In fact, when you call or write ARRL TIS staff, you will sometimes be referred to one of these books or to a past magazine article. A few good books go a long way toward answering the vast majority of your questions as well as enhance your knowledge and enjoyment of this fascinating hobby. Many questions received by TIS ask how to reach companies that sell Amateur Radio products or how to find a company that sells a specific product or service. TIS has created a searchable database of over 2,000. You can also search the database on-line .
Magazines are also a superb technical reference.
An annual index of articles appears in the December issue of QST and other magazines. Title indexes are available for QST , QEX and NCJ magazines. For QST issues from 1970 to the present, and some selected articles back to 1950, identifying keywords have been added to the database. Hints for more successful searching For DOS systems, a shareware program of searchable QST indexes by Don Shipley, WB2PKG, is available for download. If you don't have room in your shack for a large collection of periodicals, ARRL periodicals are now available on CD .