{"id":47424,"date":"2021-01-20T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47424"},"modified":"2021-01-19T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T17:44:59","slug":"don-discovers-a-treasure-trove-of-digitized-vintage-radio-books-and-magazines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/don-discovers-a-treasure-trove-of-digitized-vintage-radio-books-and-magazines\/","title":{"rendered":"Don discovers a treasure trove of digitized vintage radio books and magazines"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Don (W7SSB), who writes:<\/p>\n

I thought these links might be of interest to your readers:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3iul\/Files\/Old_Radio_Frequency_Books.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3iul\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brilliant! Thanks for the tip, Don!<\/p>\n

Of course, another deep treasure trove is the World Radio History website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don (W7SSB), who writes: I thought these links might be of interest to your readers: https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3iul\/Files\/Old_Radio_Frequency_Books.htm https:\/\/www.qsl.net\/va3iul\/ Brilliant! Thanks for the tip, Don! Of course, another deep treasure trove is the World Radio History website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[251,545,3,305,43],"tags":[4090,8685,1345,9094],"class_list":["post-47424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-ham-radio","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-shortwave-radio","tag-books","tag-don-w7ssb","tag-ebooks","tag-vintage-radio-books"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ckU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49091,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/don-recommends-radio-boulevard-for-a-deep-dive-into-radio-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":47424,"position":0},"title":"Don recommends Radio Boulevard for a deep dive into radio history!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Don (W7SSB), who writes: Hi Thomas, One of my friends has probably the best museum in the history of radio ! https:\/\/www.radioblvd.com\/ Your readers can spend days looking at all the information from the early days to present ! 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If you've been considering the TX-500, it's very much worth your time: https:\/\/youtu.be\/CiDgjfGv7TY Josh is actually sending me this very same TX-500 for review in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ham Radio"","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Discovery-TX-500-QRP-Transceiver-4.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Discovery-TX-500-QRP-Transceiver-4.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Discovery-TX-500-QRP-Transceiver-4.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Discovery-TX-500-QRP-Transceiver-4.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18702,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/shortwaveradio-ch-a-treasure-trove-of-central-european-classic-receivers\/","url_meta":{"origin":47424,"position":4},"title":"ShortwaveRadio.ch: A treasure trove of central European classic receivers","author":"Thomas","date":"May 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Commenting on our post regarding the Kurzwellen Empf\u00e4nger Siemens\u00a0receiver,\u00a0SWLing Post reader \"13dka\" writes: Some more info (mostly about the tuning procedure) [of the Kurzwellen Empf\u00e4nger Siemens] here: http:\/\/www.shortwaveradio.ch\/radio-e\/siemens-e311-e.htm BTW this site is a comprehensive source on classic shortwave radios that enjoyed some popularity in central Europe. 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