NS7F wrote:

I have discovered how much fun tubes can be, and am in the process of
planning one or more transmitters to go along with my 2-tube
regenerative receiver. Now, I'm only 23 years old, so I'm in the
process of researching hollow state technology. Could you please put
together a short list of the "best" ARRL handbook editions? I have 99
and 05- I'm just looking for a few years to watch for on amazon, etc.
Of course, recommendations for other books would be appreciated, too,
but I'm on a tight budget...


IMHO what you should do is go to a library and find where the major
"houscleaning" was done and then get the previous edition. For example,
I have a 1995 (blue) edition, and it was much better IMHO than the
1996 (red) which I also have.

In any case, collecting a set of them may not be of much use to you.

Tubes have not changed much in a long time, so getting an early edittion
with lots of tube data and then copies of articles you want may be
a much better use of money and space.

73.

Geoff.


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