Bibliography of Articles on Building Low Cost Shortwave Receivers/Converters and related topics ============================================================================ Magazine Articles: ----------------- Anderson, Phil, "A Universal Crystal Radio Set", NUTS & VOLTS, February, 1993, pp. 10-11. Blechman, Fred, "Build a Super-Simple Shortwave Receiver", POPULAR ELECTRONICS, August, 1993, pp. 31-35 ff. Carr, Joseph J., "Add Shortwave or VHF Reception to Any Radio", POPULAR ELECTRONICS, December, 1991, pp. 56-58 ff. Carr, Joseph J., "A One-Chip Receiver Front End", POPULAR ELECTRONICS, June 1992, pp. 53-57. Carr, Joseph J., "Direct Conversion Receivers" [HAM RADIO column], POPULAR ELECTRONICS, March 1993, pp. 78-79. Carr, Joseph J., "Wire Antennas for Hams and SWL's", POPULAR ELECTRONICS, August 1991, pp. 49-52 ff. Covington, Michael A., "Add CW and SSB to Your Shortwave Receiver, POPULAR ELECTRONICS, May 1990, pp. 41-42 ff. Covington, Michael A., "AM/FM/SW Active Antenna", 1990 POPULAR ELECTRONICS ELECTRONICS HOBBYISTS HANDBOOK, pp. 132 ff. Covington, Michael A., "High Performance Shortwave Converter", 1990 POPULAR ELCTRONICS HOBBYISTS HANDBOOK, pp. 34-36 ff. Covington, Michael A., "One-Chip Frequency Converter", RADIO ELECTRONICS, April 1990, pp. 49-52. Davidson, Homer L., "Grandpa's Shortwave Receiver", POPULAR ELECTRONICS, February 1989, pp. 67-70 ff. Helms, Harry, "Open Channel: Pirates Ride the Waves Again", NUTS & VOLTS, October 1993, pp. 17-20. Kreuter, Rodney A., "Active Antenna", 1990 ELECTRONICS EXPRIMENTERS HANDBOOK, pp. 87-88 ff. Kreuter, Rodney A., "Tune in the World with RE's EZ Shortwave Receiver", RADIO ELECTRONICS, January 1991, pp. 56-60. Mims, Forest M. III, ENGINEER'S MINI-NOTEBOOK: COMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS, Radio Shack Cat. No. 276-5015, p. 37 ("Shortwave Receiver"). Mitsch, Joseph, "Build an Economy Shortwave Receiver", POPULAR ELECTRONICS, August 1990, pp. 37-39 ff. Rakes, Charles D., "Circuit Circus: More NE602-based Circuits", POPULAR ELECTRONICS, August 1991, pp. 72-74 ff. books and pamphlets: ------------------- DeMaw, Doug: W1FB's DESIGN NOTEBOOK, ISBN 0-87259-320-7, 1990, $10.00. DeMaw, Doug: W1FB's QRP NOTEBOOK, ARRL pub. # 3061, ISBN 0-87259-365-7, 1991, $10.00 Helms, Harry: SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDEBOOK, Hightext Publications, $19.95. Horn, Delton: OSCILLATORS SIMPLIFIED, WITH 61 PROJECTS, TAB Books, ISBN 0-8306-2875-4, 1987. Horowitz and Hill: THE ART OF ELECTRONICS, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-29837-7, 1980. [The best(!) all-around electronics book available.] Magne, Larry: PASSPORT TO WORLD BAND RADIO, IBS, approx. $16.95. [available from Universal Radio] Schetgen, Bob: QRP CLASSICS, ARRL pub. #3169, ISBN 0-87259-316-9, 1990, $12.00. Sennitt, Andrew G. (ed.):WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK, Billboard Publications, approx. $19.95. [available from Universal Radio] Signetics Application Notes: NE/SA602 (Sept. 13, 1985) AN198 (Feb., 1987) AN1981 (Feb., 1987) AN1982 (Feb., 1987) Yoder, Andrew R.: PIRATE RADIO STATIONS, TAB Books, ISBN 0-8306-3268-9, 1990, $12.95. Zeller, George: PIRATE RADIO YEARBOOK. [published yearly] See also later editions of the ARRL's RADIO AMATEUR'S HANDBOOK for simple SWL circuits. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back issues of POPULAR ELECTRONICS, RADIO ELECTRONICS, the HOBBYIST HANDBOOKS, and the ELECTRONICS EXPERIMENTERS HANDBOOKS can be obtained from: ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ºPOPULAR ELECTRONICS Reprint Departmentº ºPO Box 4079 º ºFarmingdale, NY 11735. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Prices range from $3.50 to about $6.50 ea., plus shipping. Write to them for a list of issues available and prices. ============================================================================= ARRL publications obtainable from: ARRL 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 (203) 666-1541 ============================================================================= Signetics Application notes published by: Signetics Corp. 811 E. Arques Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408) 991-2000. Various electronics suppliers, such as DC Electronics, also carry them. ============================================================================= Universal Radio, 1280 Aida Drive, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068, 1-800-431-3939. Send for their catalog of Ham Radio and SWL supplies and books.