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NRI 1927-1930 Home-Study Courses Contents

1927 - 1930     (complete home-study courses and more)

RADIO-TRICIAN'S JOB SHEETS
(Useful information for modern-day technicians servicing older models.)

  • Installation of a Battery Charger and Batteries
  • How to Build an "A" and "B" Power-Pack for Direct Current
  • Building a "B" Eliminator and Power Amplifier
  • Building a Plug-in "B" Power Supply Unit
  • Building a Universal Testing Set and Tube Checker
  • The Electrolytic Type of Rectifier and Filter for a "B" Eliminator
  • How to Make Radio Receivers more Selective and Sensitive
  • How to Build a Simple Tungar Battery Charger for use with 110 Volts A. C.
  • Using the Farm Lighting Batteries for A, B, and C Radio Current
  • How to Wire Buildings for Radio

RADIO-TRICIAN'S SERVICE SHEETS
(Schematics and valuable service information about receivers of that era.)

  • The Amrad Neutrodyne Receiver - Type AC-5

  • Balancing the Circuits of Radio Receivers

  • Crosley Sets 4-29 and 5-38

  • Crosley Sets, Models AC-7 and AC-7C

  • Crosley Bandbox Receivers (models 601, 602)

  • The Crosley Model RFL-90 Receiver

  • Freed-Eisemann Electric Receivers Models NR-60 and 60-A

  • Servicing the Freshman Masterpiece Receiver

  • Servicing the Grebe Syncrophase Receiver

  • Improving the Audio Frequency Amplifier

  • Installing Antennas - Outside and Inside

  • The Radiola 20

  • The Radiola 25

  • Servicing the Radiola 28

  • The Radiola 30

  • Servicing Radiolas III and III-A

  • Radiola Loudspeaker Model 104

  • R. C. A. (Uni-Rectron) Power Amplifier Unit (model AP-935)

  • Rewiring Radio Receivers for A. C. Tube Operation

  • Starting in the Radio Service Business

  • The Super-Zenith Batteryless Set Model 17

  • Trouble Shooting on Radio Receivers

  • Locating Troubles in Superheterodyne Receivers

  • Wiring Receivers for "C" Battery, and Power Amplifiers

RADIO-TRICIAN'S WORK SHEETS

  • Work Sheet No. 2: Correcting Common Tube Troubles
  • Work Sheet No. 3: Installation of the Antenna System
  • Work Sheet No. 4: Storage Batteries and Rechargers
  • Work Sheet No. 5: Loud-Speakers and How to Use Them
  • Work Sheet No. 6: How to Solder
  • Work Sheet No. 7: Power Tubes - What They are and How They are Used
  • Work Sheet No. 8: Putting New Life in Radio Tubes
  • Work Sheet No. 9: Wiring Radio Coils
  • Work Sheet No.10: Designing Coils for Receivers

1927 - 1928
(These came from the same set. Some were published in 1927, some in 1928 .
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  • Lesson 1 Elementary Principles of Radio Reception (2nd Edition)
  • Lesson 2 Principles of Electric Circuits Used in Radio Receivers (2nd Edition)
  • Lesson 3 Tuning Radio Receiving Circuits (2nd Edition)
  • Lesson 4 Radio and Audio Frequency Amplifying Circuits (2nd Edition)
  • Lesson 5 Audio Frequency Amplifiers (2nd Edition)
  • Lesson 6 Radio Batteries, Chargers, and Eliminators (2nd Edition)
  • Lesson 7 The Vacuum Tube
  • Lesson 8 Receiving Antennae and Their Installation
  • Lesson 9 Radio Reception and the Crystal Detector
  • Lesson 10 The Three Element Vacuum Tube as a Detector
  • Lesson 11 The Single-Tube Circuits used in Radio Receivers
  • Lesson 12 Audio Frequency Amplification
  • Lesson 13 Radio Frequency Amplification
  • Lesson 14 General Trouble Shooting in Radio Receivers
  • Lesson 15 Testing Radio Receivers and Amplifiers
  • Lesson 16 Inductance and Condenser Design (2nd Edition)
  • Lesson 17 Regeneration Oscillation and Neutralization
  • Lesson 18 Radio Batteries their Construction and Operation
  • Lesson 19 Reflex Radio receivers
  • Lesson 20 The Neutodyne Receiver
  • Lesson 21 The Super-Heterodyne Receiver Development, Design, and Operation
  • Lesson 22 Elementary Radio Measurements (3rd Edition)
  • Lesson 23 Standard Radio Receiving Circuits (2nd Edition)
  • Lesson 24 (missing)
  • Lesson 25 The Screen Grid Vacuum Tube (3rd Edition)
  • Radio Retailing and Salesmanship 1928
  • Definitions of Radio Terms and Symbols 1927 (2nd Edition)
  • Radio Inventions 1927
  • Radio Diagrams and Draftsmanship 1927
  • Radio Service and Repairs 1928

