[NLRS] Antennas by Kraus- edition question

[jim.k0mhc]

All of this discussion has motivated me to dig out my copy. It's "Antennas" 
by Kraus in the McGraw-Hill E&EE series. It has a 1950 copyright so which 
edition is it?

73, Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald" <geraldj at ispwest.com>
To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] Antennas by Kraus


>
>
> 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
>
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