I wasn't scared off by Horowitz and Hill. I loved it! l taught myself electronics by reading second, (or 3rd) hand copies of Grob, and H&H. Grob for theory, H&H for practice. Two books and 1 summer and I was a tech, at least a noob tech. All it took was some spare time, curiosity, and about $20. I started my career rewiring microphones at a CB shop, and 30 years later I retired from SONY as a senior R&D lab tech. Along the way I worked at HP, TRW, and IBM, among others having done analog, digital, RF and medical electronics along the way. Not bad for $20. Now I could become a tech for free. In fact, I could become an EE for free. I just wouldn't have the piece of paper. But it requires no piece of paper to be an entrepreneur.

Over the years I purchased most of the Radio shack books you describe, they were the best back then! Fortunately, the laws of physics and mathematics hasn't changed.... What has changed is in my town there are no local component suppliers anymore where there to be several.....a pain to order components by mail now.

I'm glad you did a video about this subject. I have used these websites countless times over the years, and always considered them to be a secret goldmine of free instruction. It is staggering the amount of valuable electronics resources on the internet, and these kids today don't know how easy they got it, am I right? Back in the day, if you wanted to learn electronics by self instruction, then all you had available was a Forrest Mims book at Radio Shack. Thanks again for covering this very helpful topic.

When I was in high school I subscribed to Electronics world which was kind of the grown up version of popular electronics. One month they had an in depth feature about building an op amp with tubes. I priced that out in the allied electronics catalog and it would have cost over $100 in the 60's so that never got built by me. These old books and magazines are a gold mine of information, bookmark them so you can easily find your way back.

A truly amazing resource I’ve been using for some time. I was particularly impressed by the number of British books and magazines, many of which are now difficult or even impossible to find in physical form.

Those mini notebooks from Radio Shack were truly awesome!

I've been running around town to all the thrift and book stores picking up electric circuit and electronics textbooks on the cheap. Usually don't pay more than $5 for them.

The audio & recording section is very interesting. Regarding relevance in 2022, as someone stated below, the laws of physics & maths hasn't changed. Thank you!

I have fond memories of those radio shack books on my dad's shelves and now that I'm getting back into it with my son, this is just great!

Of all the great content in your videos, this has to be the best resource, on the topic, I’ve ever come across. Thanks a lot, truly.

I still have a complete set of the Engineer's Mini Notebooks. For years they were my go to when I was trying to design my own stuff. I probably breadboarded every circuit in the Op Amp and 555 Timer books. Radio Electronics and Popular Electronics also taught me a lot. A lot of the books you recommend I have hardback copies of and have had since the 80's and 90's. The thing that got me started in 1973 when I was 14 was the Radio Shack 100 in 1 electronics kit. I had to beg and beg to get that for Christmas (You'll get bored with it in a couple of days) After I built and tested all 100 circuits I went back and did every one over again but this time using only the schematic and that is how I learned how to read schematics. I built my first analog multimeter from a Radio Shack kit (I still have it in the original box even though I haven't used it in years I just can't part with it) I didn't even get to go to college for engineering until I was 31 and was bored out of my mind for the 1st 3 semesters because I already knew 90% of the stuff. I think a lot people go to college for engineering thinking they will learn everything they need in 4 years and won't have to go through the learning process again but the reality is that college only gives you the tools to be able to better understand the basics so you can teach yourself. If you don't like to constantly have to learn then the electronics field is simply not for you.

I still have a bunch of the Forrest Mims Radioshack mini-notebooks, truely great!

I started learning electronics in 2014 and got my hands on one of those mini-notebooks and it was very interesting. I didn't know they were that famous.

@barrybogart5436

2 жыл бұрын

Radio Shack was invaluable for inventive kids living in little towns who were too impatient for mail order. I have their '62 catalogue and it amazes me what they sold.

Radio and audio is interesting too. Have gotten lost on these sites for awhile and downloaded lots of books and magazines too.

I discovered World Radio History a while back, but thanks for the reminder! I'm sure I have a couple of Don Lancaster's books lying around somewhere.

