July 2008

HRSA Journal - 'Radio Waves'

'Radio Waves' is the quarterly publication of the Historical Radio Society of Australia inc. with editions published mid-month in January, April, July and October. Issues are printed in a high quality format and are at least 40 pages in length and prove a valuable reference source for members. In recent years covers have been printed in full colour and from mid-2009 most illustrations are also in colour. Its articles, which are usually written by members, are of a high standard, well illustrated and covering a wide range of topics relevant to the history of radio and collecting of older equipment including

and much more.

A list of the contents of every issue, normally including the latest, can be found in our Index by Issue

Click to see a sample cover, page or a circuit from 'Radio Waves'.

Articles and photos from members are most welcome and advertising of members' sales, wants and services in the 'HRSA Market Place' section of 'Radio Waves', is free.

The October 2009 and January 2010 issues contain two articles on the History of Microphones and as an adjunct to them, you can actually hear recordings made with some of those described.

'Radio Waves' Sale Items

Member's goods in the Yellow Pages of the latest issue of Radio Waves can now have pictures on this site as from April 2010.

'Radio Waves' Indexes

There are two indexes of our journal available. These cover all issues from the newsletters of 1982 to the latest issue and are in two different sequences, chronological (listing the contents of each issue) and by subject (eg make and then model of radio). The indexes are in PDF format and can be saved to your computer for viewing offline or printed. To find an item, use your PDF reader's search function rather than searching visually; in this case you may only want to save one version. To avoid confusion with obsolete versions, the file name includes the the year and month number.

Click for Index sorted by Issue, date and page.

Click for Index sorted by Subject area, radio make and type

R&H, RTV&H and EA Index

One of our members, Ray Tampion, has prepared an index containing articles relevant to HRSA interests from Radio & Hobbies, Radio Television & Hobbies and Electronics Australia magazines. These magazines catered for Australian hobbyists interested in radio and electronics for a period of about 60 years from 1939. Entries are listed by issue within each topic. You can download this in pdf form and use the built in search facilities of this format. The index is being updated from time to time.

Click to download Index by Topic in pdf format (about 200Kb) - last updated 12/5/09.

'Silicon Chip' list of Vintage Radio articles.

Leo Simpson, the editor of "Silicon Chip" magazine, has kindly supplied us with a list of titles for their excellent monthly article on Vintage Radio from 1988 to the most recent issue. These aticles are currently written by Rodney Champness. The Silicon Chip website allows you to view the first page of each article from the Archived Articles section.

Click to view or download the list of Titles by Issue as a text file.

'Australian Radio Brands' by Manufacturer.

This list of Australian radio brands has been prepared by Arthur Courtney, who would appreciate feedback and further contributions. His contact details are on the Brand List which is in PDF format.

'Australian Radio Models' by Manufacturer.

This list in PDF format of Australian Radio models by maker and date from about 1930 to 1955 has been created by Stuart Irwin, who expects to add to it from time to time. Details for models include, where known, the set type, chassis types, valve line-up, IF frequencies, the AORSM entry, if applicable, as well as other snippets of information. There are a few imported models as well.

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