[HBR] Tube history/usage summary?

[Gary Pewitt]

A very good guide for building (if not designing) radios is Lindsay 
Publication's  " Impoverished Radio Experimenter" a six book set that 
takes you from the simplest sets to building a complete
superhet in which you build most of the parts yourself.   
http://www.lindsaybks.com/prod/sub/radio.html
Lots of fun and very educational.  Cheap too. ;-)
73  Gary  N9ZSV





Preston clark wrote:
> 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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