3:34 Spot on! This is what I've been telling newbie electronics folks for a long time. Electronics does not change! These books are excellent resources. 👍

Well, that will keep me busy for a while. Thanks. I still some Forrest Mims 3's on my workbench. I am still looking for an RCA Receiving Tube Handbook. Not designing tube gear - it just gives me a warm, glowy feeling.

Terima kasih pak, saya sangat senang anda berbagi ilmu gratis , menyebabkan wawasan tentang teknik Elektronika. Salam dari Indonesia 🇮🇩

This is a good resource for me because in my country books on electronics is very limited. There are not many local authors who write about electronics, or maybe I just don't know about it. I wish to write a book too on electronics someday. But for now I'm still a novice and a have a lot to learn.

Thanks IMSAI Guy!

A mentor of mine went SK and I got his ARRL handbook collection dating back to 1948. The maroon covers. From 1948 to 1978 the handbook hardly changed. The Mimms mini note books and some of the other books he did for Tandy/Rado-shack. Radio Electronics, and several from the UK were good too. Nuts and Volts was popular but I don't think a lot of the schematics were vetted. Only thing intimidating about Horowitz and Hill is the price unless you get bootleg copies from chinja.

What an awesome archive. Thx for sharing. I subscribed.

thank you! my dear friend. I come from a far eastern country - China. I also work on failure analysis of electronic properties, thank you for your kind help. thank you! I wish you a successful career and good health!

@IMSAIGuy

2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you very much. This is such a great gift to me.

Thank you for these great information.

Back in the 70's and 80's Radio Shack and Forrest Mims were where I went to get parts and learn about electronics. If you can't understand the Forrest Mims books, you might want to take up bowling or something. I also like to bowl by the way, or did when I was younger lol! I'm now after many years away from the hobby, I am retired and have time to mess with it again, so I come to KZread University to get updated on the newer chips, tho the old one's still work quite well for their intended purposes. I love youtube! And now, all this older stuff is archived on the net, much of it free. The Forrest Mims are free downloads! A bit dated yes, but lets take the wheel for instance. They've been around for a long time and still are quite useful lol!

Priceless...thank you

Wow! Great find!

Great info. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed

Wow, thank you so very much for sharing all this valuable information. I am into ham radio and would like to know a lot more then what is presented for testing. I am currently studying for the Extra Examine but, I still don't have a grasp of the basics and would love to learn. I would like to know how to brake down a radio and put it back together. I am having a time with just understanding the basic information. I am trying but, it is very frustrating. I bought a couple of simple kits on Amazon to solder, which is another story, learning how to solder. I can't thank you enought in presenting this information. I will be taking a look at it. Thank you so very much. Jan

Thanks for sharing, nice sites with a lot of useful information.

Great topic for the Episode #. Love it. God Bless.

@jj74qformerlyjailbreak3

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite books are from 71 😂 still relevant today.

All Forrest M Mims books are superb

Fantastic! thank you😀

Creative video, thanks for sharing :)

Nice site! Thanks. I'll save it.

Thank You very much...😊📂

Thanks Sir!

Free free free!!!! Loved it😄

Thank you!!!

I have about six of the books in print and pdf versions of alot.

I've always had a plan to download some of my favourite old magazines from the 1980s from WRH and edit them down into nice little booklets with just the projects and tutorials - none of the adverts or news articles. But because I wouldn't be able to distribute them (I'm sure that's a massive copyright no-no) and the time involved (where I could be tinkering with electronics and software instead) would be quite a lot......... I've never actually done it... It'd be nice though.

let's hope those magazines won't disappear after gaining too much visibility. you might have touched a grey area, here.

The world radio history site has all the Practical Wireless magazines I bought growing up in the 70's. (and since lost over the years through moving). Ah, the memories. I will spend a lot of time there. I might even build some of the audio projects. :)

@ralphj4012

2 жыл бұрын

Practical Wireless is back, but sadly only online.

@frankowalker4662

2 жыл бұрын

@@ralphj4012 I've just tried to have a look, but you have to agree to cookies, which I never do. Also, looking at the cover, it looks like it's all modern ham radio gear, I only got it for the audio projects and kit builds. But thanks for letting me know. :)

@ralphj4012

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankowalker4662 True, you can tell that I am old and miss the old days (when magazines were printed and contained interesting projects). I nearly choked when I saw that Hornby had moved entirely to smartphones / tablets to control trains.

