You mean Bob Shrader W6BNB? 73 Josh W6XU
Sent from my mobile device > On May 26, 2018, at 8:23 AM, Dave Fugleberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Schraeder was the text for my Communications class in tech school in the > early 80s. > One requirement to pass the course was to earn the FCC General Class > Radiotelephone license. I believe nearly everyone in the class did. It also > made it pretty easy to upgrade my ham ticket from Novice to Advanced during > that time. > I still have my copy and still refer to it from time to time. The > fundamentals never change. >> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 9:16 AM K8TE <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Phil, >> >> Yes, I'm catching up on e-mail. >> >> Your description of physics cirriculum brought me back to my high school >> physics which was called "PSSC" based on the work done at MIT and described >> in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Science_Study_Committee. I >> had >> been licensed a couple of years by then (1962) and found PSSC physics fit >> me >> to a tee! >> >> My bachelor studies in vocational education decades later showed how the >> approached used by the PSSC was smart and useful, something being >> "re-discovered" today by educators who often are behind their peers. The >> Wikipedia article above includes a mention of Heathkit's products that were >> modified to fit the PSSC model. >> >> In between high school and my vocational education experience I taught >> electronics for Eastern New Mexico University while stationed at Canon >> AFB. >> I used the text by Robert Schraeder "Electronic Communication" which one >> can >> find used today. I lent mine to my Air Force boss and bought another >> recently. Schraeder, like so few, has the ability to write clearly about >> difficult concepts that makes them seem simple. That text made my teaching >> much easier! "The Art of Electronics" will certainly fit into my reading >> schedule, in which I am also way behind. >> >> 73, Bill, K8TE >> >> "My undergraduate degree is Physics and back in the 1960s, my physics >> curriculum included a similar course study. This was all about using lab >> equipment but also making the necessary little electronic gadgets that were >> important to work in a physics research laboratory. When I took my course, >> the book "The Art of Electronics" did not exist and we never had a text >> book >> in our course." >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
