17 Oct
2007
17 Oct
'07
4:35 p.m.
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:31:04 +0100 (BST)
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
I must be the only person who reads service manuals for things he doesn't
own, and probably never will own, though...
I would also routinely read schematic diagrams on
such journeys...
Some time ago I liked to read "The Rothammel"[1]. Just
like other people
read a novel. It was so relaxing and fun to read. But finaly I didn't get into ham radio. Insted I
got into good, old,
analog black and white photography. Now my kitchen is a darkroom also...
Ah yes... I convereted an old coal store (no longer needed for its
orignal purpose) into a darkroom. I can _just_ get the enlarger in there.
It's a DeVere 504, so it's not exactly small...
[1] "Rothammels Antennen Buch" =3D>
"Rothammels Antenna Book". A book tha=
t
describes and discusses all kinds of antennas from longwave to micowave
for ham radio. It is _the_ german antenna book.
Not ins the same class, but I found the ARRL Antennas Book for 10p (!) at
a library sale some years boak. No need to ask if I bought it, OK. Same
sale had some classic computing books, like 'Communication Sequential
Processes', the Occam books, etc. I bought all those too....
-tony