@frankowalker4662

2 жыл бұрын

@@ralphj4012 You're kidding ? No more big metal boxes with the dial on the front ? My dad had one like that, I used it for my electronics projects. He wasn't happy when he found out. LOL I could never get into trains. But you want hands on control, not pressing a screen like a video game.

Awesome..!

Forrest mims, I have them all...he is great...yes sadly there are no more component store...thankfully I still have most of my components

Cool stuffs.Is there any specific manual that teaches how to use analog IC'S and digital IC'S the working of those pin functions and block diagrams operates for a hobbyists or beginner?

@johnnytacokleinschmidt515

2 жыл бұрын

Get the data sheets for the devices you're interested in. If you're starting out the radio shack semiconductor catalog and cross reference will show you the "Top 10" so to speak of devices. You could Get a National Semiconductor analog devices data book. Then Get the Forrest Mimms Radio Shack cookbooks. That will have you busy and learning like crazy. I've bought many books on eBay because I like to flip pages old school. You could save time, money, and space doing it online. Just have a good printer ready to go. You'll need hard copy to mark up while you experiment. Keep them in a binder afterwards.

@Mewanrahnam575

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnytacokleinschmidt515 Thankyou very much for your suggestions.I greatly appreciated it.

The troubles i find myself in regularly reading and trying to do old stuff: the parts are not there anymore, a 2n2219 is a museum piece, 2n3866, bc series, bf series, 2n series, 74 series ic, they are just not for sale anymore, or crazy expensive. Try to find a simple 20/500 pF tune capacitor, all that stuff is , at least in europe, almost not available anymore, i even have problems finding transistors sold up till 2016. And you do need to do these little projects suggested in all these books just to get the feeling of it, just reading about is not enough, you have to take it to a breadboard. If you have been doing this since the 80-90s or even earlier i van imagine you have boxes and boxes full of "junk" but if you are like me starting now it is very difficult, i buy just about any old scrap radio just to get parts but is not enough. Its so demotivting 😢

@johnnytacokleinschmidt515

2 жыл бұрын

A small suggestion. Try to find an antique radio/television museum in your area. Or possibly a Ham radio club. Some of the people there will help you out. If the museum takes donations they will likely have plenty of the small parts and odd electronic equipment to share. You can make a small donation in appreciation for their effort and to help sustain them. Good luck and keep at it.

I loved Don Lancaster's books as a kid. Is he still around?

@IMSAIGuy

6 ай бұрын

he passed last year

@user.A9

6 ай бұрын

@@IMSAIGuy 😪

The Holy Grail of electronics?

Too bad they don't have Creative Computing magazine. David Ahl rocked.

@barrybogart5436

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but Byte was published by Green, who published 73. Much more technical.

Thanks for the link, I'm sure I'll kill a number of hours here.

Hello 1.Can you tell website for electrical engineering books for free. 2. Also please tell practical learning book for electrical engineering like you said for electronics

@IMSAIGuy

10 ай бұрын

read the description

Did I see mad magazine? 😁

Seems that the site is no longer accessible 😢

@IMSAIGuy

Жыл бұрын

works for me. did you use the link in the description

@learnedit789

8 ай бұрын

Use any vpn to acess

if anyone's wondering, z library has 'The Art of Electronics' by Horowitz and Hill. you're welcome

@barrybogart5436

2 жыл бұрын

Which edition?

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Radio Shack Notebooks is giving an "Internal Server Error"

@IMSAIGuy

Жыл бұрын

they moved the page. I edited the link. should be good now

I am new here... Your an amateur radio operator I assume.... are you ok to say your call sign??

@IMSAIGuy

2 жыл бұрын

sorry, I keep my info private

@IMSAIGuy

2 жыл бұрын

I will say I got my license in the 1970s. it is extra and I am WAS WAC DXCC

Nawjw

RTL "relevant" Ha, ha, ha! :)