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Smith's book. free download

 

Smith Chart lovers:
A few months ago I downloaded a free copy of Mr. Smith¡¯s book. I have
mislaid the URL. Keep looking. I am sure you will find it.

Chuck KF8TI

On Aug 5, 2022, at 2:14 PM, W0LEV <davearea51a@...> wrote:

Again, that's why SimSmith is an indispensable tool when dealing with
complex impedances and over different frequencies. It is a universal
presentation tool in the professional RF and microwave world.

In my career, I once and only once ran across another engineer who had an
ORIGINAL publication by Mr. Smith of his book which introduced the Smith
Chart in the mid 1950's and its multiple uses. I offered him $400
on-the-spot. Unfortunately he knew what he had. He refused my offer!!
?? Several decades ago ARRL used to offer a reprint which I had but lost
in a forest fire. They no longer offer it.

Dave - W?LEV

On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 5:42 PM F1AMM <18471@... <mailto:18471@...>> wrote:

And I say that if we represented the Smith as attached, it would be much
clearer. This is also how we project impedances on the Smith.

It has, in addition, the great interest of materializing the S11 that we
wonder, a little, why we were to invent that. The Smith diagram was
invented when there were no computers. Placing an impedance using the
abacus is tedious and very inaccurate. On the other hand, presenting the
impedances on the chart shows a good synthesis.

However, do not forget that the chart was designed for work at a fixed
frequency. We generally use it at variable frequency and the cursors are
essential to identify the frequency. Or you have to label points on the
graphs
--
F1AMM (Fran?ois)





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*Dave - W?LEV*
*Just Let Darwin Work*


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Dave - W?LEV
 

On 8/5/22 11:38 AM, Charles Young wrote:
Smith Chart lovers:
A few months ago I downloaded a free copy of Mr. Smith¡¯s book. I have
mislaid the URL. Keep looking. I am sure you will find it.
Chuck KF8TI
"Electronic applications of the Smith Chart
in waveguide, circuit and component analysis"
Phillip H Smith

It's not on archive.org
 

Thank's, Jim (Lux)! I'm an old fart (75) and still much prefer a printed
copy. With ARRL so non-technical these days, I seriously doubt we could
convince them to, once again, carry the reprints?

At the time, $400 was all I had in my pocket in travel money from my
employer. He knew what he had!!! I'll never forget that meeting. I can
still review it in my mind's eyes......

Dave - W?LEV

On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 7:34 PM Jim Lux <jimlux@...> wrote:

On 8/5/22 11:38 AM, Charles Young wrote:
Smith Chart lovers:
A few months ago I downloaded a free copy of Mr. Smith¡¯s book. I have
mislaid the URL. Keep looking. I am sure you will find it.

Chuck KF8TI
"Electronic applications of the Smith Chart
in waveguide, circuit and component analysis"
Phillip H Smith

It's not on archive.org





--
*Dave - W?LEV*
*Just Let Darwin Work*
--
Dave - W?LEV
 

On 8/5/22 12:39 PM, W0LEV wrote:
Thank's, Jim (Lux)! I'm an old fart (75) and still much prefer a printed
copy. With ARRL so non-technical these days, I seriously doubt we could
convince them to, once again, carry the reprints?
I'm not sure it would really be worth it - there are lots of later books which might have a better tutorial. So you'd be possessing it for its historical significance - for which the $400 might be reasonable.

Amazon will sell you a copy for $90, hardcover, as an import from 1969. Abebooks will sell you various copies for more. They've got a first edition, fifth printing for $854


I used to use Bowick's RF Circuit Design which I see on Amazon is about $42 for the 2nd edition. Something like that might be a better choice for someone starting out.
 

Free PDF download here:



Just downloaded it.

Larry
AC9OX
 

Here are the ISBN numbers for his book:

ISBN: 1-884932-39-8?
ISBN 13: 978-1-8849-3239-7

You may be able to find an electronic copy by searching the ISBN
numbers. ?I hope that helps.

Sincerely,

Everett McArthur
KE5QVC

On Fri, 2022-08-05 at 19:39 +0000, W0LEV wrote:
Thank's, Jim (Lux)!? I'm an old fart (75) and still much prefer a
printed
copy.?? With ARRL so non-technical these days, I seriously doubt we
could
convince them to, once again, carry the reprints?

At the time, $400 was all I had in my pocket in travel money from my
employer.? He knew what he had!!!? I'll never forget that meeting.? I
can
still review it in my mind's eyes......

Dave - W?LEV

On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 7:34 PM Jim Lux <jimlux@...> wrote:

On 8/5/22 11:38 AM, Charles Young wrote:
Smith Chart lovers:
A few months ago I downloaded a free copy of Mr. Smith¡¯s book. I
have
mislaid the URL. Keep looking. I am sure you will find it.

