Though this is from a blindness related list I thought it might be of interest to you because of what he is sharing. It contains links to older radio related magazines. Enjoy.
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*From:* "David Goldfield via groups.io"
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*Date:* April 21, 2024 at 1:46:18?PM CDT
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*Subject:* *[Tech-VI] Guest Post: Pre-Internet Sources of Shortwave
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The SWLing Post - Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 7:22?AM
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Guest Post:
Pre-Internet Sources of Shortwave Information
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*Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the
following guest post:*
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*by Dan Greenall*
When I first discovered the world of shortwave listening, many years
before the internet, access to hobby related information was mostly
available through over-the-air DX programs, monthly DX club bulletins, as
well as a number of books and electronics magazines.? I joined a few clubs
including the Midwest DX Club, SPEEDX, and the Ontario DX Association, and
eagerly awaited each issue of Electronics Illustrated and Popular
Electronics (early 1970’s) on the news stand.? Later, in the 1980’s,?
Popular Communications and Monitoring Times came along, though these were
not always easy to find here in Canada.
Ironically, nearly all issues of these magazines can be read today, over
30, 40 and even 50 years later, thanks to David Gleason’s not-for-profit,
free online library
You can also find the semi-annual (and eventually annual) Communications
World (1971-81) which contained the popular White’s Radio Log.
As well, five issues of the Communications Handbook can be found;? 1963,
1966, 1967, 1974 and 1977.? It only came out once a year but was still a
favourite of mine, so much so, that I still have my copies from 1971 and
1972.
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) I have scanned parts of these and put them on the Internet Archive.? You
can find them here:
Communications Handbook 1971:
Communications Handbook 1972:
Here are links that will lead to some of the other magazines:
As a bonus, all of the issues of the monthly SPEEDX bulletin (1971-95)
have been made available here
And finally, a good read is Shortwave Voices of the World by the late Dr.
Richard E. Wood written in 1969.? I still have my copy of it, but you can
find it online here
My link to the 1971 Communications Handbook (
) contains pages regarding the old WDX
SWL registration program. I have found my old certificate from December
1971:
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Wonder how many others still have theirs, or even the WPE ones from the
1960’蝉?
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David Goldfield,
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