CD DETAILED INFORMATION

The following information concerns the detail of REA's CD-ROM publications.  If you have any questions about our CD-ROM products, please call or email us your question.  The following information contains detail for all of our CD's.

The hallicrafters CD-ROM - Now Shipping,  This CD-ROM publication has been several years in the making as it has taken over 4 years to accumulate enough manuals to make a serious dent towards publishing most of the more common types of Hallicrafters equipment.  There are over 125 complete factory service manuals and schematics and other related information contained on this single CD-ROM which is pretty well filled to capacity.  If you are a hobbyist, Hallicrafters lover, collector, repair person or restorer on old radio receivers and transmitters then this is a great resource CD-ROM to add to your collection.  To see more detail about which models and information are contained, click "HERE".

RCA SERVICE NOTES - VOL. 1, 1923-1928 Now Shipping- This is the first "red-book" that is so hard to find because collectors won't give them up.  This book has extreme technical information as well as operating instructions for all of RCA's equipment that they manufactured from the start of the radio era in 1923 through the end of 1928.  It contains all of the rare Radiola sets and lots of other things as well.  Even has detail on speakers, horns and the like and crystal sets (Aereola Jr).  Since RCA marketed GE and Westinghouse production, it contains the GE and Westinghouse manufactured equipment with RCA's logo on it as well.  For early radio buffs, this is a MUST book that just seems to be impossible to find at any price, so we felt that it should be archived for all time - and this is just the first of a series of RCA "Red-Books" that we will publish in CD-ROM form.  Volume 2 will cover 1929 through 1932, Volume 3 will cover 1933 through 1936 and Volume 4 will cover all of their equipment from 1937 through 1940.  Keep tuned in for later releases of additional RCA volumes.

RCA SERVICE NOTES - VOL. 2, 1929-1932 Now Shipping- This is the "red-book" technical series that is so hard to find because collectors won't give them up.  This book has extreme technical information as well as operating instructions for all of RCA's equipment that they manufactured from 1929 through the end of 1932.  Not only are radios covered in this series, but parts and accessories as well as speakers.  For early radio buffs, this is a MUST book that just seems to be impossible to find at any price, so we felt that it should be archived for all time - and this is just one of a series of RCA "Red-Books" that we will publish in CD-ROM form.  

RCA SERVICE NOTES - VOL. 3, 1933-1936 - This is the "red-book" technical series that is so hard to find because collectors won't give them up.  This book has extreme technical information as well as operating instructions for all of RCA's equipment that they manufactured from 1933 through the end of 1936.  Not only are radios covered in this series, but parts and accessories as well as speakers.  For early radio buffs, this is a MUST book that just seems to be impossible to find at any price, so we felt that it should be archived for all time - and this is just one of a series of RCA "Red-Books" that we will publish in CD-ROM form.  

RCA SERVICE NOTES - VOL. 4, 1937-1940 - This is the "red-book" technical series that is so hard to find because collectors won't give them up.  This book has extreme technical information as well as operating instructions for all of RCA's equipment that they manufactured from 1937 through the end of 1940.  Not only are radios covered in this series, but parts and accessories as well as speakers.  For early radio buffs, this is a MUST book that just seems to be impossible to find at any price, so we felt that it should be archived for all time - and this is just one of a series of RCA "Red-Books" that we will publish in CD-ROM form.  

COLLINS RADIO - VOLUME 1 - RECEIVERS - all equipment manufactured from 1946 to 1980.  Front cover to back cover, including drawings, parts, schematics and more!  (Click for Announcement HERE)

COLLINS RADIO - VOLUME 2 - TRANSMITTERS & AMPLIFIERS - all equipment manufactured from 1946 to 1980.  Front cover to back cover, including drawings, parts, schematics and more! (Click for Announcement HERE)

COLLINS RADIO - VOLUME 3 - TRANSCEIVERS - all equipment manufactured from 1946 to 1980.  Front cover to back cover, including drawings, parts, schematics and more! (Click for Announcement HERE)

COLLINS RADIO - VOLUME 4 - ACCESSORIES - all equipment manufactured from 1946 to 1980.  Front cover to back cover, including drawings, parts, schematics and more! (Click for Announcement HERE)

ZENITH TRANS-OCEANIC CD-ROM - every service manual for every Zenith Trans-Oceanic made from the first to the last.  Includes service data, parts lists, pictorial diagrams, photos of chassis, alignment data, schematics and more.  Includes a photo gallery of all Trans-Oceanic models from the original "Bomber" to the R-7000-2 series that ended this long line of fine radios.  This is the first CD-ROM publication ever created exclusively to the Trans-Oceanic radio.

