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Skywave · 23rd Apr 2014, 11:58 am

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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki

In the context of radio I'm a fan of pretty much all the ARRL amateur radio handbooks - they seem far more comprehensive and logical than their RSGB equivalents.

Agreed. And it should to be mentioned that there are a lot of technical errors in the RSGB handbooks, unfortunately.

Al.

bobbyball · 23rd Apr 2014, 3:28 pm

I also have "The Mazda book of PAL receiver servicing" - especially relevant to me as I am restoring a Decca CTV25, which, alongside the BRC2000 chassis featured, is described in similar detail; the book is of course slightly biased towards the BRC chassis!

Also, a favourite collection, and long term useful reference, is my set of "Radio and Television Servicing", once to be found at the better public reference libraries but now long gone. I must have spent a fortune on photocopies of circuits over the years before finally finding a set of these books at the household junk auction!

I also have a fascinating book from the 1930's called "How it works and How it's done" which has all sorts of things like trains, cars, lifts, power stations etc. Can't remember the author as it's on the shelf at home!

23rd Apr 2014, 4:19 pm

For fun reading any of Neville Shute's fiction novels are worth a look.

woodchips · 23rd Apr 2014, 6:28 pm

Or what books won't be going to the charity shop when you downsize?

Right First Time by Frank Price (quality control), The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll (finding a computer hacker), and, as merlinmaxwell has suggested Requiem For a Wren by Neville Shute (just read it).

Trish · 24th Apr 2014, 12:16 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobbyball

I also have "The Mazda book of PAL receiver servicing" - especially relevant to me as I am restoring a Decca CTV25, which, alongside the BRC2000 chassis featured, is described in similar detail; the book is of course slightly biased towards the BRC chassis!

I used to work with David Seal (the author of the above book) when he was at the Guildford Tech. The receivers mentioned were all over the college class rooms, hence why the emphasis on them. I still have my signed copy of his book in my collection, alongside other reference books like the ARRL handbooks from various years.

John KC0G · 29th Apr 2014, 6:21 pm

Two items which will survive any downsizing of my book collection are:

1. The History of Radio Telegraphy and Telephony, by G.G. Blake, Chapman and Hall, 1928, reprinted by the Arno Press, NY, in 1974. The original edition had a binding which was a little light for the weight of the paper. It took me a very long time to find a copy. I think that I first became aware of this book form a reference in one of Pat Hawker's, G3VA, Technical Topics columns.

2. Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Vol. 94, Part IIIa, No.s 11-16, 1947. These are the collected papers from the Radiocommunication conference held at the IEE, March 25-28, 1947. They run to just over 1000 pages and are a fascinating record of some of the WW2 work, and provide some glimpses into the future. Some of the overview papers were reprinted several years ago in VMARS News Letter. The conference followed the very successful one on Radiolocation held at the IEE in 1946.

73 John

23rd Apr 2014, 3:28 pm	#42
bobbyball Octode Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester Posts: 1,214	Re: Your favourite books? I also have "The Mazda book of PAL receiver servicing" - especially relevant to me as I am restoring a Decca CTV25, which, alongside the BRC2000 chassis featured, is described in similar detail; the book is of course slightly biased towards the BRC chassis! Also, a favourite collection, and long term useful reference, is my set of "Radio and Television Servicing", once to be found at the better public reference libraries but now long gone. I must have spent a fortune on photocopies of circuits over the years before finally finding a set of these books at the household junk auction! I also have a fascinating book from the 1930's called "How it works and How it's done" which has all sorts of things like trains, cars, lifts, power stations etc. Can't remember the author as it's on the shelf at home! __________________ Robert

23rd Apr 2014, 4:19 pm	#43
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23rd Apr 2014, 6:28 pm	#44
woodchips Octode Join Date: May 2010 Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 1,174	Re: Your favourite books? Or what books won't be going to the charity shop when you downsize? Right First Time by Frank Price (quality control), The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll (finding a computer hacker), and, as merlinmaxwell has suggested Requiem For a Wren by Neville Shute (just read it).

29th Apr 2014, 6:21 pm	#46
John KC0G Hexode Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Posts: 278	Re: Your favourite books? Two items which will survive any downsizing of my book collection are: 1. The History of Radio Telegraphy and Telephony, by G.G. Blake, Chapman and Hall, 1928, reprinted by the Arno Press, NY, in 1974. The original edition had a binding which was a little light for the weight of the paper. It took me a very long time to find a copy. I think that I first became aware of this book form a reference in one of Pat Hawker's, G3VA, Technical Topics columns. 2. Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Vol. 94, Part IIIa, No.s 11-16, 1947. These are the collected papers from the Radiocommunication conference held at the IEE, March 25-28, 1947. They run to just over 1000 pages and are a fascinating record of some of the WW2 work, and provide some glimpses into the future. Some of the overview papers were reprinted several years ago in VMARS News Letter. The conference followed the very successful one on Radiolocation held at the IEE in 1946. 73 John