The WireMan - The WIREBOOK IV

Serving Amateur and Professional Radio since 1976

Products for Amateur and Professional Radio - Since 1976

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. WIREBOOK IV, Now sold out, was still in the straightforward style of WIREBOOKS I, II and III, with chapters on Coaxial Cables, Connectors, Cable Routing and Burying, Grounding and Lightning, Balanced Line, Antenna Wire, Wire Antennas, baluns, plus hints, tips, a W2DU discussion, a few laughs, and more.

WIREBOOK IV had 224 pages and 'OPEN-BAK' binding for stay-open use. There are many useful pictures, charts, tables and hints. The information provided tried to help the interested amateur make the right choices, avoid commercial double-speak, and get the maximum performance of his station at the least cost.

WIREBOOK V is in the works, and its content will be similar to WB IV, but with old errors corrected and new ones included, since we’re subject to Murphy’s Law! All of the material has been and will continue to be based on queries directed to us by hams,old and new, over almost 35 years, and the answers have come from fellow hams, the manufacturers of the goods we handle, and our own experience.

Many of the marvels in communication today were born due to the curiosity of guys with callsigns, with and without formal education or laboratory facility at hand. Their stories are the “meat and potatoes,” and we’re proud to have used them as the outline and framework of WIREBOOK IV.

So, continue to try anything in the field that stirs your interest. That's what the hobby is all about. Let what you see, read, try and find out for yourself be your guide and enjoy all of the joys of the greatest hobby in this world and beyond!

And, if you did not find what you had hoped for in WB IV, drop us a line and tell us about it. We’ll try to add it to WIREBOOK V for all to share.