Radiotron Designer's Handbook

by F. Langford Smith

Electronics Radio Engineering.

Genres: Nonfiction

1482 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1940

Reviews

[Erok · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm going through this chapter by chapter. Since it's no longer published, I was lucky enough to discover pmillet.com and download it. It's over 1400 pages, so I just print out a chapter at a time. By far the most technical book I've ever delved into - I have to brush up on my algebra and re-learn all the calculus I've forgotten since college, (plus some continuing education courses on differential equations). But I can't recommend this enough for anyone who wants to grok vacuum tube circuits. I don't think I'll ever 'finish' it in my lifetime, but I will always be going back through it to refine my understanding and open up new caverns inside my brain.

Crush your mind grapes to make intellectual wine.

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This edition is smaller and less comprehensive than the 4th edition. In some ways this is actually better: this (3rd) edition focuses on triodes rather than pentodes for power amplification, and its smaller amount of material means it is easier to get a handle on than the behemoth 4th edition.

You could say that this edition represents the state of the art before WWII and the 4th edition, after.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rather dense reference book. Canadian public domain. State of the art analogue electronics circa 1950.

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book will forever be on my "currently reading" shelf - it's over a thousand pages of electronics reference material and is known as the bible of vacuum-tube audio information.