[HBR] Tube history/usage summary?

[Preston clark]

i would like  to know if there any books on on building vacuum tube radios
 for ham radio  from scratch thanks Preston

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Kenneth Lopez <kjlopez at earthlink.net>wrote:

> My suggestions include some of Tim's:
>
> The  Radiotron Designers Handbook 4th Edition (Big Red Book) is really
> the only edition worth considering.  Available used on Amazon from $30
> and up.  I would consider it a must.  FYI this is the book that Leo
> Fender used when starting guitar amplifier designs.  Then he tweaked
> circuits until he found what he envisioned.
>
> Late editions of the Radio Engineer's Handbook by Henney
>
> Electronic and Radio Engineering by Terman
>
> Radio Engineering by Terman
>
> 50's & 60's editions of The Radio Handbook by Orr
>
> 50's & early 60's editions of ARRL Handbook
>
> Multiple editions of the RCA Transmitting Tube manual, and RCA
> Receiving Tube manuals
>
> Radio Physics Course by Ghirardi
>
> Radio Transmitters by Gray and Graham
>
> Much of the development work pertinent to what you might wish to learn
> was well documented in the '50s and early '60s.  I probably would
> stick to those editions of most of the available books.
>
> A really good resource, besides Amazon and Antique Electronics Supply,
> would be a good local or online bookstore that has some specialty in
> technical books.  There are many dozens of books that were in print in
> that era, which was the peak of tube research and development.
> One that I have frequented is Bargain Books in Van Nuys, CA
> http://www.bargainbooks-online.com/
>
>
> Many good books on tube audio were published including 1st and 2nd
> editions of The Audio Encyclopedia, and others by Harry Olson, etc.
>
> I have been a technical book junkie for many years (OK, perhaps just a
> book junkie).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken N6TZV
>
> On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Shoppa, Tim wrote:
>
> >> So here¹s my question ... Is there a recommended book, article
> >> series, or
> >> whatever, that might categorize, classify, group or explain tubes and
> >> characteristic used in different applications?
> >
> > Good starts for smaller tubes are:
> >
> > RCA Receiving Tube Handbook. Different editions span different
> > years. They include cross-refs by application, selection charts, and
> > many tube parameters. For HBR era stuff a postwar book with
> > miniatures is the obvious choice, and reprints of RC-30 (1973) are
> > readily available from Antique Electronic Supply etc. The later you
> > go, the more compactrons and TV-type tubes you see, if this is
> > important to you (depending on your bent it may not be desirable!).
> > Many example schematics.
> >
> > Radiotron Designers Handbook. Not so much a databook but a
> > encyclopedic book about radio and tube design.
> >
> > Ternan's books on Radio Engineering are good too.
> >
> > Some university level textbooks common in the 1950's:
> > Spangenberg, "Vacuum Tubes"
> > Seely, "Electron Tube Circuits"
> > Millman & Seely.
> > Millman and Taubes.
> >
> > If you have a good technical library near you, the MIT Radiation Lab
> > series.
> >
> > A lot of figures and tables you find in the 40's-50's-60's-70's ARRL
> > Handbooks are actually taken from the above books.
> >
> > Tim.
> >
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