Hello World A Life In Ham Radio

Author : Danny Gregory,Paul Sahre
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 156898281X

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Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio by Danny Gregory,Paul Sahre Pdf

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.

Author : Kristen Haring
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Amateur radio stations
ISBN : 9780262083553

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Ham Radio's Technical Culture by Kristen Haring Pdf

A history of ham radio culture: how ham radio enthusiasts formed identity and community through their technical hobby, from the 1930s through the Cold War.

Author : Stefan Bucher
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781610601573

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All Access by Stefan Bucher Pdf

All Access takes a "before they were stars" look at twenty-five giants in the graphic design industry by juxtaposing an edited selection of the stars' greatest hits with their "pre-fame" work. Author Stefan Bucher showcases their visual history, the first pieces that made them stars, their transitional work, and the eventual breakthrough pieces that caused their names to be known around the world. Insightful text exploring mentors, education, and eureka moments complement this visual timeline illustrating the journey from struggling novice to master designer. In addition to the twenty-five giants, Bucher also profiles twenty of the most exciting upcoming design stars from around the globe. As with the masters, Bucher explores their road to early success, and showcases the work that is currently lifting these young designers into the spotlight. These are their early days, yet the work they are producing is groundbreaking and inspiring.

Author : Paul Sahre
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568987099

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Leisurama Now by Paul Sahre Pdf

In the early 1960s, a second home at the beach was a snap even for the working class. For as little as $590 down and $73/month, you could walk into Macy's and leave with a fully furnished house. Paul Sahre uncovers the mystery of this legendary slice of architectural Americana.

Author : John Updike
Publisher : Random House
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780307555809

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Due Considerations by John Updike Pdf

A page-turning collection of essays and literary criticism on topics ranging from books, writers, poker, cars, faith, and the American libido—from one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series. "[Updike is] one of the best essayists and critics this country has produced in the last century."—The Los Angeles Times Here Updike considers many books, some in introductions—to such classics as Walden, The Portrait of a Lady, and The Mabinogion—and many more in reviews, usually for The New Yorker. Ralph Waldo Emerson and the five Biblical books of Moses come in for appraisal, along with Uncle Tom’s Cabin and The Wizard of Oz. Contemporary American and English writers—Colson Whitehead, E. L. Doctorow, Don DeLillo, Norman Rush, William Trevor, A. S. Byatt, Muriel Spark, Ian McEwan—receive attentive and appreciative reviews, as do Rohinton Mistry, Salman Rushdie, Peter Carey, Margaret Atwood, Gabriel García Márquez, Haruki Murakami, Günter Grass, and Orhan Pamuk. In factual waters, Mr. Updike ponders the sinking of the Lusitania and the “unsinkable career” of Coco Chanel, the adventures of Lord Byron and Iris Murdoch, the sexual revolution and the advent of female Biblical scholars, and biographies of Robert Frost, Sinclair Lewis, Marcel Proust, and Søren Kierkegaard. Reading Due Considerations is like taking a cruise that calls at many ports with a witty, sensitive, and articulate guide aboard—a voyage not to be missed.

Author : Ned Drew,Paul Sternberge
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 1568984979

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By Its Cover by Ned Drew,Paul Sternberge Pdf

We all know we're not supposed to judge books by their covers, but the truth is that we do just that nearly every time we walk into a bookstore or pull a book off a tightly packed shelf. It's really not something we should be ashamed about, for it reinforces something we sincerely believe: design matters. At its best, book cover design is an art that transcends the publisher's commercial imperativesto reflect both an author's ideas and contemporary cultural values in a vital, intelligent, and beautiful way. In this groundbreaking and lavishly illustrated history, authors Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger establish American book cover design as a tradition of sophisticated, visual excellence that has put shape to our literary landscape. By Its Cover traces the story of the American book cover from its inception as a means of utilitarian protection for the book to its current status as an elaborately produced form of communication art. It is, at once, the intertwined story of American graphic design and American literature, and features the work of such legendary figures as Rockwell Kent, E. McKnight Kauffer, Paul Rand, Alvin Lustig, Rudy deHarak, and Roy Kuhlman along with more recent and contemporary innovators including Push Pin Studios, Chermayeff & Geismar, Karen Goldberg, Chip Kidd, and John Gall.

