In the 50's and 60's John T. Frye, W9EGV / Popular Electronics
published a series of
fiction stories called "The Carl and Jerry
stories" - In each story the pair acquired new skills,
got their ham
radio licenses and used their knowledge of electronics to get
out of a
jam or solve a mystery - there isn't a complete collection of all the
stories
that I know of, but here is a link some scans and text online.
