Hi, I would like to know if there is a book in library where I can see a listing of tubes, caracteristics and tube functions (example of applications and schematics). I would like to know the utility of my tubes and what I can do with them.

Thank you

Hi,
The RCA "Recieving Tube Manual", any year/edition, is perhaps the best source of information in the smallest amount of space, with a minimum of higher mathematics. GE, Sylvania, and other produced versions too, but RCA manuals were more widely used, and most likely to turn up at used book stores, Ebay, online book searches, etc.

Otherwise there are a number of books that steeped in theory and equations, etc, that a lot of people's eyes glaze over when they get into them. If you are wanting to go this latter route, you could get a very good grasp with a math level of about 2nd quarter/semester of college Calculus, but better understanding of the math involved is when you hit the level of Calculus dealing with partial derivatives.

:Hi, I would like to know if there is a book in library where I can see a listing of tubes, caracteristics and tube functions (example of applications and schematics). I would like to know the utility of my tubes and what I can do with them.
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:Thank you

Hi,
I forgot to mention that any of the ARRL handbooks prior to 1979 do a good job of explaining tubes (editions prior to 1955 are likely to carry more tube data too, by 1978, there was little mention of tube types and characteristics other than the general information), but more in a non-math intensive manner.

:Hi,
:The RCA "Recieving Tube Manual", any year/edition, is perhaps the best source of information in the smallest amount of space, with a minimum of higher mathematics. GE, Sylvania, and other produced versions too, but RCA manuals were more widely used, and most likely to turn up at used book stores, Ebay, online book searches, etc.
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:Otherwise there are a number of books that steeped in theory and equations, etc, that a lot of people's eyes glaze over when they get into them. If you are wanting to go this latter route, you could get a very good grasp with a math level of about 2nd quarter/semester of college Calculus, but better understanding of the math involved is when you hit the level of Calculus dealing with partial derivatives.
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::Hi, I would like to know if there is a book in library where I can see a listing of tubes, caracteristics and tube functions (example of applications and schematics). I would like to know the utility of my tubes and what I can do with them.
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::Thank you

thank you, I will search for these books.

Jeffy

:Hi,
:I forgot to mention that any of the ARRL handbooks prior to 1979 do a good job of explaining tubes (editions prior to 1955 are likely to carry more tube data too, by 1978, there was little mention of tube types and characteristics other than the general information), but more in a non-math intensive manner.
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::Hi,
::The RCA "Recieving Tube Manual", any year/edition, is perhaps the best source of information in the smallest amount of space, with a minimum of higher mathematics. GE, Sylvania, and other produced versions too, but RCA manuals were more widely used, and most likely to turn up at used book stores, Ebay, online book searches, etc.
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::Otherwise there are a number of books that steeped in theory and equations, etc, that a lot of people's eyes glaze over when they get into them. If you are wanting to go this latter route, you could get a very good grasp with a math level of about 2nd quarter/semester of college Calculus, but better understanding of the math involved is when you hit the level of Calculus dealing with partial derivatives.
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:::Hi, I would like to know if there is a book in library where I can see a listing of tubes, caracteristics and tube functions (example of applications and schematics). I would like to know the utility of my tubes and what I can do with them.
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:::Thank you

A good, comprehensive book is "Inside the Vacuum Tube" by John F. Rider, John F. Rider Publisher, Inc., 1945.

:Hi, I would like to know if there is a book in library where I can see a listing of tubes, caracteristics and tube functions (example of applications and schematics). I would like to know the utility of my tubes and what I can do with them.
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:Thank you