Author : Richard A. Bartlett
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476612607

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The World of Ham Radio, 1901äóñ1950 by Richard A. Bartlett Pdf

During the first fifty years of the twentieth century, ham radio went from being an experiment to virtually an art form. Because of the few government restrictions and the low monetary investment required, the concept of ham radio appealed to various people. More than just a simple hobby, however, ham radio required its operators to understand radio theory, be able to trace a schematic and know how to build a transmitter and receiver with whatever material they might have available. With the advent of World War II and the increased need for cutting-edge communications, the United States government drew upon the knowledge and skill of these amateur ham radio operators. This book explores the history of ham radio operators, emphasizing their social history and their many contributions to the technological development of worldwide communications. It traces the concept of relays, including the American Radio Relay League, from contacts as close as 25 miles apart to operators anywhere in the world. The book highlights the part played by ham radio in many of the headline events of the half century, especially exploration and aviation “firsts”. The ways in which these primarily amateur operators assisted in times of disaster including such events as the sinking of the Titanic and the 1937 Ohio River flood, are also examined.

Author : Paul Crouch
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781418565374

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Hello World! by Paul Crouch Pdf

In Hello World!, Paul Crouch explains that God called him to create a network that would reach the entire world with the gospel of Christ. He shares the miracles of faith that opened doors for TBN-and the spiritual battles that occurred at every turn. In a candid, inspiring manner, he unveils behind-the-scenes stories of inside battles for power of TBN and struggles with critics and false accusations from the media. Most of all, he tells of God's divine sovereignty in raising up a mighty voice like no other in the history of the world.

Author : Tara McPherson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262134958

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Digital Youth, Innovation, and the Unexpected by Tara McPherson Pdf

How emergent practices and developments in young people's digital media can result in technological innovation or lead to unintended learning experiences and unanticipated social encounters. Young people's use of digital media may result in various innovations and unexpected outcomes, from the use of videogame technologies to create films to the effect of home digital media on family life. This volume examines the core issues that arise when digital media use results in unintended learning experiences and unanticipated social encounters. The contributors examine the complex mix of emergent practices and developments online and elsewhere that empower young users to function as drivers of technological change, recognizing that these new technologies are embedded in larger social systems, school, family, friends. The chapters consider such topics as (un)equal access across economic, racial, and ethnic lines; media panics and social anxieties; policy and Internet protocols; media literacy; citizenship vs. consumption; creativity and collaboration; digital media and gender equity; shifting notions of temporality; and defining the public/private divide. Contributors Steve Anderson, Anne Balsamo, Justine Cassell, Meg Cramer, Robert A. Heverly, Paula K Hooper, Sonia Livingstone, Henry Lowood, Robert Samuels, Christian Sandvig, Ellen Seiter, Sarita Yardi

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Advertising
ISBN : MINN:31951P008608730

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Adweek by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art, Modern
ISBN : UOM:39015058308647

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Frieze by Anonim Pdf

Author : Danny Gregory
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 156898443X

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Everyday Matters by Danny Gregory Pdf

Danny Gregory and his wife Patti were in love. Their baby, Jack, was ten months old; life was pretty swell. And then Patti fell under a subway train and was paralyzed from the waist down. In a world where nothing seemed to have much meaning, Danny decided to teach himself to draw, and what he learned stunned him. Suddenly things had color again, and value. The result is Everyday Matters, his journal of discovery, recovery, and daily life in New York City. It is as funny, insightful, and surprising as life itself.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Amateur radio stations
ISBN : UVA:X006157903

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CQ by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anthony J. Rudel
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780151012756

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Hello, Everybody! by Anthony J. Rudel Pdf

When amateur enthusiasts began sending fuzzy signals from their garages and rooftops, radio broadcasting was born. Sensing the medium's potential, snake-oil salesmen and preachers took to the air, at once setting early standards for radio programming and making bedlam of the airwaves. Into the chaos stepped a young secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover, whose passion for organization guided the technology's growth. When a charismatic bandleader named Rudy Vallee created the first on-air variety show and America elected its first true radio president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, radio had arrived. Rudel tells the story of the boisterous years when radio took its place in the nation's living room and forever changed American politics, journalism, and entertainment.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015047295004

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Umbrella by Anonim Pdf