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1 online resource (x, 270 pages) : illustrations |
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Previous edition: published as Practical handbook of valve radio repair. London : Newnes Technical, 1982. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Dedication; Valve Radio and Audio Repair Handbook; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Part 1:; Chapter 1. Basic facts you need to know about electricity and magnetism; Electricity from batteries; Electricity and magnetism; Induction and transformers; Practical transformers; Auto-transformers; Transformers and DC; To sum up; Chapter 2. What you need to know about voltage, current, resistance and Ohm's law; Chapter 3. What you need to know about real life resistors; Standard values; Resistors in series and parallel; Series/parallel resistors and wattage. |
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What do resistors do in radio sets?Variable resistors; Chapter 4. What you need to know about condensers; Electrolytic condensers; Leakage current and re-forming; Condensers and AC voltages; Variable condensers; Pre-set condensers; Yes, but what do condensers do?; Chapter 5. What you need to know about tuning; A use for the acceptor circuit; Frame aerials; Air cores and iron dust cores; Permeability tuning; Ferrite rods; Chapter 6. What you need to know about valves (1); Valve characteristics; Chapter 7. What you need to know about valves (2); The triode as oscillator. |
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Chapter 8. What you need to know about the principles of transmission and receptionSidebands; Receiver principles; Chapter 9. Practical receiver design (1): battery operated TRFs; Sharp cut-off versus variable mu; Extending the tuning range; Improving the output; Automatic Grid Bias; Chapter 10. Mains valves and power supplies; Cathode bias; Types of mains valves; Negative smoothing; 'Swinging choke' smoothing; Directly or indirectly heated?; The voltage doubler; Isolated chassis; Different mains supplies; AC/DC receivers; Barretters; Rectifiers in AC/DC receivers; 'Live' chassis. |
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Part AC-only setsAppendix; Chapter 11. What you need to know about the superhet; Keeping the local oscillator in step; Automatic volume control; An alternative delay method; The 'short' superhet; A good basis for study; Reflex amplifiers; Part superhets; Battery superhets; Appendix; Chapter 12. Some more special features found in superhets; Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning; Motor tuning; Automatic frequency control; Silence between stations; Amplified AVe; Push-pull output; Better tone control systems; Band-spread short wave tuning; The double superhet; 'Television sound' |
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Chapter 13. Battery and mains/battery portable receivers'All-dry' portables; Miniature valves; Chapter 14. Automobile receivers; Negative or positive earthing; Constructional aspects; Permeability tuning; Some unusual sets and features; AM/FM automobile receivers; Chapter 15. Frequency modulation; Some aspects of FM receiver design; De-emphasis; Design aspects of British FM receivers; Part 2:; Chapter 16. Tools for servicing radio receivers; Solder 'guns'; Solder; What about instruments?; What ranges are required?; The ohms-per-volt game; What does ohms-per-volt mean inpractice? |
| Summary |
This book is not only an essential read for every professional working with antique radio and gramophone equipment, but also dealers, collectors and valve technology enthusiasts the world over. The emphasis is firmly on the practicalities of repairing and restoring, so technical content is kept to a minimum, and always explained in a way that can be followed by readers with no background in electronics. Those who have a good grounding in electronics, but wish to learn more about the practical aspects, will benefit from the emphasis given to hands-on repair work, covering mechanical as. |
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Radio -- Repairing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Radio -- Receivers and reception -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Radio -- Réparations -- Guides, manuels, etc. |
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Radio -- Récepteurs et réception -- Guides, manuels, etc. |
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Radio -- Receivers and reception |
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Radio -- Repairing |
| Genre |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Added Author |
Miller, Charles E. (Charles Edward).
Practical handbook of valve radio repair.
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| Cover Title |
Valve radio & audio repair handbook |
| Other Form: |
Print version: MILLER, CHAS. Valve Radio and Audio Repair Handbook. Burlington : Elsevier Science, ©2000 9780750639958 |
| ISBN |
9780080520421 (electronic bk.) |
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0080520421 (electronic bk.) |
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