"Basic Electricity" (Vol. 1 thru 5) by Van Valkenburgh is an oldie but a goodie for learning about the basics. It starts with "This is electricity" and progresses through "Conductors and Insulators," "Electric Charges," "Current Flow," "Magnetism," "How a Meter Works," "How Current/Voltage [are] Measured," "Ohm's Law," etc. all the way up through "AC Controls."
(It has lots of pictures and is written at about a 9th grade level.) It is available at <www.Amazon.com> for about $30.00 new. Used books are around $20.00. Search on "Van Valkenburgh." I bought a used hard cover copy for $5.00 on eBay. Then, "Basic Electronics" (vol. 1 thru 6) by Van Valkenburgh picks up with vacuum tube theory, semi conductors, RF theory, antennas, microwave, etc. It is available at <www.Amazon.com> for about $10.00 used. Hope that helps. 73, Al KZ3AB --#####-- Edward B Richards wrote: > It is I, the persistent poster pest. Now I am looking for a book on basic > electronics and a high Z microphone. > > My grandson (in law), KF6ZZW, wants to upgrade his TECHNICIAN license to > a GENERAL class. Instead of memorizing the answers, he wants to learn the > material. We are looking for a very basic book on electronics; something > like " this is an atom, this is an electron, the electron orbits the > nucleus, etc." > > We also need a high impedance microphone to go with the SB-100 that I am > fixing up for him. > > Thanks , > > 73, Ed Richards K6UUZ > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] >
