I used an online question site for my Extra Class study years ago and this site showed which questions I missed. I used my Handbook and Antenna book to study up on the questions I missed or was unsure of. Without them I would still be guessing and not know a darn thing. Two best investments I ever made in Amateur Radio. Even if you can only get an old book , it is still probably 90% revelent. Newer books will cover newer digital comms.
On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 2:27 AM Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote: > > On May 11, 2022, at 10:40 PM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> > wrote: > > > > And I agree with W4TV about the usefulness of the Antenna Book. I > contribute both to it and to the Handbook. These three ARRL books have been > central to my learning, in some ways, at least as important as my EE > education. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > I changed the subject line because this has dritted away from the dipole > quandry. > > The ARRL Antenna Book is a rare kind of technical writing that works for > many different levels of expertise. I learned things from it when I was 14 > and I’ve learned things from it when I was 65. To be fair, I was a 14 year > old who got a slide rule for Christmas. Now I’m a 65 year old with a BSEE. > I can’t think of another technical book that works from 8th grade to > post-grad. Maybe the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. > > The ON4UN book is also excellent. The only similarly detailed discussion > of radial systems seems to be in some AM broadcast manual that costs > hundreds of dollars. > > The only topic not covered in those two books is grounding and bonding, > which is covered in the also excellent ARRL Grounding and Bonding for the > Radio Amateur. Yeah, the ARRL does not do creative book titles. > > I guess I should get a current Handbook. I wore out my 1970 edition. > > wunder > K6WRU > Walter Underwood > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rickw...@gmail.com -- Rick Genesis 1-29 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
