CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)
Ferromagnetic - Core Design & Application Handbook by A Reader 5 Stars May 30, 2007 Read through this book a couple of years ago; 6 pages left for the second time through it. This time I went through it in detail; with graphing paper, calculator, and a sharp pencil. In the interests of providing some sort of reference, I am strictly a Radio Amateur. I have built numerous kits and projects from schematic. Just now getting up to the point of doing any design work (as a hobby). Plenty of information regarding these Ferromagnetic devices on the internet and other books. But if you want a more complete understanding of thier operation and application you will find it here. Plenty of design progressions and circuits that should be of interest to the builder and experimenter. I did not find this book to be an easy read - it is a design handbook. Any defieciencies are of course on my side of the equation. Works very well as a reference for cherry picking, if you are not up to working all the way through it. There are a few errors in the text and design progressions, just a few; I have seen far worse. I would not put this in the "If you do any building at all, you need this book", but if you like to have an in depth understanding of the devices you use, you might want to consider this one. Book does offer some good general design principles and handy rules of thumb. Some of the components used are of "sentimental" value to some. They are still available and I still find use for them. Interested in Radio and Analog RF Signal Processing, You might want to have this one around.
An excellent overview for experimenters and engineers by Erik Westgard (Shoreview, MN USA) 5 Stars July 03, 2001 For anyone who is designing RF curcuits, this is an excellent reference. Doug covers all of the various types of core materials in common use, and has a good number of practical circuits and examples for each topic. His writing style is most readable, and you can take either a practical or a mathematical approach to each area.Note this book has been reprinted in 1996, and is still available from MFJ Publishing, Starkville, MS 39759.