The OVRC Paper Library

OVRC has a small library of books and other media that members may borrow. Contact the president.

Books

The Invisible War
Gil Murray
The untold secret story of number one Canadian special wireless group.

On the Short Waves, 1923 -1945
Jerome S. Berg
Broadcast Listening in the Pioneer Days of Radio.

lnventing American Broadcasting
Susan Douglas

Wake of the Wireless Man
B. J. Clemons
The true story of one of the first wireless operators.

Some Experience
D. J. Christie
Group 6 RCAF bomber command.

Fine Tuning Proceedings 1994-1995
(Multiple Authors)
All about on Short Wave Listening. Receivers, antennas, propagation

Heinrich Hertz, The beginning of Microwaves
John Bryant

I was a spy of the airwaves
Ronald Gates

RAF beam benders, No 80 (signals) wing 1940-1945
Laurie Brettingham

The Searchers. Radio intercept in two world wars
Kenneth Macksey
Radio Intercept in Two World Wars

Empire of the Air
Tom Lewis
The men who made radio
Fascinating story of Armstrong, Sarnoff (RCA), and de Forest

Radio receiving Apparatus for Short Wave Telegrapht and Telephony
Westinghouse .
Reproduction of Westinghoues note, "Circular 1641", circa 1925

Halifax Wellington
Bowyer and van Ishoven .
About 2 aeroplanes

Montgomery Ward Radio Catalogue
Montgomery Ward .
Circa 1925(reproduction)

Crosley Radio Apparatus
Crosley .
Catalogue, circa 1925

Westinghouse Radio Batteries
Westinghouse .
Catalogue Oct. 1923

German Naval Code Breakers
Jak P. Mallmann Showell .

From Hull, Hell, and Halifax
Chris Blanchett .
An illustrated historyof No.4 group 1937-1948

The Source Book of the RAF
Ken Delve .
Everything you always wanted to know about the RAF 1994

WW2 books in English 1945-1965
Ziegler .
A book of books. 1972

Real Life Drama in the Radio Service Shop
Alan Roycroft .
Autobiography of Alan Roycroft, service man in New Zealand. 2019

Adventures from the Colodest Part of the Cold War
Brian (Simon) Jeffrey (OVRC member) .
Stories from the DEW line

Radios of Canada
Lloyd Swackhammer .
The only comprehensive list of radio manufacturers in Canada

Tube Lore
Ludwell Sibley .
The history of just about every tube you can imagine

CDs and DVDs

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Other Media

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