output and indoor antennas.
Work the World with JT65 and JT9 shows you how to assemble an effective station and configure the software for best performance. You’ll learn how to make contacts, and also how to use these modes as tools to test your station and study HF propagation.
Books suggested by readers
Doug, KM4FWM recommends Minimum QRP by Peter Parker, VK3YE. He says, “I bought it and am very pleased. It is not just for the homebrew QRPer; it is also for the QRO operator who is willing to turn the power down to increase the challenge.”At 229 pages, there is also a lot there that will help the new ham (until Dan’s book comes out!). ;-)
“If you click “Look Inside” over the picture of the book, you get the table of contents and a preview. There are international editions at the other Amazon sites and you don’t need Kindle hardware to read it; use a Kindle reading app. Unfortunately, no paper version at this time.”
Here’s another book by VK3YE. I had been thinking about writing a similar book, but after purchasing and paging through this one, I’ve given up on the idea. Hand-Carried QRP Antennas does a great job of covering this topic, discussing many different types of HF and VHF antennas and their suitability for portable operation. Also included are chapters on how to make these antennas, what materials to make them with, and antenna accessories that you should have to get the most out of your portable antennas.
Reader Max Madison writes, “I recently read a book that I thought was really good and unique. It is called Ham Radio Go Bag by Max Cooper. It is geared more toward the prepper community but it is also good for the ham radio operator that is not part of ARES or RACES.”
About Clandestine Radio Operators, Amazon says, “All Resistance and radio buffs have been waiting for this book, which gives an exhaustive account of the real champions of Free France – the Allied underground radio operators parachuted into Occupied Territory. Ruthlessly pursued by the Germans, the radio operators had a life expectancy of six months… For the first time, the training they received in England is described in detail and five accounts describe how these heroes lived daily. Most of the radio equipment, some of which is very rare, is shown for the first time with color photos.
Books by other publishers
If you have suggestions for amateur radio books, please e-mail me.
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Gunner Morgan says
Based on this webpage I read the book Ham Radio Go Bag by Max Cooper and I loved it. I have not found other books that focused on this topic so it was helpful. Thanks for letting me know about this book. I highly recommend it to others.