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Regarding Lou's books: back in 2019 I tried "most of the year" to get in touch with him to order a set.... and it seemed he never answered. Then... around September I got an email response telling me that his "official email notification system" had been broken for a year...and someone else told him about it and he got it fixed. As a result... I used his "order form page" to put in an order... and about 2 weeks later... here they came.

I for one.. really enjoy them. I trained in electronics technology back in the 70s (another DeVry puke!) then worked digital electronics for about 10 years... then went into software in operating systems. So I have a head full of "theory" just no practice!!!!!!! The big book... really helps someone like me.... who THINKS they know what is going on.... but has "gaps" from not having "hands on" experience for a long time like many on here. Most of his explanations are pretty darned good and will "get you there".... again as HA says.... if YOU can interpret the info properly.

As for YouTube videos.... I am convinced that many of them put them up there for the sole purpose of marketing their repair service (to show you that they can fix a radio)... and there is nothing wrong with that.... not at all. But I have seen a few helpful ones from Mikes (one on using a spectrum analyzer as a signal tracer in troubleshooting frequency synthesis, another troubleshooting a low/no modulation problem). Another one ... Klondike Mike (haunts this forum!)... has videos that show some tracing level troubleshooting.

Another YouTube channel to dig into..... w2aew. There are some REAL gems in there. He has videos the demonstrate how PLL synthesizers work....WITH a REAL DEMO using a PLL and scoping it. He has another that shows demos of how small signal diodes work as "switches" (THAT concept got away from me for a while!). There are MANY other handy "technique" and "basics" videos hiding out in w2aew's channel.

<blockquote data-quote="guitar_199" data-source="post: 784060" data-attributes="member: 18156">Regarding Lou&#039;s books:&nbsp; back in 2019 I tried &quot;most of the year&quot; to get in touch with him to order a set.... and it seemed he never answered.&nbsp; Then... around September I got an email response telling me that his &quot;official email notification system&quot; had been broken for a year...and someone else told him about it and he got it fixed.&nbsp; As a result... I used his &quot;order form page&quot; to put in an order... and about 2 weeks later... here they came.&nbsp; I for one.. really enjoy them.&nbsp; I trained in electronics technology back in the 70s (another DeVry puke!) then worked digital electronics for about 10 years... then went into software in operating systems.&nbsp; So I have a head full of &quot;theory&quot; just no practice!!!!!!!&nbsp; &nbsp; The big book... really helps someone like me.... who THINKS they know what is going on.... but has &quot;gaps&quot; from not having &quot;hands on&quot; experience for a long time like many on here.&nbsp; Most of his explanations are pretty darned good and will &quot;get you there&quot;.... again as HA says.... if YOU can interpret the info properly.As for YouTube videos.... I am convinced that many of them put them up there for the sole purpose of marketing their repair service (to show you that they can fix a radio)... and there is nothing wrong with that.... not at all.&nbsp; But I have seen a few helpful ones from Mikes (one on using a spectrum analyzer as a signal tracer in troubleshooting frequency synthesis,&nbsp; another troubleshooting a low/no modulation problem).&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Another one ... Klondike Mike (haunts this forum!)... has videos that show some tracing level troubleshooting.Another YouTube channel to dig into..... w2aew.&nbsp; &nbsp; There are some REAL gems in there.&nbsp; He has videos the demonstrate how PLL synthesizers work....WITH a REAL DEMO using a PLL and scoping it.&nbsp; He has another&nbsp; that shows demos of how small signal diodes work as &quot;switches&quot; (THAT concept got away from me for a while!).&nbsp;&nbsp; There are MANY other handy &quot;technique&quot; and &quot;basics&quot; videos hiding out in w2aew&#039;s channel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="guitar_199, post: 784060, member: 18156"] Regarding Lou's books: back in 2019 I tried "most of the year" to get in touch with him to order a set.... and it seemed he never answered. Then... around September I got an email response telling me that his "official email notification system" had been broken for a year...and someone else told him about it and he got it fixed. As a result... I used his "order form page" to put in an order... and about 2 weeks later... here they came. I for one.. really enjoy them. I trained in electronics technology back in the 70s (another DeVry puke!) then worked digital electronics for about 10 years... then went into software in operating systems. So I have a head full of "theory" just no practice!!!!!!! The big book... really helps someone like me.... who THINKS they know what is going on.... but has "gaps" from not having "hands on" experience for a long time like many on here. Most of his explanations are pretty darned good and will "get you there".... again as HA says.... if YOU can interpret the info properly. As for YouTube videos.... I am convinced that many of them put them up there for the sole purpose of marketing their repair service (to show you that they can fix a radio)... and there is nothing wrong with that.... not at all. But I have seen a few helpful ones from Mikes (one on using a spectrum analyzer as a signal tracer in troubleshooting frequency synthesis, another troubleshooting a low/no modulation problem). Another one ... Klondike Mike (haunts this forum!)... has videos that show some tracing level troubleshooting. Another YouTube channel to dig into..... w2aew. There are some REAL gems in there. He has videos the demonstrate how PLL synthesizers work....WITH a REAL DEMO using a PLL and scoping it. He has another that shows demos of how small signal diodes work as "switches" (THAT concept got away from me for a while!). There are MANY other handy "technique" and "basics" videos hiding out in w2aew's channel. [/QUOTE]

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