Jerry Kaidor wrote:
>
> Anybody know a good book to get on tube theory? I'd just like the
>basics on how to go from a set of specs and curves to a design. I used
>to know this stuff but that was a LONG time ago. We recently moved -
>and I can't find a lot of stuff. Including my 70's college textbook on
>devices and circuits, which had a good treatment of it. Load lines,
>plate resistance, quiescent points, interelectrode capacitance, etc
>etc. Can't find it anywhere. I did locate my two copies of "The Art of
>Electronics", but they don't say word one about tubes.
>
> I have several ARRL handbooks from the 50's to the latest one. Don't
>know if there's enough detail in those to actually design anything.
>
> I see that "The Care and Feeding of Power Grid Tubes" is now
>available as a free download...
>
By all means read Eimac's 'Care & Feeding' for the tube manufacturer's
viewpoint.
But by far the best books on the wider subject of transmitter design are
the ones written by the Collins engineers:
'Single Sideband Principles and Circuits' by Pappenfus, Bruene and
Schoenike, 1st edition 1964.
'Single Sideband Principles and Circuits' by Sabin and Schoenike, 2nd
edition 1976, ISBN 0-07-912038-5.
The two books are quite different, so be careful about the titles. Each
one deserves a ***** rating, but on its own different terms.
The 1st edition gives more detail about transmitting tubes and circuits,
and is an excellent snapshot of the state of the art as seen by Collins
in the early 1960s. The 2nd edition is completely revised, with many
more pages and a lot of new material, including chapters on solid-state
amplifiers; but it is written more at the block-diagram level and has
much less of a hands-on feel.
The answer, of course, is to buy them both (go on, you know you will :-)
Both books are out of print, but used copies are often available from
online booksellers.
--
73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek
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