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| Reviews Summary for Ham Radios Technical Culture |
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Reviews: 3
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Average rating: 3.0/5
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MSRP: $27.95
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Description: Decades before the Internet, ham radio provided instantaneous, global, person-to-person communication. Hundreds of thousands of amateur radio operators--a predominantly male, middle- and upper-class group known as "hams"--built and operated two-way radios for recreation in mid twentieth century America. In Ham Radio's Technical Culture, Kristen Haring examines why so many men adopted the technical hobby of ham radio from the 1930s through 1970s and how the pastime helped them form identity and community.
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N8WXQ
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Rating: 2/5
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Jan 24, 2007 18:02
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Weird Book
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This book is written by a non-ham who learned about ham radio by reading a bunch of old QST and CQ magazines. Talking with a few hams would have helped greatly.
This work considers ham radio in the middle decades of the 20th century.
The book explores the value of technical hobbies to society in general. As such this could have been a really great book. Unfortunately the author has been influenced by a bunch of ultra left-wing politically correct professors. (My apologies to those on the left but this is really left. Hi Hi) There are positively weird references to homosexuality, gender bias and racism that seem to reflect more on the psyche of the author than to ham radio. These comments reflect poor scholarship on the part of the author. The author would have had a better perspective if she considered ham radio as a world wide phenomena rather than just an American one.
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W5FRG
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Rating: 2/5
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Jan 5, 2007 19:30
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disappointed
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I was very disappointed with this book. For one thing, the author (a woman) is constantly whining about how poorly women are treated in the ham radio world. And for another thing, the author brags about not doing a single interview when writing this book. In my opinion, a few interviews with long-time, knowledgable hams could have greatly improved this tedious screed.
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KB3I
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 5, 2007 17:23
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A must read for any ham!
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Here's a great book with a fascinating perspective of our hobby, written by a non-ham technical historian. The author, through an engaging writing style provides an insight into ham radio as a technical culture, and will warm the heart and mind of any ham radio operator.
You'll love this book!
73,
Ira KB3I
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