ANTIQUE RADIO REPAIR - Vol. 1: - (some articles and books in this publication have been duplicated from the Radiophile series CD’s to get a complete sampled reference for antique radio repairing on a single CD)
Over 2,800 pages of antique radio information! A collection of the most important references needed for antique radio repair, troubleshooting and radio theory - all on a single CD. (Contents subject to change without notice). Contents:
Theory (Radio Theory & Operating by world famous Mary Texanna Loomis- 848 pgs), National Radio Institute 12 book series - 345 pgs) 
Technical Reference (GE Receiving Tube Manual - 302 pgs, Tube Substitution Handbook-1977 - 111 pgs, Bernards English Valve Substitution Manual - 44 pgs, 1927 Cunningham radio tube/radio cross reference - 214 pgs, “Reading Radio Diagrams” - 1927 - American Technical Society - 114 pgs.
Radio Repair (Profitable Radio Repairing - 1956 - Marcus - 330 pgs, How it Works, a series of special publications by John F. Rider from his Perpetual Troubleshooter Manuals, Vols 8,9,10,11,15,16,17and PA Manual. - 504 pgs.

ANTIQUE RADIO REPAIR - Vol. 2: - RIDER MANIA! John Rider was one of the most prolific electronic publishers of his time. His world famous Perpetual Troubleshooters Manual ensured that fame. However, Rider published many other “MUST” books. This volume contains almost 3,000 pages of pertinent technical and helpful information and the contents are: 
REA Rider Indexes - over 2 years indexing for our CD-Rom series. This index covers over 50 different manufacturers radios that never appeared in any Rider Troubleshooters index! With this index, even MacIntosh users can use the Perpetual Troubleshooters Manual on CD-ROM! (Using a Mac-Compatible image viewer that will view/print Group IV tiff files)
Riders How It Works series - 214 pages of how circuits work covering the entire arena of antique radio.
Riders Record Changers & Recorders - rare volume, 734 pages, a must to repair record changers.
Riders Radio Troubleshooting Guide - Vol. 1", 1954, 156 pages, excellent text on TRF & Superhet receiver repairs.
Riders Basic Electronics - Vol. 5, Troubleshooting Radio Receivers, 1955, 111 pages, excellent text for repairing radios.
Riders Perpetual Troubleshooters Manual Index - Vol. 1-15, 1947, 206 pages, original composite index of schematics.
Riders Perpetual Troubleshooters Manual Index - Vol. 16-22, 1951, 47 pages, original composite index of schematics.
Riders Perpetual Troubleshooters Manual Index - Vol. 23, 1954, 71 pages w/parts lists, index including detail on parts.
Riders Servicing Receivers by Resistance Measurement - 1932, 209 pages, How To book using VOM/VTVM equipment.
Riders TV Installation Techniques - 1950, 330 pages, Practical aspects of early television.
Riders Practical Testing Systems - 1930, 149 pages, How To book of using test equipment for servicing radios.
Riders Servicing TV H&V Output Systems, 1954, 172 pages, valuable repair data on early TV sets.
Riders Fundamentals of Transistors, 1954, 146 pages, how transistors work, excellent tutorial.

