This exceptional book includes nearly 400 full-color photographs and updates over 2,000 current values, making this edition totally in sync with the ever-changing market. The authors have put a special emphasis on radios from the 50s and 60s.

Transistor radios of the 1950s and '60s are shown in over 460 color photographs with an overview of the types, sizes, and styles. Over 1,000 radios are featured from Admiral, Bulova, Emerson, Philco, Regency, Zenith, Hitachi, Koyo, NEC, Realtone, Sony, and Toshiba. Each radio is identified by manufacturer, model number, number of transistors, special features, country of origin, and date. A complete value guide is included.

A DIY guide to designing and building transistor radios Create sophisticated transistor radios that are inexpensive yet highly efficient. Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist’s Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits offers complete projects with detailed schematics and insights on how the radios were designed. Learn how to choose components, construct the different types of radios, and troubleshoot your work. Digging deeper, this practical resource shows you how to engineer innovative devices by experimenting with and radically improving existing designs. Build Your Own Transistor Radios covers: Calibration tools and test generators TRF, regenerative, and reflex radios Basic and advanced superheterodyne radios Coil-less and software-defined radios Transistor and differential-pair oscillators Filter and amplifier design techniques Sampling theory and sampling mixers In-phase, quadrature, and AM broadcast signals Resonant, detector, and AVC circuits Image rejection and noise analysis methods This is the perfect guide for electronics hobbyists and students who want to delve deeper into the topic of radio. Make Great Stuff! TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.

This excellent book focuses on restoring repairing, and refinishing those charming radios of the past. Discover basic, easy-to-follow techniques for repairing circuitry, troubleshooting, and cleaning up those radio treasures.

A presentation of the history, theory and practical operation of old-time, home, auto, amateur, shortwave and CB radio sets which provides the detailed instructions and schematics required to repair or rebuild them. A troubleshooting section is included, with charts and pin-out diagrams.

The world of antiques and collectibles continues to celebrate the Golden Age of radios and the heyday of television. Antique Trader Radio & Television Price Guide provides accurate and updated pricing information from trusted auction and dealer sources, while leading collectors on a journey to entertainment history with 1,000 full-color photos. &break;&break;This handy and easy-to-read resource includes production details on radio consoles from Philco, RCA, Zenith, Emerson and others. Radio listings cover models from the 1920s through the 1950s, with special attention to the art deco designed Bakelite and Catalin models - the Cadillac of today's radio collecting market. Listings give collectors updated details they need, including pricing and production background for televisions manufactured between the 1930s and 1970s. From furniture-style radios of the past to space-age television models of the 1970s, this reference will get collectors tuned into this fun field of collecting.