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ABC of Vacuum Tubes in Radio Reception * CDROM * PDF * KE3GK

ABC of Vacuum Tubes in Radio Reception * CDROM * PDF * KE3GK

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    Description

    ABC of Vacuum Tubes in Radio Reception
    by E.H. Lewis (1922)
    AN ELEMENTARY AND PRACTICAL BOOK ON THE THEORY AND OPERATION OF VACUUM TUBES AS DETECTORS AND AMPLIFIERS. EXPLAINS NON-MATHEMATICALLY THE FUNDA
    MENTAL PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH ALL VACUUM TUBE CIRCUITS ARE BASED.
    Includes PRACTICAL CIRCUITS AND PRACTICAL QUESTIONS AND
    ANSWERS. IT IS WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THE BEGINNER. ALL ELECTRICAL AND RADIO TERMS ARE FULLY EXPLAINED
    Excellent book -
    134
    pages in easy to read Adobe
    PDF
    format on
    CDROM
    CONTENTS
    CHAPTER 1 - Introductory
    Electric Current – Electrical Pressure or Electromotive Force – Resistance – Direct Current – Alternating Current – Frequency – Inductance – Capacitance – Resonance – Oscillations – The Reception of Signals – Wave Length – Tuning the Receiving Antenna – The antenna as a Complete Circuit
    CHAPTER 2 – The Vacuum Tube as a Rectifier and Relay without Moving Parts
    Tube Construction – The Edison Effect – Electron Emission from a Heated Filament – Dependence of Plate Current Upon Plate Potential – Dependence of Plate Current Filament Current – Effect of Grid Potential upon Plate Current – Relay Action – Rectification
    CHAPTER 3 – The Vacuum Tube Detector
    The Telephone Receiver – Simple Detection – Detection with Grid Condenser – Effect of Gas in a Detector Tube – Heterodyne Action or the Production of Beats
    CHAPTER 4 –The Vacuum Tube Amplifier
    General Characteristics
    Audio Frequency Amplification – Radio Frequency Amplification – Radio Frequency Regenerative Amplification – Autodyne Production of Beats
    CHAPTER 5 – Practical Circuits and Their Operation
    Methods of coupling – The Variometer – Inter Electrode Tube, Capacitance – Wave Length, Frequency, and Resonancy – Circuits and Explanations of Their Arrangement and Operation
    CHAPTER 6 – Voice Distortion
    Amplifier Transformers – Normal Grid Potential – Too great Regeneration – Telephone Receiver
    CHAPTER 7 – Practical Questions and Answers
    Practical Questions and Answers
    INDEX
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