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Web Site Information - Resources

If you're looking for similar web sites (links) click here. This page is about all the resources we used to create Through the Wires.

First things first, we would like to thank all our parents and coaches for their support. They kept us going during the project and we would have not survived without them.


Books
Images
Perl Scripts
Video Clips
Java Applet
Software




Books

  1. Baher, H. "Analog & digital signal processing / Analog and digital signal processing." Chichester, England. New York. Wiley. 1990.

  2. Beards, Peter H. "Analog and Digital Electronics: a first course" New York. Prentice Hall. 1991.

  3. Barr, Roger. "Radios: wireless sound". Lucent Books. San Diego. 1994.

  4. Blacharski, Dan. "Maximum Bandwidth". Indianapolis, IN: Que. 1997.

  5. Carron, Peter l. Jr. "Morse code: the essential language." Newington, CT: American Radio Relay League. 1991.

  6. Costigan, Daniel M. "Fax: the principles and practice of facsimile communication". Philadelphia, Chilton Book Co. 1971

  7. Conrad Dixon. "Using GPS" Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House. 1994.

  8. Crisp, John. "Introduction to Fiber Optics". Newnes. Boston 1996.

  9. Feit, Sidnie. "TCP/IP: architecture, protocols, and implementation" New York: McGraw Hill. 1993

  10. Fox, Linda. "Broadcasting & communications / How it works." Arco Pub. Co. New York. 1978.

  11. Garfield, Gary M. and Suzanne McDonough. "Dig that site: exploring archaeology, history, and civilization on the Internet" Englewood, Colo. Libraries Unlimited. 1997.

  12. Goralski , Walter J.. "Introduction to ATM networking / Introduction to asynchronous transfer mode networking" New York McGraw Hill. 1995.

  13. Gross, Lynne Schafer. "Telecommunications: An Introduction to Electronic Media."
    Madison, Wis: WCB Brown & Benchmark Publishers, 1995.

  14. Harb. "Modern Telephony". Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Prentice Hall. 1988.

  15. Hecht, Jeff. "Understanding fiber optics." Indianapolis, H.W. Sams. 1993

  16. Hofmann-Wellenhof, B, H. Lichtenegger, and J. Collins. "Global Positioning System : theory and practice / GPS" Wien ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1994.

  17. Hsu, John. Computer networks: architecture, protocols, and software. Boston. Artech House. 1996.

  18. Jolley, E.H. "Introduction to telephony and telegraphy." London, Pitman.1968.

  19. Kagan, Paul. "Paul Kagan's Cable Modems: A Strategic Analysis." Kagan Associates. Carmel. 1995.

  20. Levesque , Allen H. and Kaveh Pahlavan. "Wireless Information Networks." New York. Wiley. 1995.

  21. Llana, Andres. "Wireless Communication: Technologies and Applications" Charleston, S.C. Computer Technology Research Corp. 1994.

  22. Martin, James with Kathleen Kavanagh Chapman, Joe Leben. "Asynchronous Transfer Mode: ATM archtecture and implementation". Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Preston-Hall. 1997.

  23. McConnell, Kenneth R. Dennis Bodson, and Richard Schaphorst. "FAX: digital facsimile technology & applications". Norwood, MA. Artech House, c1989.

  24. Pahlavan, Kaveh and Allen H. Levesque. "Wireless information networks". New York,Wiley. 1995.

  25. Pelta, Kate. "Alexander Graham Bell." Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Silver Burdett Press, c1989.

  26. Quiri, Patricia Ryon . "Alexander Graham Bell". New York: F. Watts, c1991.

  27. Richard E. Wiley, R. Clark Wadlow. "The Telecommunications Act of 1996."
    New York. 1996.

  28. Rips, Ervine M. "Discrete and integrated electronics." Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice Hall. 1986.

  29. Simson, Stan. " The global positioning system: Markets and Applications" Burlington, Mass. : Decision Resources. 1991.

  30. Stallings, William. "ISDN and broadband ISDN" New York: Macmillan Pub. Co. Toronto. 1992.

  31. Stine, Harry G. "The Untold Story of the Computer Revolution: Bits, Bytes, Bauds, and Brains". New York: Arbor House. 1985.

