[ARC5] Zero Beat Question

[Richard Knoppow]

    I agree with this. I don't much like reading off a computer screen 
but much more is available via digital form like PDF than in the 
original plus most of it is free.  However, sometimes original books can 
be had via Amazon or other book dealers often quite cheaply.  Of course, 
you can print out parts of electronic books that you want to have in 
hard copy.  The advantage of books like the ARRL Handbook and Radio 
Handbook is that they were aimed at amateurs rather than being academic 
texts so they have perhaps more fundamental information in them than 
some strictly engineering texts. This is not to say that they are 
written "down" but rather that they do not assume the reader has 
completed first year math, physics and other subjects. This can save a 
lot of confusion. These books get sneered at sometimes just as amateurs 
get sneered at but its misplaced. Remember that both "modern" HF 
communications (the pros thought waves shorter than 200 meters were 
useless) and all of Silicon Valley going right back to Federal Telegraph 
in the 'teens was created by amateurs.

On 7/7/2016 2:02 PM, Mike Everette wrote:
> The best ARRL Handbooks are those edited by George Grammer; if I recall
> correctly this would include editions up to 1969 as Grammer retired
> circa 1970.
>
> The 1942 "Radio Handbook" published by Editors & Engineers is plentiful,
> as it was used as a text in many WW2 military radio schools.  It's an
> excellent reference.  I'd consider it essential to have one of these
> along with a 40s-50s-60s ARRL Handbook on the shelf.
>
> ARRL Handbooks up till the mid 50s do have a slightly different approach
> to transmitter and receiver theory than later ones; this is partially
> due to the rise of SSB in the late 50s.
>
> 73
>
> Mike
>
> WA4DLF
>

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