Wonderful course for newbies...
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I have seen a lot of people new to antique radio repair, and some to antique electronics in general. I found this link to a posting on Nostalgia Air of the old N.R.I. certification course. I've looked at it, and it reminds me a lot of the curriculum at electronics "A" school in the Navy. I think it may be of great help to you. I know I am going to run through it as a review of things I have grown fuzzy on over the years through lack of use.
http://www.nostalgiaair.org/References/A.../index.htm
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If you are a self-taught "technician" like me, courses like this one are invaluable.
I have the complete 1940 NRI course, and many other similar publications. This is not rocket science. My advice to any of you out there is read...read....READ !!!
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I'm getting a 404 error when I click the links. 
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The link is working fine for me, but you can try going through Nostalgia Air's main website, click "references" then "tips and training" and find "NRI's 1931 Certified Radio-Trician's Course" under the "tutorials" heading. Nostalgia Air's main page is http://www.nostalgiaair.org/ .
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hmm
some of the site is working other parts nri is not as I get 404 error too
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I find it odd that some folks are getting a 404 error. I have tried the link to the page using another computer which I had never gone to it before on, just in case it was cached on my machine, but, nope, it worked fine on that one too. I use Firefox as my browser. I am not sure why some folks seem to be having this problem.
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I have tried several times but only get the "404" error too. I remember reading some of this course back in the 60's when I was a teenager. My dad took this course in the earlyn50's and still had it laying around the house. It was an excellent, in depth course. I loaned it out to a guy I worked with years ago and never got it back and now have no idea where he is.
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OK, now, for some reason, the only paghe I can get to is the front page of the NRI course. When I try to open any of the sub sections I too get a 404 error. Let me see if I can find a link to this course elsewhere.
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sadly, I cannot find another link to a free site with a useful version of the NRI course. There is a 1929 one, but that would be too early really. There is a disc available on eBay of the 1948 course complete, including 40 extra pamphlets on "how to make money servicing radios." I will give that link in the "things for sale online" section of the Phorum, so go there to find that link.
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Sounds like the search for the "missing link" is still ongoing......
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The link here seems to work for me... I took the NRI course on radio repair about 1983 when I was out of work, unfortunately money got to tight so I couldn't finish it, being out of work and all. I still have most the course though in books.. I need to get them out and refresh on what I can learn. I remember they gave a digital meter with, it actually an expensive one at the time. Don't have that anymore though. This link looks pretty good though. A lot of info.
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I took the NRI color TV - radio course a year or two after high school. I think I started in 1978 or 79, completing it in 1981. Unfortunately I no longer have any of the books; I even lost my diploma at some point over the years.
I do still have the oscilloscope I built as part of the course. I still have the manuals for it somewhere as well.
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Hey Tom
Reminds me of a Three Stooges episode with Curly was the Missing Link!!
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Folks, please bear in mind that NA's site suffered a serious outage back in May (hard drive failure) and Richard is still putting the site back together. Send him a few bucks via PayPal (he has a donation button). I'm sure it will be deeply appreciated.
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Thanks for the reminder, Ron. I just sent them a donation. How many times I go to that site for a quick check of a schematic when dealing with a question about a circuit on some odd radio, despite having the full Rider's and Bateman's manuals on disc, just because it is so fast and easy. I read about that catastrophe on the NA site. I hope this is of help to Richard getting things back up totally. It is a truly wonderful site.
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