Re: [IRCA] [Tvfmdx] Google Book - DX related

["HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure that I follow you, Mike.   I as able to look at the entire
Nov 1954 issue (p. 81 had an article on the USS Forrestal (too big to go
through the Panama Canal), p. 51 had an ad on a career as a TV
repairman, part of  p. 111 had a small piece on slim TV's that may be
hung from the wall (!) and so on).

Still exploring the whole site.  I love old roads and maps and such and
back in the 30's and 40's, Roosevelt's WPA had a "Federal Writers
Project" with books on most of the states including road trips,
travelogues and such.  I found those books on Google Books, too although
not the Indiana guide (I found my hard copy at Half Price Books).

Thanks for your previous help on Google Books, too.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hawkins [mailto:michael.d.hawkins@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:27 PM
To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS
Cc: tvfmdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; amdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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Subject: Re: [Tvfmdx] Google Book - DX related

I checked for this article and the issue is a "snippet view".  This
means it is copyright-protected and they give you tiny bits of it.
Until they can eliminate the snippet view in favor of full viewing
(which is in the works), you can't get it from Google.  Also, snippet
views are usually useless if you put in multiple search terms (as you
did), because it gives you a snippet of the first instance of any of the
terms that you entered.  You can sometimes get more by getting to the
book you're interested in, then trimming the search terms down for the
search inside that book only.

Mike Hawkins


On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:12 AM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS
<DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


	If you all recall, a few weeks back, I mentioned Google Books.
Many
	folks replied and set me straight on what you can and can not do
with
	them (mainly you can only fully read the ones marked "Full
View").
	
	I was Googling +DX +Radio on Google Books the other night and
saw an
	article on TV DX'ing from the Nov 1954 edition of Popular
Mechanics.  It
	is a good piece, to me and talks quite accurately about VHF
DX'ing.  I
	did not include a direct link since you have to have a Google
account
	(Gmail or other) and thus the link may not work.  If you search
for
	Popular Mechanics from Nov 1954, you should get it.  It is on
page 158.
	The author and apparent DX'er is Max Tharpe.  Does that name
ring a
	bell?
	
	Off topic, I LOVE the ads in front of the magazine about
learning new
	trades such as auto, TV and radio and appliance repair.  I love
the idea
	of raising giant frogs, for profit!
	
	73,
	Dave Hascall
	Indy
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