RIDER’S "PERPETUAL TROUBLESHOOTERS MANUAL" - 23 Volumes - 1915-1955, The ONE AND ONLY DATABASE DRIVEN RIDERS COLLECTION EVER CREATED! - 40,000+ schematics and alignment data on most old radios. This CD covers over 120,000 different radio models and chassis.  Over 50 radio manufacturers radio models are included that are not even contained in Mr. Rider’s original indexes! Over two years in the making using high resolution scanning equipment and a powerful database for indexing. Don’t confuse this remarkable series for inferior products that are not database driven. Database search indexing is provided for over 100,000 radios and provides a remarkable resource for finding radio schematics even if you don’t know how to spell the name of the radio or only know just a portion of a model or chassis number. The most comprehensive resource ever produced on repair schematics of old radios. A powerful database allows searching by manufacture or radio name and model number. This is a powerful resource for collectors, repairmen, restorer’s and the like. Schematics may be viewed on the screen and printed to a local printer for personal use. The complete set has 6 CD-Roms. The CD’s contain: V1-V4, V5-V8, V9-V12, V13-V16, V17-V20 and V21-V23. You can use individual CD’s by themselves and do not have to purchase a complete package, but may add any of the other Rider’s CD’s or other REA Radiophile or Antique Radio CD’s to your digital collection at any time.  If you have tried some of the "look-alike" Riders CD's, you are in for a treat with this database driven system and the fact that you can read all of the values unlike some of the poor copies that are out there now in CD-land.  

QST - 80 Years of QST from The American Radio Relay League - all 80 years of QST covering each magazine from the beginning in 1915 through December issue of 1994. A complete database of every feature and technical article is available for searching using author, name of article, year and issue as search criteria. A wildcard search could be made on all 80 years (when complete) for any technical article with the word SX-28A (Hallicrafters) or a search could be narrowed to only include those years by using the ">1938 and < 1950" which would return only SX-28A articles between the years of 1938 and 1950! 1970 through 1994 issues are now available. 1930-1994 are currently shipping. Over 500,000 CD's of QST have already been sold worldwide and climbing. “The definitive resource on the history of radio”. This publication series on CD-ROM is the dream of a lifetime - to have it all “instantly” available under a powerful database search engine. Try them out, you will most likely want all of them if you do!

MILITARY - R-390/R-390A/URR CD-ROM - This CD is a unique CD-ROM designed to provide technical and historical information on the R390/R-390A communications receivers.  Called the most advanced receiver of all time, the venerable R-390series has seen 3 wars and is still in use in installations throughout the world. This CD-ROM contains both the US Navy and US Army technical manuals. Additionally we have included historical information, resource data, and facts about the R-390A. The famous Fort Devens visual alignment manuals are included with this CD-ROM. This CD does not use RadioView software but uses your Internet browser HTML software for the main program and the technical manuals are all windows based executable files using document imaging software. All manuals are electronically digitized using high-resolution imaging for easy viewing and printing. Requires Windows 95 or Windows NT running on a personal computer.  New drawings added to the R390 and we have rescanned portions of other manuals in the newest release V1.3 now shipping.

RCA HB-3, The Most Complete Tube Manual Ever Produced - 10 volumes of every kind of tube imaginable with almost 7,000 pages of detailed information not available elsewhere! Consists of Cathode Ray Tubes, Storage Tubes, Monoscope Tubes, Photosensitive Tubes, Thyratrons, Ignitrons, Glow-Discharge Tubes, Receiving Tubes-Industrial Types, Receiving Tubes-Regular Types, Semiconductor Devices, Miscellaneous Tube Types (ie, Klystron, others), and Transmitting Tubes. All on a single CD-ROM designed to be easy to use. Requires Windows 95 or Windows NT running on a personal computer. If you had this 10 volume manual printed at 5 cents per page, it would cost over $ 325 just for copying. This is the reference that you have been waiting for - the most comprehensive, most detailed technical manual every produced for Tubes - brought to you by Radio Era Archives.

DIAL-CORD TECHNICAL REFERENCE - almost 3,000 different dial cord diagrams for stringing old radios. Imagine trying to figure out some of these complicated dial string situations. If you repair or restore old radios, we cannot think of a better resource. This CD is comprised of the entire dial cord series produced from 1947 to 1960. The only publication of its kind ever produced and is invaluable to restringing or fixing old broken dial strings in radios. This is a “must-have” technical reference CD-ROM.

