Mostly Analog Book List

 Books we own. We suggest that you consider these books or their authors:

 

Above — If you only have room for 1 audio book - this might be the 1 to get.  Now in 4th edition. Douglas Self writes brilliantly & holds staggering levels of knowledge. We own 5 of his books.

Above — The Bible for homebrew analog radio. Wes, W7ZOI is the G.O.A.T. . The chapters by Rick, KK7B & Bob W7PUA also delight. EMRFD encapsulates the life-long analog homebrew wisdom of Wes.   Link

  

Above — EMRFD was the follow-on book to Solid State Design. We still see used copies at Hamfests and second-hand book stores. We bought our copy from the ARRL decades ago - it's still fun to read.

Above — Our copy was published in 1952. A tube amp-era math and physics compendium. We no longer service tube guitar amps (except for 1 player who now owns our last vintage Fender amp). We have the chassis and all the parts to build 1 more 40W guitar amp.

Above — The corollary book to above. 1973. A tube reference book which includes receiving tubes. We still might restore a tube receiver or 2 in the future?

  

Above — Along with A. I. Zverev - Handbook of Filters Synthesis (1967), Art William's
Electronic Filter Design handbook function as the bibles of understanding the math + physics behind filter synthesis. We bought this in Astoria, Oregon in 1991. 

 

Above — Probably our favorite reference book for radio astronomy. Our experience is limited to making several Jupiter receivers.
 

 Above — Authorative book for antenna and transmission line math and theory. 1990.

Above — Our first and most-read home-build radio book.  By Don Stoner and L.A Earnshaw in 1963. Ham radio focused. PNP transistors - single BJT mixers. Phasing receiver and an exciter!  This is about getting it done with simple circuits. Pure inspiration at the very least. Often available online as a free pdf file.
 

Above — A favorite microwave book. A little dated, but microwave homebrew projects seem rare and very niche. Working at UHF changed our knowledge about EMI and shielding for the better. 

Above — Another great microwave reference we enjoy reading and learning from.

 

 

Above 3 books — Tab Books. At our peak, we owned 11 Tab books ( now just 5). We still occasionally see these at second hand book or thrift stores. Usually for $4 to 5. We built the homebrew FM discriminator in the 2-Meter FM Handbook and our first frequency counter from the first Test and Measurement Instruments book shown. These were our favorite books for inspiration and knowledge as we ventured into electronics.

 

 

Above — WIFB's  Design Notebook. Doug wrote a number of how-to guides for homebrewers and this was probably his best. We were fortunate to correspond with Doug, plus buy parts from him via his Oak Hills Research company.

Thank you.  Best!!