ARRL handbook free download

[Jean]

Any one knows any website from where any edition of ARRL handbook can
be downloaded freely??


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[SioL]

Any one knows any website from where any edition of ARRL handbook can
be downloaded freely??

That book is really an asset and worth every single penny.

25 US$, is it?
I'm sure you can manage that. Especially if you buy used on eBay
since yearly updates are usually small.

Siol

 

[Michael Black]

Any one knows any website from where any edition of ARRL handbook can
be downloaded freely??

Yes, the websites are known as libraries, and the webpages there are
known as books. You get a membership card, and then you can download
the books by physically taking them off the shelf, checking them out,
and bringing them home. Chances are pretty good that a local library,
no matter where (at least in North America), would have a copy of the
ARRL Handbook.

You can also buy it, from the ARRL, http://www.arrl.org or at various
bookstores real or online.

I've found copies, though admittedly not recent, at used book sales.

You can also watch for an upcoming amateur radio club fleamarket,
and likely someone will have a copy or two for sale there. Again,
the ARRL keeps a list of such events in North America at their website.

Michael

 

[Joe Legris]

Any one knows any website from where any edition of ARRL handbook can
be downloaded freely??


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Here's the closet thing that's legitimate: a CD-ROM for $40. Round it
off to the nearest $100 and it's free!

http://www.arrl.org/catalog/index.php3?category=CD-ROMs

 

[Winfield Hill]

Michael Black wrote...

Yes, the websites are known as libraries, and the webpages there are
known as books. You get a membership card, and then you can download
the books by physically taking them off the shelf, checking them out,
and bringing them home. Chances are pretty good that a local library,
no matter where (at least in North America), would have a copy of the
ARRL Handbook.

You can also buy it, from the ARRL, http://www.arrl.org or at various
bookstores real or online.

I've found copies, though admittedly not recent, at used book sales.

You can also watch for an upcoming amateur radio club fleamarket,
and likely someone will have a copy or two for sale there. Again,
the ARRL keeps a list of such events in North America at their website.

The search string "ARRL handbook" on eBay brings up about 40 copies
for sale, many starting at $1.50. I suppose some finish around $5.

Thanks,
- Win

whill_at_picovolt-dot-com

 

[Michael Black]

That book is really an asset and worth every single penny.

25 US$, is it?
I'm sure you can manage that. Especially if you buy used on eBay
since yearly updates are usually small.

Siol

It's gone up in price, the softcover 2004 edition is $34.95, with
the hardcover $49.95 US. I can remember when it had a cover price
of $6.50, that was what I paid for the first one I bought back in
1971, but it is still a good buy if you are paying US dollars.

The ARRL site, http://www.arrl.org is listing 2003 editions
while "quantities last" but do not put a discount price on them.

One can also get the Handbook on CDROM, for $39.95. Unfortunately,
when they list compatibility, they leave out Linux.

Michael

 

[Michael Black]

Michael Black wrote...

The search string "ARRL handbook" on eBay brings up about 40 copies
for sale, many starting at $1.50. I suppose some finish around $5.

Thanks,
- Win

It just shows you how set in my ways I must be at 44. Traditionally,
a hamfest was the place to find used copies.

Of course, while there is little variation from year to year, there
has been a lot of variation over the years. Someone should splurge
on a relatively new edition if that's what they are interested in.
If someone is looking for tube information, a recent edition would be
of little use.

Michael

 

[SioL]

It's gone up in price, the softcover 2004 edition is $34.95, with
the hardcover $49.95 US. I can remember when it had a cover price
of $6.50, that was what I paid for the first one I bought back in
1971, but it is still a good buy if you are paying US dollars.

The ARRL site, http://www.arrl.org is listing 2003 editions
while "quantities last" but do not put a discount price on them.

One can also get the Handbook on CDROM, for $39.95. Unfortunately,
when they list compatibility, they leave out Linux.

Michael

It really is a good resource to keep handy. Just like the Win's.

With dollar being as low as it is, it still is effectively US$ 25

SioL

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[Active8]

Any one knows any website from where any edition of ARRL handbook
can be downloaded freely??

Yes, the websites are known as libraries, and the webpages there are
known as books. You get a membership card, and then you can download
the books by physically taking them off the shelf, checking them out,
and bringing them home. Chances are pretty good that a local library,
no matter where (at least in North America), would have a copy of the
ARRL Handbook.

You can also buy it, from the ARRL, http://www.arrl.org or at various
bookstores real or online.

I've found copies, though admittedly not recent, at used book sales.

You can also watch for an upcoming amateur radio club fleamarket,
and likely someone will have a copy or two for sale there. Again,
the ARRL keeps a list of such events in North America at their website.[/QUOTE]

The search string "ARRL handbook" on eBay brings up about 40 copies
for sale, many starting at $1.50. I suppose some finish around $5.

Thanks,
- Win

whill_at_picovolt-dot-com
[/QUOTE]
Shipping and handling $20 ?

 

[Active8]

Any one knows any website from where any edition of ARRL handbook can
be downloaded freely??

Yes, the websites are known as libraries, and the webpages there are
known as books. You get a membership card, and then you can download
the books by physically taking them off the shelf, checking them out,
and bringing them home. Chances are pretty good that a local library,
no matter where (at least in North America), would have a copy of the
ARRL Handbook.[/QUOTE]

That's the one thing you can almost be sure to find in a library.
Of course, I haven't checked the one up river ( gyck, gyck :] !! )
and if the rest of this area is indicative of the libraries...

Mike

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

It just shows you how set in my ways I must be at 44. Traditionally,
a hamfest was the place to find used copies.

Of course, while there is little variation from year to year, there
has been a lot of variation over the years. Someone should splurge
on a relatively new edition if that's what they are interested in.
If someone is looking for tube information, a recent edition would be
of little use.

Michael

I bough a whole stack of '50s and '60's editions at a hamfest for $
..50 each a few years ago. They were under the guy's table all day, and
no one had asked the price. When he told me $ .50 each, people started
grabbing for them, but he told them they were all sold. He said people
had looked at them all day, and i was the only one to ask the price, so
i could buy any, or all of them. The replaced some that were borrowed,
and never returned.
--
9 days!


Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida