That ref work is 400+ pages --- even includes the "Bubba Oscillator" (which here in the South is what happens to a man moving between his truck and the beer cooler.)
On Amazon, it's got 4 reviews: 2@5 stars and 2@1 (really zero). Granted, that's such a small sample, but the book has been out a while - and the bad reviews are on the latest edition - after getting bad reviews in an earlier one (!). The good reviews are from experienced electronics folks, the bad from students using it for course work.
I've not seen the book, nor the other that's mentioned in context that has many more favorable reviews:
Alexander and Sadikus, _Fundamentals of Electric Circuits_ (2nd ed. w/CD)· (Also a 3rd ed, 2005)
Have you looked at that one?
Seeing your email/call sign, I've got to reiterate how great the ARRL is for electronics info!
73
- Howard
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Haven't seen the Alexander & Sadikus, but I still have Hayt & Kemmerly from my sophomore days; it was the text for my first electronics courses as an engineering student, nearly half a century ago. I found it excellent and very clear then, and the physical principles it teaches so well haven't changed. At all.
The ARRL books are excellent in their way, too. The choice depends upon whether one wishes to understand electronics as a repairman or hobbyist does, or (not at all the same thing) as an engineer does. An engineer must understand electronics both ways, and books like Hayt & Kemmerly are the place to start.
Before I entered university as an EE student, I had worked a few years as a radio & TV repairman. I was very good, and I had a technician's understanding. Hayt & Kemmerly taught me, among other things, how superficial my understanding was -- and also introduced me to a new kind of intellectual fun.
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- Rick
I just logged in to post the exact same link !
That ref work is 400+ pages --- even includes the "Bubba Oscillator" (which here in the South is what happens to a man moving between his truck and the beer cooler.)
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- Rick
Hi Carl,
On Amazon, it's got 4 reviews: 2@5 stars and 2@1 (really zero). Granted, that's such a small sample, but the book has been out a while - and the bad reviews are on the latest edition - after getting bad reviews in an earlier one (!). The good reviews are from experienced electronics folks, the bad from students using it for course work.
I've not seen the book, nor the other that's mentioned in context that has many more favorable reviews:
Alexander and Sadikus, _Fundamentals of Electric Circuits_ (2nd ed. w/CD)· (Also a 3rd ed, 2005)
Have you looked at that one?
Seeing your email/call sign, I've got to reiterate how great the ARRL is for electronics info!
73
- Howard
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The ARRL books are excellent in their way, too. The choice depends upon whether one wishes to understand electronics as a repairman or hobbyist does, or (not at all the same thing) as an engineer does. An engineer must understand electronics both ways, and books like Hayt & Kemmerly are the place to start.
Before I entered university as an EE student, I had worked a few years as a radio & TV repairman. I was very good, and I had a technician's understanding. Hayt & Kemmerly taught me, among other things, how superficial my understanding was -- and also introduced me to a new kind of intellectual fun.
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· -- Carl, nn5i@arrl.net
@Rick - you know, I skipped that first chapter ... but have it open now ... you're right - highly recommended!
- H
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