Chuck KF8TI
"Electronic applications of the Smith Chart
in waveguide, circuit and component analysis"
Phillip H Smith

It's not on archive.org





--
*Dave - W?LEV*
*Just Let Darwin Work*
 

thank you

On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 1:38 PM Larry McElhiney via groups.io <lmcelhiney=
[email protected]> wrote:

Free PDF download here:




Just downloaded it.

Larry
AC9OX
 

Is this the book?



You have to go through the process on that website, then let it compress the book before you download it. I have no idea if it's in the public domain at this point or not, or if copyright still applies, so download at your own risk. I clicked the first download button and not the download original button.

The book is still sold as an e-book:


If it is out of copyright protection, it wouldn't be the first time a book in the public domain was for sale.

Donald KX8K
 

Here's a link to the document:

73, Bryan, KB?A
 

Bryan, Thank you much for providing the opportunity to access this magnificent publication.?73 kd2wot / Chris

On Friday, August 5, 2022 at 08:39:40 PM EDT, Bryan Steinberg <bryan@...> wrote:

Here's a link to the document:

73, Bryan, KB?A
 

On 8/5/22 5:14 PM, Donald Hellen wrote:
Is this the book?

You have to go through the process on that website, then let it compress the book before you download it. I have no idea if it's in the public domain at this point or not, or if copyright still applies, so download at your own risk. I clicked the first download button and not the download original button.
The book is still sold as an e-book:

If it is out of copyright protection, it wouldn't be the first time a book in the public domain was for sale.
Donald KX8K
It was published after 1927, so most likely, it is still under copyright.
 

The title of the book is "Electronic Applications Of The Smith Chart"
 

Bryan has provided the link to the updated 2nd edition that was published in 2000 by SciTech Publishing, Inc.

73 - Dino KL?S
 

In many cases, a PDF copy of a book is as good, or maybe better, than a hard copy. In
the case of Phillip Smith's book, I would urge you to obtain a hard copy of the book,
if the opportunity occurs, even if you have a PDF copy.

An envelope on the inside back cover of the book contains four transparencies
(overlay charts) that are designed to be written on with a pencil and then erased for
further use:

Chart A - Standard SMITH CHART with normalized series-impedance or shunt-
admittance coordinates.

Chart B - SMITH CHART with normalized parallel-impedance or series-admittance
coordinates.

Chart C - SMITH CHART with normalized negative series-resistance or shunt-
conductance coordinate components.

Chart D - CARTER CHART with polar-impedance coordinates.

73,

Maynard
W6PAP

On Saturday, August 06, 2022 01:10:14 AM Chris Gardner via groups.io wrote:
Bryan, Thank you much for providing the opportunity to access this
magnificent publication. 73 kd2wot / Chris On Friday, August 5, 2022 at
08:39:40 PM EDT, Bryan Steinberg <bryan@...> wrote:

Here's a link to the document:

eguide-circuit-and-component-analysis-1snrusdcv2h8

73, Bryan, KB?A
 

On Friday 05 August 2022 03:34:22 pm Jim Lux wrote:
"Electronic applications of the Smith Chart
in waveguide, circuit and component analysis"
Phillip H Smith
This it?




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On Friday 05 August 2022 04:38:10 pm Larry McElhiney via groups.io wrote:
Free PDF download here:



Just downloaded it.

Larry
AC9OX
Hm, 27MB as opposed to the 18.6MB from the link that I just posted, and the two sites appear to be *very* similar, if not identical. I wonder what the differences are in the files?

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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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M Dakin
 

On 06/08/2022 17:14, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote:
Hm, 27MB as opposed to the 18.6MB from the link that I just posted, and the two sites appear to be*very* similar, if not identical. I wonder what the differences are in the files?
Different editions of the book.

David
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SatSignal Software - Quality software for you
Web:
Email: david-taylor@...
Twitter: @gm8arv
 

You can get a free copy of the second edition here:

Rudy N6LF
 

My Malwarebytes firewall blocked the above link, and claimed it was due to a Trojan; false positive perhaps???IMHO, With regard to the file size differences of the previous two links to copies. One copy of the book appears to?have been from a book which had been essentially scanned in page by page to create a pdf file. (The pages almost look?like a photocopy). The newer book appears to be a textualized copy of the original book converted to a pdf file.

On Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 12:53:00 PM EDT, <rseverns@...> wrote:

You can get a free copy of the second edition here:

Rudy N6LF
 

That book text site has a GOLDMINE of super books. Thanks for the link!

The Smith applications text comes with a dozen or so plastic overlays that are used in the text as a means of solving designs. You use a grease pencil.
Almost as munch fun as fooling with the vna. I have the originals and some where I stored away some clear plastic copies that I used in analog powerpoint
presentations!

Alan

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