"From Crystal Sets to Sideband" -- A Great Book about Homebrew Radio by Frank Harris K0IYE (FREE!)

I first came across the above picture of K0IYE's inspirational, completely homebrew station many years ago in the pages of "World Radio" magazine. I have already linked to Frank's book many times over the years, but it is so good that I regularly feel compelled to write about it again. Frank updates the book. Just check out the introduction to his website. Frank even has a Spanish language version of his book. All for free. Thank you Frank.

The introduction to Frank's web site:

Over the last century amateur radio has evolved into numerous different

hobbies. Some hams enjoy weekend contests in which they try to

contact as many stations as possible. Others talk to as many of the

world's 341 call areas as possible and collect QSL cards to prove it. Other

hams just like to ragchew with friends. Still others communicate over

long distances at UHF frequencies using satellites, meteorites, aurora and

other substitutes for a sunspot-charged ionosphere. Some hams provide

communications for their communities during emergencies.

Many of us have returned to the early days of radio by building our own

equipment from scratch. Most home builders start by building QRP (low

power) transmitters. If this doesn't satisfy your urge to build something,

you can move on to build the entire station. That is what this website is about.

https://www.qsl.net/k0iye/