  32. Storer, James A. "Data Compression: Methods and Theory" Rockville, Md. Computer Science Press. 1988.

  33. Tittel, Ted and Steve James. "ISDN networking essentials." AP Professional. Boston. 1996.

  34. Warrendale, P. "Multiplexing and Fiber Optics." New York. 1994.

  35. Watts, F. "Samuel Morse and the Telegraph". New York. 1960.

  36. Whetmore, Edward Jay. "American Electric: Introduction to Telecommunications and Electronic Media. McGaw Hill. New York. 1992.


Images

All images on our site have been created by us or used with permission from the author. The picture of the wire on every page was taken by us. The Three images on the banner of our front page come from a royalty free photo CD, as well as a couple of other images on the site. We have saved copies of email where permission has been granted. Most all of these images appear in the History section.

  1. Sparks Telegraphy Key Review - Russ Kleinman gave us permission by email to use images from his site at http://www.zianet.com/sparks/

  2. The Morse Magazine - Editor Zyg Nilski gave us permission by email to use images from their site at http://www.morsum.demon.co.uk/

  3. Marconi Centennial Celebration - Dan Macdonald gave us permission by email to use images from his site at http://eagle.uccb.ns.ca/marconi/marc1.html

  4. Library of Congress - Images from here are allowed to be freely used for educational purposes unless there is a copyright notice for that particular image, which there were not.

  5. Photo CDs - Some images on our site are from Royalty Free CDs. Any images not marked by a credit is from a photo CD. We used the following CDs for some of our images: PhotoDisc, Corbis, Tony Stone Images

  6. ARPANET Maps - Larry Press gave us permission by email to use images from his site at http://som.csudh.edu/cis/lpress/history/arpamaps/

  7. John's Radio Page - John Lovering gave us permission by email to use images from his site at http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~jloveri/Antique.htm

  8. Antique Telephone Photos - Chuck Eby gave us permission by email to use images from his site at http://www.cybercomm.net/~chuck/photos.html

  9. KA2MGE Telegraph Museum - Jerry Maira gave us permission by email to use images from his site http://www.netsync.net/users/gm/

  10. Ultra Air Reserach - Kent Clegg gave us permission by email to use images from his site at http://www.gemstar.net/kclegg/97day7.htm

  11. The Raging Radio - Dave Traversi gave us permission by email to use images form his site at http://www.sanjuan.edu/schools/arcade/RadioHH.html


Perl Scripts

All the scripts used on our site are freely available to the public for educational purposes. All scripts at Through the Wires have been modified and customized to enhance your experience with them. We would like to thank all the perl programmers out there who take the time to create these programs.

  1. Form Handler - This program allows visitors to fill out a form and email us with feedback. We are using Alien Form by John Hedley

  2. Message Board - This script allows people to post messages and reply to messages. We are using Mesage Board by the CGI-Factory.

  3. Quizmaster - Teachers can create quizzes with this program for their own students. This program is also used to actually run the quizzes. Quizmaster by Cyber-Nurse.

  4. Live Polls - Visitors can vote in real time using this neat script. We are using Poll it by CGI-World

  5. Submit Links - This program allows visitors to add a telecommunications link to our online database. LinkFree by BLC and Associates.

  6. Newsletter - Visitors can sign up by adding their email address so they can receive the monthly newsletter. We are using Subscribe Me by Elite CGI-Script Center

  7. Guestbook - Just a simple guestbook program which allows visitors to add their comments. We are using Aneip Guestbook by Aneip.

  8. Search Engine - Allows users to search Through the Wires. We are using Intermediate Search by Fluid Dynamics.


Video Clips

We would like to thank the following people for sharing their knowledge with us and agreeing to a video interview.

  1. Ramon Floro - He did an interview with us as well the Ham Radio demonstration
    Interview conducted Saturday, June 5, 1999.

  2. Dave Smith - He helped to show us his work on the EME project. Interview conducted Saturday, February 27, 1999.

  3. Dr. Skip Adrian - He did another great interview with us. Interview conducted Thursday, March 4, 1998.


Java

  1. The only java applet on our site is at: http://library.advanced.org/27887/gather/fundamentals/telegraphy.shtml

    Russ Kleinman gave us permission to use it by email from his site at http://www.zianet.com/sparks/


Software

  1. Dazzle Digital Video Creator for capturing clips.

  2. Ulead Video Studio for editing clips.

  3. Adobe PhotoShop for image editing.

  4. Real Producer G2 for encoding the real audio and video files.

  5. WSFTP LE for uploading files.

  6. ICQ Chat for real time team collaboration and meetings.


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