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This page is for Reference of amateur radio documents which can help with information on callsigns and social history of amateur radio.

Due to copyright this page is to point to you who has copies and for reference only. If you want your own copies of items like the T&R Bulletin/Radcom the copyright is owned by the RSGB and you will have to go to the * RSGB book shop to buy these items. They can also be found from time to time on Pre-owned goods sites like eBay.

Members listed below can look through the reference for you to try and help where possible.

T&R Bulletin/Radcom

T&R Bulletin/Radcom Months Digital Original Keeper
1925 07 - 12 Y Y & Reprinted copy 2M0OCC
1926 01 - 12 Y Y 01 - 06 2M0OCC
1927 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1928 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1930 09 only Y N 2M0OCC
1931 05 - 06 Y N 2M0OCC
1932 11 only Y N 2M0OCC
1933 07 -12 Y Y 07 - 12 2M0OCC
1934 08,09,10,11,12 Y Y 01 - 06 2M0OCC
1935 01 - 12 N Y 2M0OCC
1936 01,02,03,05,08,09,11 Y Y 01 - 06 2M0OCC
1937 01 - 12 Y Y 07 - 12 2M0OCC
1938 01 - 12 Y Y 01 - 06 2M0OCC
1939 01 - 12 Y Y 07 - 12 2M0OCC
1940 01 - 12 Y Y 01 - 04 2M0OCC
1941 01 - 12 Y Y 01,07,08,09,10,12 2M0OCC
1942 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1943 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1944 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1945 04 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1946 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1947 01 - 11 Y N 2M0OCC
1948 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1949 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1950 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1951 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1952 01 - 12 Y N 2M0OCC
1954 03 - 04 Y N 2M0OCC
1959 03 only Y N 2M0OCC

Callbooks

Callbooks - Own list as expanding and we can add online links

E-Magazines

Title Edition Link
Connacht Regional News Vol 1 Issue 10 link
GEO Quarterly Newsletter Latest Copy/Archive link
Practical Wireless on Readly app/site link
Radio User on Readly app/site link
Amateurfunk Magazine (in German) on Readly app/site link

Miscellaneous

Magazine Year Months Digital Original Keeper
Amateur Wireless and Electrics 1) 1923 08 N Y 2M0OCC
The Wireless Engineering (A Journal of Radio Research And Progress) 1938 01 - 12 N Y 2M0OCC
Popular Wireless 2) 1928 01 N Y 2M0OCC
The Short-Wave Magazine 1937 03-12 N Y GM5AUG
The Short-Wave Magazine 1938 01-05, 10 N Y GM5AUG
The Short-Wave Magazine 1939 03-09 3) N Y GM5AUG
The Short-Wave Magazine 1948 08 N Y GM5AUG
Book Year Editor Digital Original Keeper
Amateur Wireless and Electrics 4) 1971 John A Rouse G2AHL and others N Y MM1STK
Amateur Wireless and Electrics 5) 2021 Mike Brown G3DIH N Y M0TZO, 2M0OCC / Various club members
The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications 2009 Mark J. Wilson K1RO N Y G4SEB
International Microwave Handbook - 2nd Edition N/K Andy Barter G8ATD N Y G4SEB
Yagi Antenna Design ARRL - 1st Edition N/K Dr James L Lawson W2PV N Y MM1STK
The Illustrated Wireless Dictionary 1926 E. H. Chapman, MA, DSc N Y GM5AUG
Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy - Vol. 1 (Magnetism and Electricity) 1938 The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty N Y GM5AUG
The Outline of Wireless 1942 Ralph Stranger N Y GM5AUG
Radio Transmitters 1957 Department of the (United States) Air Force N Y GM5AUG
World at their Fingertips (the story of the RSGB and Amateur Radio in the UK) 1984 John Clarricoats G6CL N Y GM5AUG
GCHQ - The Secret Wireless War 1900-1986 6) 1987 Nigel West N Y GM5AUG
Radio Amateurs' Examination Manual (for the old RAE) 1992 George Benbow G3HB N Y GM5AUG
1940s RSGB Amateur Radio Guides 7) 2006 8) Various N Y GM5AUG
RSGB Centenary - 100 Years Working for Amateur Radio 2013 Elaine Richards G4LFM N Y GM5AUG
Getting Started in Amateur Radio 2017 Steve Nichols G0KYA N Y GM5AUG
The Unrecorded Story of Borders Radio Pioneers and WW2 2022 Bruce McCartney GM4BDJ and John Struthers GM8CVN N Y GM5AUG and 2M0OCC
They Talk Among The Deep - A global history of the Valentia Island telegraph cables 2023 Donard de Cogan M0KRK N Y GM5AUG

Split into categories? How do we make this not become just a list of books?

1) , 4) , 5)
predecessor to Practical Wireless
2)
Published from 1922 - 1937
3)
whereupon it ceased for the duration
6)
contains many references to Amateur Radio operators
7)
Topics covered: Simple Transmitting Equipment, Microwave Technique, VHF Technique, Valve Technique, Transmitter Interference, and Receivers
8)
1940s reissues