Does anyone have a copy of the First Edition of this book,
by Alfred Morgan?

I recall getting it from the library in the 1950's. I think
it had a chapter devoted to a single tube regen receiver, and another
chapter on a resistance-coupled audio amp. What tubes were used?

I have a Second Edition, and it uses a 6 volt miniature tube, and comments that
the 1.5 Volt tubes previously used are not readily available.

The original circuit used a 1G4 or 1H4 if I remember correctly.

Would love to get a photocopy of the article, or just the schematic.

Thanks,

Rich

Hi,
Lindsay Publishing has reprinted this book, I am not sure if it is a current offering, but you could check their website.

:Does anyone have a copy of the First Edition of this book,
:by Alfred Morgan?
:
:I recall getting it from the library in the 1950's. I think
:it had a chapter devoted to a single tube regen receiver, and another
:chapter on a resistance-coupled audio amp. What tubes were used?
:
:I have a Second Edition, and it uses a 6 volt miniature tube, and comments that
:the 1.5 Volt tubes previously used are not readily available.
:
:The original circuit used a 1G4 or 1H4 if I remember correctly.
:
:Would love to get a photocopy of the article, or just the schematic.
:
:Thanks,
:
:Rich

:Does anyone have a copy of the First Edition of this book, by Alfred Morgan? I recall getting it from the library in the 1950's.

I first read this book in 1954 or 5, from the Carnegie library in Cedar Rapids, Ia. It changed my life.

I think
:it had a chapter devoted to a single tube regen receiver, and another
:chapter on a resistance-coupled audio amp. What tubes were used?

30. I could never find one of those; it was frustrating at first because I was too young and stupid to realize what to do about it.

:I have a Second Edition, and it uses a 6 volt miniature tube, and comments that the 1.5 Volt tubes previously used are not readily available.

Gad! The version I read showed the blasted No. 30 tube in all its ugly glassy four-pin glory.

:The original circuit used a 1G4 or 1H4 if I remember correctly.

Well, certainly not the FIRST edition of Morgan. I wonder if it came out with a different title? Must have been published in the forties or even late thirties; I remember thinking, in 1954, that it was a rather ancient book in ratty condition. Probably a lot of fellows in Cedar Rapids, who eventually went to work for Collins Radio, started out with that book!

Yours,
Steve Waldee
Retired Broadcast Station Chief Engineer, SF bay area
(KOFY, KNBR, KKHI, KDFC, KSOL, KBOQ, KPEN, etc. etc.)

At the risk of being obsolete, I'd suggest the stand-by : the World Wide Wait ! Check out Alibris, Amazon, etc for copies of this vintage text, which ran to something like 4 books in that series alone. I don't know anything else about Mr Morgan, but I did enjoy his books!

I recently got a copy of this book but it had the newer 6 volt tube as well. In the Bellbrook OH library they had the original book in the early 60s. The tube it used was a 1G4 and the copyright was 1954 I beleive. There was an earlier book by Morgan the "Boy Electrician" that had a regenerative radio setup with a 1H4G. I think it had a 1938 copyright. There may have been an earier version with a #30. The book in the 60s was one that got me going as well. I never did find a 1G4 tube till I was in high school. I did build the regen radio but it never did work right. I dug it out years later and played with it--all those years it turned out I had a defective regen control and trimmers. Imagine my surprise that 30 years later I had it working!

Sounds Great !! Sure brings back a lot of happy memories !!! The local library has a copy of a 1969 book of his : "The boys' fourth book of radio and electronics; an introduction to solid state physics, semiconductors, and transistors." I'll have to check it out for memory's sake. And just who was that Alfred P Morgan ? Hmmm.....