RADIOPHILE - Vol 1: 
4,200+ pages - 29 books on old radio technology - a database allows searching by publication name,
author, type of publication and year. Content covers radio troubleshooting and techniques, technical reference information and general interest books. The books are viewed on the screen and may be printed to a local printer for personal use. Contains:
· John F. Rider "Radio Troubleshooting Guide - Vol. 1", 1954, 156 pages
· John F. Rider "Basic Electronics - Vol. 5, Troubleshooting Radio Receivers", 1955, 111 pages
· John F. Rider "Perpetual Troubleshooters Manual Index - Vol. 1-15", 1947, 206 pages
· John F. Rider "Perpetual Troubleshooters Manual Index - Vol. 16-22", 1951, 47 pages
· John F. Rider "Perpetual Troubleshooters Manual Index - Vol. 23, 1954, 71 pages w/parts lists
· Dr. A. Ghirardi "Most Radio Receiver Problems", 1947, 702 pages
· PHILCO Service Division - "PHILCO Radio Servicing and Alignment", no date, 35 pages
· Atwater-Kent, "Servicing Data", 1928, 98 pages
· Atwater-Kent, "Electrical Data", 1932, 24 pages
· Atwater-Kent, "Parts Data", 1928, 64 pages
· National Radio Institute, a complete series of "How To" books on theory, troubleshooting and servicing, 1927-1937, 12 books, 375 pages.
· General Electric, "Receiving Tube Reference Manual", 1962, 302 pages
· "ARRL HANDBOOK", Amateur Radio Handbook, 1955, 764 pages
· RCA - CUNNINGHAM "RADIOTRON Tube Reference Book", 1933, 161 pages
· Hugo Gernsback, "Radiocraft Magazine - Jubilee Issue", March 1938, 146 pages
· Hugo Gernsback, "Quiz Book & Kinks - Short-wave Radio", 1938, 65 pages
· "Radio Trade Journal", 1925, 194 pages

RADIOPHILE - Vol 2: 
Over 5,600 pages! Complete Schematics for Zenith Radios with index, Volumes 1&2 - 1928-1941, also Complete Set of Hugo Gernsback’s "Official Radio Service Manual", 6 Volumes 1931-1936 with complete index of all sets in 1936 issue. A database allows searching by publication name, author, type of publication and year. The index for Zenith and Gernsback is retrieved by database selection, and the schematics are viewed on the screen and may be printed to a local printer for personal use. There are hundreds of radios in this series that do not appear in the Riders 23 volumes. An invaluable resource for the serious Radiophile!!

· Hugo Gernsback, "Official Radio Service Manual" - 1931, 610 pages
· Hugo Gernsback, "Official Radio Service Manual" - 1932, 988 pages
· Hugo Gernsback, "Official Radio Service Manual" - 1933, 703 pages
· Hugo Gernsback, "Official Radio Service Manual" - 1934, 397 pages
· Hugo Gernsback, "Official Radio Service Manual" - 1935, 1,009 pages
· Hugo Gernsback, "Official Radio Service Manual" - 1936, 1,200 pages
· Zenith Radio - "Official Serviceman’s Guide - Vol. 1", 1,004 pages
· Zenith Radio - "Official Serviceman’s Guide - Vol. 2", 1,004 pages
· Zenith Radio - "Official Serviceman’s Guide - Parts Listing", 182 pages

RADIOPHILE - Vol 3: - New Publication!
The latest addition to the Radiophile CD-Series! More great books and references to make your avocation more enjoyable! Driven by REA’s RadioView database that allows searching by publication name, author, type of publication and year. Viewed on the screen like a book with magnification and printing capabilities! A Must CD! Contains:

