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The Radio Amateur's Hand Book ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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404,736 braille cells · 431 embossed pages at 40×25 · 878 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠞⠓⠑⠀⠏⠕⠎⠞⠎⠀⠞⠓⠑⠽⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠉⠕⠝⠝⠑⠉⠞⠑⠙⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠲⠀
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⠕⠝⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠏⠕⠎⠞⠎⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠎⠏⠁⠗⠅⠀⠛⠁⠏⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
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⠎⠏⠗⠊⠝⠛⠀⠉⠇⠊⠏⠀⠕⠋⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠞⠥⠝⠊⠝⠛⠀⠉⠕⠊⠇⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀⠁⠇⠎⠕⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠝⠑⠉⠞⠀⠞⠓⠊⠎⠀⠉⠇⠊⠏⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠛⠗⠕⠥⠝⠙⠲⠀⠠⠞⠓⠊⠎
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