worldradiohistory.com (was americanradiohistory.com)
 

Site renamed, both addresses work for the time being.

https://worldradiohistory.com/
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/

is a site I came across by chance with a google search.
Seems like 1,000s of pdf articles, most of which are searchable. Books, data, magazines, the list seems endless. NOT ALL are American, e.g. Wireless World magazine.
I must admit I have only been looking a very few minutes before posting details on here. So much to search!
Enjoy it!
rob

Re: Big site lots to see! Not just USA. americanradiohistory.com
 

This is brilliant! Well spotted, now bookmarked, thanks.
Regards,
Paul

Re: Big site lots to see! Not just USA. americanradiohistory.com
 

I think this was listed here before but yes, a great site indeed. Spend an hour there the other week without realising it.

Re: Big site lots to see! Not just USA. americanradiohistory.com
 

Yes, you are right.
I must admit I did have a browse in websites category here first, but it was referred to as "Online archive of "Wireless World" 1913 to 1984", that's why I didn't see it.
Oh well, one can't have too much of a good bit of history!
rob

Re: Big site lots to see! Not just USA. americanradiohistory.com
 

No harm in being told twice. It was a different section though, as you say, so maybe someone will see it who didn't see it previously.

ETI magazines
 

Link to old publications of ETI mags
https://www.americanradiohistory.com...jZoJt3MzQQzZcc

Re: ETI magazines
 

That is useful.
I can now look at old issues I once read in there day.
Cheers.

Americanradiohistory
 

I dont know how many of you "trawl" Americanradiohistory.com as I do,
( I check every day) But today a new section was started entitled "Radios Master Catalog "

https://www.americanradiohistory.com...er-Catalog.htm

Although its American it has some superb pictures and specifications of all things beautiful. Its brag is it contains information on all radio parts and sub assemblies, components, transformers and specifications thereof, capacitors etc. Its well worth a look for anybody restoring equipment with missing or bodged bits, especially of course if it was made in the USA. I have only had a brief look ( ~ about 4 hours ) but its loaded with information.

Where would we be without Americanradiohistory.com?

Joe

Re: Big site lots to see! Not just USA. americanradiohistory.com
 

Beat me to it, saw it this morning but the missus wanted to go traipsing all over the countryside before I could post it up.

Re: Big site lots to see! Not just USA. americanradiohistory.com
 

Fascinating. Just had a quick look through the RadioMasters catalogue. If only there was an "order parts now" button.

Re: Big site lots to see! Not just USA. americanradiohistory.com
 

It is a really great site, with a site that large there are occasional failed links. Please use the reporting link, David fixes them quickly, helps to keep the valuable information available.

Re: Big site lots to see! Not just USA. americanradiohistory.com
 

David is a very busy man !!! I have occasionally found broken links, I send him the details. The links get repaired usually in a few hours, and he always sends a quick thankyou.

Joe

Re: Big site lots to see! Not just USA. americanradiohistory.com
 

I bookmarked it ages ago. I regularly read back issues of Radio Constructor which was my favourite magazine...at least up until about 1974...I think it had changed direction somewhat by then.

Also useful for past issues of Television and Practical Television especially for servicing notes. I hope this valuable resource will be around for some time.

Practical Wireless, Wireless World, and much much more.
 

Many forum members will be aware of the website https://www.americanradiohistory.com...s_Magazine.htm
For those who don't know and have time to spare, most of the radio related publications from Britain and the US are available.

I have no connection to this free site other than being a happy browser.

Keep Safe, John.

Re: Practical Wireless, Wireless World, and much much more.
 

One of my favourite on-line resources. They also have a load of Babani publications too, and as you say loads more.

Craig

Re: Big site lots to see! Not just USA. americanradiohistory.com
 

Sites like this are possible in the USA because, before their copyright law was amended around 20 years ago, it was necessary to file a copy of any printed publication with the Library of Congress to get US copyright protection. It seems that most foreign journals never bothered.

Re: americanradiohistory.com, many British and International electronics publications
 

I think that some of the material is probably still under copyright. It then comes down to whether or not the copyright holder chooses to enforce their copyright. Copies of Electronics Australia and the RSGB's Radcom and its previous incarnations were all removed from the site. You can see the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notice from Electronics Australia.

Grace Hopper has been quoted as saying: "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission".

73 John

Re: americanradiohistory.com, many British and International electronics publications
 

I believe the owner of the site has tended to limit the scans to older issues to avoid major issues with copyright.

Re: Practical Wireless, Wireless World, and much much more.
 

Bernard Babani Publishing Ltd is still very much in business and lists 16 electronics books.

http://www.babanibooks.com/index.htm

They will still hold the copyright to the books that are long since out of print, but I guess that they'd have no interest in reprinting them as they wouldn't find a market, so in that sense, they aren't making a commercial loss by them having been archived on the ARH site. American Radio History is after all, a non-commercial archive of magazines of historic interest that would otherwise have been lost forever, many if not most of which were printed by publishers long since out of business, so it would be rather a shame if - as little more than an act of spite - copyright holders were to demand that their publications be pulled from the site even though they had no commercial interest in them so no loss of revenue.

That said, where it gets awkward is when the publisher exists and offers the same information for sale. For example, Practical Wireless market DVDs of five years of PWs from 1965 onwards at a cost of £79.99, so the potential loss of revenue could theoretically be quite large. The reality is I guess that if someone is only interested in a two-page article from 1965 onwards, it's highly unlikely that they'd fork ot £79.99 for a five-year DVD.

As to Radcom, RSGB have CD-ROMs of Radcom and its predecessor The Bulletin for each single year going back to 1925:

https://rsgbstore.uk/acatalog/Online...___QST_17.html

(I binned all mine from when I joined in 1974 to when I resigned in 2004 - no interest to me, nor to anyone else. Couldn't give them away).

Re: americanradiohistory.com, many British and International electronics publications
 

In the early 2000's the Marconi publicity guy and their archivist were in rooms next to mine. Marconi policy was to let anyone to reproduce their published material for free as long as its source was acknowledged. I was told that circa 1980 someone was given permission to reprint a classic GEC book on valves.

I have not kept up with patent law since I retired some years ago, but because copyright is determined by national laws, it is quite possible for works to be out of copyright in some countries but not others. My understanding was that, under the new US law, while it was no longer necessary to have deposited a copy of publications to get copyright, it was necessary to do so before initiating proceedings to enforce it, although this could be waived for non-US entities. Not sure if this applies to works created before the amended law took effect. I do recall that when the Soviet Union eventually signed up to the relevant international treaty circa 1970, it managed to do so with retrospective effect. This cut off a source of copyright-free music for some astute amateur film makers who had realised that no copyright existed in the LP's of music written, arranged, and played by Russian citizens that they could buy in the Russian shop in London in the 1960's.