Mallory-Yaxley Radio Encyclopedia, famous and rare 6th edition covering all radios from the beginning to and including postwar models to 1948. A must in every library to search schematics for radios without model numbers, chassis numbers, etc. Find and identify impossible to identify radios with this unique reference. 552 pages of rare data! If you have ever had a radio that you couldn’t identify, this book will most probably be the answer! 
Radio for Everybody by Austin Lescarboura of the Scientific American, 1922 publication of a popular guide to practical reception & transmission - a rare book with 334 pages of historical information. 
The Radio Manual by George Sterling. 1940 technical book encompassing 1,120 pages covering all aspects of radio theory. 
RCA Radiotron Designers Handbook 3d Edition, with 352 pages dated May, 1945. This book is the most famous design book covering old radio technology and is one of the most sought after book with valuable data for radio collectors. 
Tube Substitution Handbook - 1977 - 111 pgs. - an invaluable reference in these days of hard to find tubes!
Bernard’s English Valve Substitution Manual - 44 pgs. - 1966 comprehensive english valve to tube cross reference. 
Cunningham 1927 Tube to Radio Cross-reference - 214 pgs, great for identifying those hard to find out what they are - radios!

RCA RADIOTRON DESIGNERS HANDBOOK - Version 4 - Many people have asked for this specific book in CD-Electronic form. This is the last version of the famous Radiotron Designers Handbook series and this final version has over 1,600 pages of the most detailed technical information ever assembled in a single publication. Just about everything is here, from the very earliest days of radio to up-to-date information. This book is not for the light at heart and is not “easy reading”. This is a highly technical book and delves into the very depths of electronic circuitry. This book is very hard to find since it has been out of publication since 1952, but Radio Era Archives is proud to bring it back for all time - in digital form. The last one of these books that we saw being sold was on the EBAY internet auction and it went for over $ 160.00, so this makes this publication in digital form a real bargain. This publication on CD-ROM is viewed starting with a web-browser such as the Internet Explorer by Microsoft or Netscape Navigator. Then there are two executable windows programs that contain the index and the book. When using the publication it is useful to open both programs simultaneously as you will browse through the index, then goto the book to find the exact page described in the index. This is just like picking up a book to read it . . . you generally find the index after opening a few pages, you find something you would like to read, then you turn to that section, chapter or page. Since there is a very detailed index, it is very easy to find the exact item that you are looking for. You may print any page, any group of pages, a chapter or the whole book with your Windows compatible printer. 

Amos ‘N Andy Vol. 1 - new audio CD-ROM with lost WWII radio programs. Contains 12 - 30 minute programs on a single CD-ROM. Needs Internet browser, PC or Mac with soundcard and CD-ROM player. Must be able to playback WAVE files. First of a series of great old radio programs that will be a great resource for laughter from now on. 

The Radio Boys - 13 Books - Complete Collection on CD-ROM - The Radio Boys live again, in their 13 books by Allen Chapman. Adventure stories about the early days of radio in an easy to read style for all ages.  This the most famous of the Radio Boys authors from the early days of radio and is the entire collection of 13 books.  Great reading and adventure for young and old. Great gift for persons with radio interest. Simply good entertainment. Reads just like a book, needs PC with Windows and Internet browser to use this CD-ROM. You can print a page, chapter or the entire book. 

REA’s Complete Riders Index on CD-ROM - Due to constant requests, we have taken all of the indexing from our Riders 6-CD series and have made it available on CD-ROM. The indexing is keyed to the radio models that were hand indexed from 3 - sets of Riders manuals and made into REA's Riders 6 CD-Set of CD-ROM.  This CD requires using an HTML browser software and either the ability to read a PC text file or PC Excel spreadsheet file. Every radio in this series is alphanumerically listed with the starting and ending “.tif” graphics numbers indication starting page and ending page number for specific schematics. This could be of help to those who want a complete accurate index. The Excel file is preferable due to multiple column spacing and lining up the columns for easy reading. 

Famous Schematic Service Data Series - Each release will contain 25 "Sets" of service schematics.  Because of the file sizes required for these extensive schematics, a CD-ROM will only hold 25 or so sets.  Each set can contain up to 30 or so different schematics depending on the type of radio and how much data was originally supplied by the manufacturer.  Based on the average number of schematics in a set, and the low price of $ 79 per CD Volume, this would make each schematic only about .08.  Even if you work this out to roughly 30 schematics per set with 25 sets per volume, this would average $ 2.40 per set, which was the retail price of a set IN 1965!  The Schematic Service series usually has pictures of the radios, pictures above the chassis as well as below the chassis, a parts list, alignment information and in appropriate cases dial stringing information.  

