Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio
by Danny Gregory, Paul Sahre
List Price:
Our Price: $19.00
You Save: $5.95 (24%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $11.85 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Danny Gregory, Paul SahreEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2003-04-04
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Summary of Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio
To an outsider, the world of ham radio is one of basement transmitters, clunky microphones, Morse code, and crackly, possibly clandestine, worldwide communications, a world both mysterious and geeky. But the real story is a lot more interesting: indeed, there are more than two million operators worldwide, including people like Walter Cronkite and Priscilla Presley. Gandhi had a ham radio, as do Marlon Brando and Juan Carlos, king of Spain.Hello World takes us on a seventy-year odyssey through the world of ham radio. From 1927 until his death in 2001, operator Jerry Powell transmitted radio signals from his bedroom in Hackensack, New Jersey, touring the worlds most remote locations and communicating with people from Greenland to occupied Japan. Once he made contact with a fellow ham operator, he exchanged postcards known as QSLs cards with them. For seven decades, Powell collected hundreds of these cards, documenting his fascinating career in amateur radio and providing a dazzling graphic inventory of people and places far flung.
This book is both an introduction to the fascinating world of ham and a visual feast for anyone interested in the universal language of graphic design.
Memoirs Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Memoirs Books
Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Centuryby Hunter S. Thompson
Penguin Books, Limited (UK); Published: 2008-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.11
Price in other shops:
Never Have Your Dog Stuffedby Alan Alda
Arrow Books; Published: 2007-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.59
Price in other shops:
The Hunger: A Story of Food, Desire, and Ambitionby John DeLucie, Graydon Carter
Ecco; Published: 2009-05-12; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $1.77
Price in other shops:
Brotherhood of Warriors: Behind Enemy Lines with a Commando in One of the World's Most Elite Counterterrorism Unitsby Aaron Cohen, Douglas Century
Ecco; Published: 2008-04-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.80
Price in other shops:
Not Lost Forever: My Story of Survivalby Carmina Salcido, Steve Jackson
William Morrow; Published: 2009-10-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops:
Unlocked: The Life and Crimes of a Mafia Insiderby Louis Ferrante
Harper Perennial; Published: 2009-02-24; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.97
Price in other shops:
Writing Places: The Life Journey of a Writer and Teacherby William Zinsser
Harper; Published: 2009-05-19; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.08
Price in other shops:
Got the Life: My Journey of Addiction, Faith, Recovery, and Kornby Fieldy
William Morrow; Published: 2009-03-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $3.98
Price in other shops:
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)by Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp
Harper Perennial; Published: 2008-04-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.10
Price in other shops:
The Ride of My Lifeby Mat Hoffman
It Books; Published: 2003-09-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.95
Similar Books and other products
Everyday Mattersby Danny Gregory
Hyperion; Published: 2007-01-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.21
Price in other shops:
Understanding Basic Electronics (Softcover)by arrl
Amer Radio Relay League; Published: 2010-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $17.75
Price in other shops:
Basic Radio: Understanding the Key Building Blocksby Joel R. Hallas
Amer Radio Relay League; Published: 2005-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $20.34
Price in other shops:
Ham Radio's Technical Culture (Inside Technology)by Kristen Haring
The MIT Press; Published: 2008-02-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.80
Price in other shops:
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioParamount; Release date: 2004-09-28; DVD
Best price: $10.13
Price in other shops:
The ARRL Operating Manual For Radio Amateurs (Arrl Operating Manual)by Mark J. Wilson
Amer Radio Relay League; Published: 2008-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $20.34
Price in other shops:
HAM OPERATOR PARKING sign * street radioTexsign; Texsign; Kitchen; Home
Best price: $21.95
Price in other shops:
200 Meters & Down: The Story of Amateur Radioby Clinton Desoto, Clinton B. Desoto
Amer Radio Relay League; Published: 1985-08-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops:
Ham Radio For Dummiesby H. Ward Silver
For Dummies; Published: 2004-04-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.27
Price in other shops:
The World of Ham Radio, 1901-1950: A Social Historyby Richard A. Barlett
McFarland; Published: 2007-08-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $55.00