On Sun, 2 Mar 1997 18:33:30 PST, dwink@juno.com (Daniel C Winkler)
wrote:
>Hi Gang,
>
> I would like to make a general plea. Buy the Handbook and use it.
> Many of the questions I have seen in the past month have answers in the
>handbook.
Sure, some questions are answered in the handbook. I looked in my
1990 Handbook and found a whopping 4 pages of information on
oscopes, mostly how and why they work. Nada on applications, like
the four page (printed) message from the QRP-L Archives.
I'd love to have a new handbook -- even the CD-ROM version. But at
the expense of three months of internet access, the deal isn't so
attractive. Besides, I'm unemployed (there are still a few of us in
the "booming" economy) and $45-60 (depending on version and shipping
costs and tax) is a bit of a chunk -- about 25% of my weekly
unemployment check, and I get an unemployment check from one of the
more generous states (Kansas, $270 per week; Tennessee, $200 per
week -- go figure).
While certainly the handbook is an excellent reference tool, I find
it difficult to discern *practical* information from it. Like -- if
I want to look at a waveform of the keying of my rig, do I use AC or
DC? Where does the probe go? What is the timebase (and code speed)
that gets a good look? (All of these questions I've had answered on
the list, very practically and in a manner that makes good sense!)
Perhaps the new handbook has changed significantly since 1990. I
hope so. But that doesn't mean I have the resources to acquire it,
and to my knowledge, the local club doesn't have the funds to
provide the library with a copy.
72 es 73 de
Marty, KM7W
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