 
Sets 1-25   Click to see index HERE  
Sets 26-50 Click to see index HERE  
Sets 51-75 Click to see index HERE  
Sets 76-100 Click to see index HERE  
Sets 101-125    Now Shipping
Sets 126-150    Now Shipping
Sets 151-175    Now Shipping
Sets 151-175    Now Shipping
Sets 176-200    Now Shipping

Military Radio Vol. 1 Technical CD-ROM (Now shipping)
AN/URM25D technical manual, ART-13 maintenance manual, ART-13 operation manual, ART-13 Ham Conversion manual, BC191/BC375 technical manual, BC221 - all versions, technical manual, BC224(F,K) - BC348(J,N,Q) technical manual,  BC312-BC314-BC342,-BC344 technical manuals, BC348(E,M,P) technical manual, BC348(H,K,L,R) technical manual, BC375C technical manual, BC375E technical manual,  BC610 technical manual, BC614(E,F,H,I) technical manual, BC645 operations manual, BC645 ham conversion manual, and Military 213A tube manual/cross-reference manual.
Approximately 2,185 pages of military technical information.

Military Radio Vol. 2 Technical CD-ROM  (Now shipping)
BC453-BC459A/B-BC659A-BC946B(all part of SCR274), Users Guide to ARC Receivers (Command Sets), TM11-310 Schematic Diagram compendium for ground based radio sets, AN/PRC-5, AN/PRC-6, AN/PRC8,9,10, BC639A, BC779B-BC794B-BC1004C, RBO-2(RCH), GRC19, Surplus Conversion Guide V1, Surplus Conversion Guide V2, Surplus Conversion Guide V3, R388, R389, R391, and R392.  Approximately 2,365 pages of military technical information.

Record Changers CD-ROM  (Now shipping)
The complete John Riders Record Changer series and other service resources.  If you have an old record changer that needs some help, this CD will provide everything that you need with service information and part data.  Hundreds and Hundreds of record changers with full indexing and service information for record changers manufactured from the early 1930's until the late 1950's.  The most complete compendium ever assembled for record changer data.  All on a single CD-ROM.

RCA Service Data and Operational Information Series -  the most complete service data ever assembled for old radios.  This information was published by RCA and printed into bound volumes for their service people.  These books are almost impossible to find at any price and are high regarded by those who own them.  These CD's cover every page for the years listed below:

RCA Vol. 1 - 1924-1928 
RCA Vol. 2 - 1929-1932 
RCA Vol. 3 - 1933-1936 
RCA Vol. 4 - 1937-1940 
(none produced during war years of 1941 & 1942)

Specialty CD Series:

The following list are new Military technical manuals produced on CD-ROM.  They are all complete military style technical manuals.  You can view and enlarge on the screen and print any or all pages to your printer.

Collins Radio R1051 Technical Manual CD-ROM Now Shipping
Collins Radio 618T Technical Manual CD-ROM Now Shipping
Collins Radio 651S-1 Technical Manual CD-ROM Now Shipping
Military (National Radio) R1490/URR17 Technical Manual Receiver CD-ROM Now Shipping
1929 Commerce Dept. Amateur Call Book Now Shipping
Military (Collins Radio) AN/ART-13 Technical Manual CD-ROM Now Shipping
Military RBB/RBC Series Technical Manual CD-ROM Now Shipping
Collins Radio SSB Principals & Circuits - Pappenfus-Bruene-Schoenike - the "Bible"
         on SSB technology - CD-ROM publication, 382 pages Now Shipping
Collins Radio - Military AN/ARC-54 complete technical library CD-ROM - US Citizen
         Citizen use only - Cannot be exported Now Shipping
Collins Radio - Military AN/ARC-51X-BX complete technical library CD-ROM - US Citizen
         Citizen use only - Cannot be exported Now Shipping

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