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« on: May 13, 2024, 08:09:12 PM »

I wonder if any of this will be scanned and shared?

https://youtu.be/Q2r7wwwgSow?feature=shared
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« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2024, 10:15:41 PM »

Doesn't take much to excite this guy  Grin
Most of the amateur radio manuals he mentioned are already posted on BAMA.

I have currently 102 listed Johnson manuals, mostly amateur and CB, on my web site. Somewhere around here, there is another box of Johnson manuals but I think it's business band stuff.
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« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2024, 08:23:17 AM »

Ok, the video sounded like these were previously unavailable.
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2024, 09:49:14 AM »

I think the point was these were Original manuals and not scanned manuals. To many it means nothing, but it does to some.
I've been in the vintage Corvette world long enough to know what "original" means to a lot of people.

The EF Johnson 50th anniversary record was obviously the jewel in this box.
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« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2024, 01:21:41 PM »

The problem with many of Johnson's original manuals was that many of the page sheets were printed on acidic-type paper. After 60 plus years, sheet color turns to a darker color making "good" scanning much more difficult. Plus, it was quite common, especially with acidic paper,  to have print bleed-through on double-sided pages. If you scan at too high of a resolution, you not only scan the near side print but, depending on the extent of the bleed-through, you will also replicate the bleed-through print.

The printing company that Johnson used had the tendency to print to within 1/8 inch of the left or right paper edge. With most of today's digital scanners, there is normally a default 1/4 inch gutter edge around the entire sheet (no print allowed). So, with today's scanners, if you're not careful or aware, scanning can sometimes cut off the last one or two letters in a sentence or word. If you're good at manipulating these anomalies, you can avoid these pitfalls.

For some, free stuff doesn't mean great quality or completeness. Grin It is what it is and it's free!
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« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2024, 09:28:22 PM »

Terry has always offered such Informative YouTube Videos, great find !
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