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A new version of the ARRL Handbook is published every year. It's a staple book to have on your shelf if you do any radio electronics work. I never did HAM radi

A new version of the ARRL Handbook is published every year. It's a staple book to have on your shelf if you do any radio electronics work. I never did HAM radio, but when I was in school I ran a pirate radio station (with a transmitter I designed), and I pulled that book out pretty often.

privong 11y ago
> A new version of the ARRL Handbook is published every year. It's a staple book to have on your shelf if you do any radio electronics work. Yea, there's often lots of great projects in there. I still have a mid-90s book kicking around and have been meaning to build that 5 GHz 10 mbit/s wireless link. Some day... > I never did HAM radio Just a note – "ham" isn't an acronym and so shouldn't be in all caps, like one wouldn't write "AMATEUR radio". "Ham" in this instance is derived from "ham-fisted" operators[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio