Fun with Radio

Fun with Radio is a book by Gilbert Davey first published in 1957 by Edmund Ward Ltd (London).

Written when radio receivers were still very expensive, and portable radios still a rarity (transistors were just being introduced), the book aimed to introduce children, mainly boys, to radio construction and possibly a career in radio or electronics. Radio construction was, in the early years of broadcasting, a very popular hobby among boys^{[citation needed]}. By the time he published 'Fun with Radio', Davey already had a following among readers of the Boy's Own Paper, where he was said to be the most popular contributor on practical subjects among its readers^{[citation needed]}, and in that same year he presented a series on BBC Television's Studio 'E' which reportedly brought him 26,000 letters within a few days of the first broadcast.^[1]

Six editions of the book were published, the final one in 1978. Davey also wrote Fun with Short Wave Radio, Fun with Transistors, Fun with Hi-Fi, and Fun with Silicon Chips in Modern Radio (1981).^[2]

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[1] *Gilbert Davey's Radio Sets - Gilbert Davey page.

[2] *List of titles by Gilbert Davey

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