1929     (a complete set minus one lesson)

  • Book 1: The Store - Its Location, Equipment, and Personnel
  • Book 2: The Art of Buying Radio Merchandise
  • Book 3: Radio Merchandising: Radio Advertising and Merchandise Display
  • Book 4: Instructions in Selling in the Retail Radio Field
  • Book 5: Radio Inventions
  • Book 6: Radio Journalism
  • Book 7: How to Manage a Broadcasting Studio
  • Book 8: Talking Motion Pictures
  • Book 9: Organization of a Broadcasting Station
  • Book 10: Radio Retailing and Salesmanship
  • Book 11: Diagrams and Draftsmanship
  • Book 12: Practical Servicing of Radio Receivers
  • Book 13: Choosing a Career in Radio
  • Book 14: Methods of Testing Radio Receivers

1929 - 1930     (a complete set)

  • Lesson 1: Elementary Principles of Radio Reception
  • Lesson 2: Principles of Electric Circuits Used in Radio Receivers
  • Lesson 3: Tuning Radio Receiving Circuits
  • Lesson 4: Radio and Audio Frequency Amplifying Circuits
  • Lesson 5: Audio-Frequency Amplifiers and Radio-Speakers
  • Lesson 6: Radio Batteries, Chargers, and Eliminators
  • Lesson 7: Fundamental D.C. Theory
  • Lesson 8: Fundamental AC Theory
  • Lesson 9: Simple Graphs and Types of Radio Waves
  • Lesson 10: Detector Action of Crystal and Vacuum Tube
  • Lesson 11: The Vacuum Tube as an Amplifier
  • Lesson 12: Audio Frequency Amplification
  • Lesson 13: Radio Frequency Amplification
  • Lesson 14: Radio Sound Reproducers
  • Lesson 15: Receiving Antennas and their Installation
  • Lesson 16: Inductance and Condenser Design
  • Lesson 17: Regeneration, Oscillation, and Neutralization
  • Lesson 18: Radio Batteries: Their Construction and Operation
  • Lesson 19: Heterodyne Reception of Radio Waves
  • Lesson 20: The Neutrodyne Receiver
  • Lesson 21: The Super-Heterodyne Receiver: Development, Design, and Operation
  • Lesson 22: Elementary Radio Measurements
  • Lesson 23: Standard Radio Receiving Circuits
  • Lesson 24: Alternating Current Operated Radio Receivers
  • Lesson 25: The Screen Grid Vacuum Tube
  • Lesson 26: Super-Heterodyne Troubles and their Remedies
  • Lesson 27: Radio Battery Chargers
  • Lesson 28: Battery Eliminators and Power Amplifiers
  • Lesson 29: Radio Interference and its Elimination
  • Lesson 30: Changing Sound to Audio Frequency Current
  • Lesson 31: History and Development of Radio Telephony
  • Lesson 32: Transmitting Vacuum Tubes
  • Lesson 33: Power Supply Apparatus for Transmitting Tubes
  • Lesson 34: Standard Tube Circuits for Transmitting Tube Circuits
  • Lesson 35: Operating Principles of Commercial and Broadcasting Transmitters
  • Lesson 36: Amateur Short Wave Transmitters and Receivers
  • Lesson 37: Design and Installation of Short Wave Tube Transmitters
  • Lesson 38: How to Operate a Broadcasting Station
  • Lesson 39: Transmission and Reception of Pictures by Radio
  • Lesson 40: Trans-Atlantic Radio Telephone and Relay Stations
  • Lesson 41: Piezo-Electric Crystal-Control for Tube Transmitters
  • Lesson 42: Construction and Operation of Power Amplifiers
  • Lesson 43: Radio Prospecting
  • Lesson 44: Short Wave Beam Transmission
  • Lesson 45: Aircraft Radio Transmitters and Receivers
  • Lesson 46: Television
  • Lesson 47: Distant Control by Means of Radiant Energy
  • Lesson 48: Public Address Systems
  • Lesson 49: Marine and Aircraft Radio Beacon and Directional Finders
  • Lesson 50: Carrier Current Systems (Wired Radio)

PRACTICAL RADIO CONSTRUCTION
(Instructions for assembling the test kits that went along with the course)

  • Practical Radio Construction - Unit 1
    (Directions for constructing N. R. I. Unit 1 receiving set with crystal detector.)
  • Practical Radio Construction - Unit 2
    (Directions for constructing N. R. I. Unit 2 receiving set with vacuum tube detector.)
  • Practical Radio Construction - Unit
    (Directions for constructing N. R. I. vacuum tube regenerative receiving circuits.)
  • Practical Radio Construction - Unit 4
    (Directions for adding one stage of transformer coupled audio frequency amplification to a receiver.)
  • Practical Radio Construction - Unit 5
    (Directions for adding radio frequency amplification to a receiver.)
  • Practical Radio Construction - Unit 6
    (Directions for connection reflex and short wave hook-ups.)

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