On Wed, 3 May 2006 21:36:35 -0400, "DaveM"
wrote:

I'm curious about what your opinions of the ARRL Handbook. In terms of
technical content, such as theory, construction projects, etc., which years are
generally regarded as the best of the modern (solid state) era, and which issue
for the vacuum tube era?

I'm interested in hearing about specifically those issues with really useful
construction projects in the areas of complete homebrew receivers and
transmitters, test equipment for the bench and field use and articles about RF
circuit design.

Thanks for your opinions.

I guess it depends on what you want to build. The latest issue is best
in the sense that you can still get all of the parts the construction
projects call for.

Many of the projects carry over from issue to issue -- it's hard to
single one out.

Your best bet may simply be to buy the CD version, and get one for
each decade going back as far as you want.

bob
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