[TowerTalk] Laport Book

[Steve Robinson]

I believe you can download a PDF version (32 Megabytes) from

http://snulbug.mtview.ca.us/books/RadioAntennaEngineering/

Steve WU9B

on 2/14/2008 10:50 AM, GALE STEWARD at k3nd at yahoo.com wrote:

> I'll add my praise for this book. I ended up with a
> copy from the estate of a SK. Excellent reading and
> lots of pix. It's very interesting to see how things
> were built and assembled "back in the day".
> 
> 73, Stew K3ND
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>> To all:
>>> 
>>> The long-out-of-print and hard-to-find "Radio
>> Antenna Engineering
>>> Handbook" by Edmund Laport is now available from
>> the print-on-demand
>>> outfit LuLu for under $20 bound (almost 600 pages).
>>> 
>> 
>> Thirty years ago, Laport had a copyright settlement
>> with a Chinese 
>> publisher where he got copies of his book an sold
>> autographed copies
>> through a QST classified ad.  I was lucky enough to
>> get one of the 
>> last 23 before they sold out.
>> 
>> It is a bit dated (1942 copyright) but I recommend
>> this book highly
>> as it is a wonderful reference book to have on your
>> shelf.
>> 
>> It is the one book I would not loan.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73, Craig Clark, K1QX
>> 
>> 
>> RADIOWARE AND RADIO BOOKSTORE
>> PO  BOX 209
>> RINDGE NH 03461
>> 603 899 6957
>> WWW.RADIO-WARE.COM
>> 
>> 
>> 
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