I got Morgan Jones "Building Valve Amplifiers" and I think maybe the "designing hi fidelity preamps" and didn't find them that great but I like the practical applications and circuits more than the theory. And I think rather than "building valve amplifiers" I should have gotten his "Valve Amplifiers" one but I didn't do enough looking and everyone just referred to "Morgan Jones book" as the one to get.
For the science behind it I like the Navy training manuals but for just fun reading and dreaming about builds I like schematics with analysis and details.
Overall I've long ago exhausted my tube amp book budget. But at least from the looks of things some of these sell for nearly as much used as they do new.
For the science behind it I like the Navy training manuals but for just fun reading and dreaming about builds I like schematics with analysis and details.
Overall I've long ago exhausted my tube amp book budget. But at least from the looks of things some of these sell for nearly as much used as they do new.
That contents looks very interesting, at least to me but other members my have a different opinion.
@invaderzim:
"For the science behind it I like the Navy training manuals..."
Are those also published somewhere on the internet?
When I was doing national service in the Royal Dutch Air Force (many many years ago 😀 )
we had those very good printed lessons in electronics.
I few of those lessons I am still having here.
They originated from the US army but I never managed to lay hands on them.
"For the science behind it I like the Navy training manuals..."
Are those also published somewhere on the internet?
When I was doing national service in the Royal Dutch Air Force (many many years ago 😀 )
we had those very good printed lessons in electronics.
I few of those lessons I am still having here.
They originated from the US army but I never managed to lay hands on them.
Did the author create any of the designs? That table of contents suggests it's a collection of designs by others.
It really looks interesting to me. Not sure if it is $70 interesting but I should have put it on my Christmas list. It does seem to be less theory and more practice, which for some people might not like as much but I prefer less math 😉
I believe this is PDF versions:
"Current" NEETS Modules (USN) in PDF format -Training:COMPATT
That is a great question. Amazon has the 'look inside' feature on volume 2 and it shows several schematics. The bit of text that is shown in the previews makes it look like they are originals but someone with more knowledge may be able to tell if they are originals or not.
There are a couple schematics in volume 2 that look like fun easy builds to try. I keep bouncing between doing an RH84 or the Claus Byrith single ended Lundhal amp or maybe one of Popovich's SE amps like a really interesting E130L amp in V2.
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Thanks invaderzim for supplying that link.
I have a pdf version of a book dating 1955 from the UsNavy
containing "Handbook Preferred Circuits, Navy Aereonautical Electronic Equipment".
The copy of the lessons which I still have in possession are probably originating from that same date: 1955,
but were translated into the Dutch language
for the Royal Dutch Air Force.
I have a pdf version of a book dating 1955 from the UsNavy
containing "Handbook Preferred Circuits, Navy Aereonautical Electronic Equipment".
The copy of the lessons which I still have in possession are probably originating from that same date: 1955,
but were translated into the Dutch language
for the Royal Dutch Air Force.
The old Navy modules are written in such an easy to understand way; yet aren't annoyingly basic either. That is hard to find in modern books on tubes.
invaderzim,
I was in the 6th grade when I devoured the 1956 ARRL Radio Amateur Handbook.
It was similar to the Navy publications. Easy to understand.
It had the level of theory and practice, to give a real good foundation to be able to grow from there.
In 1958, I built the CRT circuit as was in the schematic in that handbook.
It did not even show the power supply, so with a little help, I designed the power supply.
The CRT circuit was designed to do Trapezoid display of an AM radio transmitter modulation level.
I used that as my 8th grade science project.
I had no AM transmitter, but I could adjust the intensity, focus, horizontal position, vertical position of the spot on the CRT, and I could also move the spot using a Cow Magnet.
I was in the 6th grade when I devoured the 1956 ARRL Radio Amateur Handbook.
It was similar to the Navy publications. Easy to understand.
It had the level of theory and practice, to give a real good foundation to be able to grow from there.
In 1958, I built the CRT circuit as was in the schematic in that handbook.
It did not even show the power supply, so with a little help, I designed the power supply.
The CRT circuit was designed to do Trapezoid display of an AM radio transmitter modulation level.
I used that as my 8th grade science project.
I had no AM transmitter, but I could adjust the intensity, focus, horizontal position, vertical position of the spot on the CRT, and I could also move the spot using a Cow Magnet.
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