[NLRS] Antennas by Kraus

[Gerald]

On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 12:45 -0500, Chris Elmquist wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the comments and suggestions guys.  We'll check it out.
> 
> For this particular book, there appears to be an international version
> which comes in soft cover and no colored pictures.  I guess I'd be Ok
> with that but my buddy wants the hard cover, full monty version I guess.
> I think he might have to pay the price for his high-end tastes :-)
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Monday (09/12/2005 at 12:33PM -0500), Baker, Donn B wrote:
> > To re-iterate John's comment, abebooks.com is a place to start.  HOWEVER, be careful on price.  Sometimes the prices are just plain silly.
> > 
> > I've been selectively collecting the 1965 reprints of the MIT Radiation Lab series.  ALL the fundamentals of VHF/UHF & up RF.  Many sites have had the books for $100 - $200 each volume... and there's 24 volumes !  I haven't paid more than $30 per book for the ones I've collected.  A couple were only $10.
> > 
> > Likewise, I was looking for Southworth's 'Principals of Waveguide Transmission.'  Cheapest the abebooks.com people had it was about $300.  Not a chance !  I used the copy at the Minneapolis Public Library for a year or so until I finally found it on e-bay for $40 plus $3.95 Priority Mail.  (Last time it had been checked out from the Library was 1967 !!!)
> > 
> > Don't know how well the web will work for new books.  Good luck !
> > 
> > 73 Donn
> > WA2VOI/0
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > > [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Chris Elmquist
> > > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 11:11 AM
> > > To: Northern Lights Radio Society
> > > Subject: [NLRS] Antennas by Kraus
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > A friend is looking for a copy of the 3rd edition of the book:
> > > 
> > > 	Antennas For All Applications
> > > 	John D. Kraus  and  Ronald J. Marhefka
> > > 	McGraw-Hill  2001
> > > 
> > > 	ISBN 0072321032
> > > 
> > > thought we'd post here in case anyone has a copy they are wanting to
> > > part with.  It is a fairly pricey book so a used one in good condition
> > > would be useful.
> > > 
> > > Thanks and 73,
> > > 
> > > Chris NØJCF
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Chris Elmquist   mailto:chrise at pobox.com   
> > > http://www.pobox.com/~chrise
> > >

Some times Powells has been good. Sometimes Amazon under used has been
good.

The book is fairly good though I didn't find it as thorough as the first
edition though it is more readable. I just returned ISU's copy yesterday
which I had with me for the past two weeks while traveling.

Likely the "international" edition is a Chinese knockoff sans copyright.
They save by not paying the copyright owner, by shrinking the page size,
and by printing only in black and white. They often can be identified by
not having a copyright page up front and a bit of Chinese writing just a
page or two inside the back cover.

A few years ago Toronto Surplus had some original MIT Rad lab volumes. I
think the whole set of more recent than 1965 reprints are still
available from England for under $300 but I've not looked lately. I
already have the volumes I'm interested in, bought for a buck or two at
the local surplus store which has now forgotten its surplus roots.

-- 
73, Jerry, K0CQ
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer
All content copyright, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson