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Wireless: The Crucial Decade: History of the British Wireless Industry 1924-34

Wireless: The Crucial Decade: History of the British Wireless Industry 1924-34

Bussey, Gordon

Hardcover

Series: History and Management of Technology

Technology & Engineering

ISBN10: 0863411886
ISBN13: 9780863411885
Publisher: Institution Of Engineering & T
Published: Jun 30 1990
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The crucial decade for the development of the domestic wireless was 1924-34. At the beginning of the period most receivers in Britain were crystal sets, but by the end nearly all sets were on the mains, using valves and mostly with superhet circuits-broadly the same as those in use today.

This book describes the broadcasting trends and receiver developments in Europe and America, and includes a detailed account of wireless development in Britain. The vital changes in radio valves are described, and the book concludes with a fascinating account of the rise and fall of home construction of wireless receivers from kits of parts. In the early years it was a nationwide activity. By the end of the decade it had virtually died out. Sets had become too complex for the amateur and commercially produced sets were almost as cheap as construction kits.

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