Not only is Multisim buggy and expensive, the company morals are interesting. The product used to be called Electronic Workbench, and came with free lifetime upgrades. So they changed the name.
John
_QST_ is still being published as a hold-in-your-hands magazine, by the ARRL. Your library may carry it, perhaps some newsstands do. They still have some electronics projects in their issues.
I thought they decided to take it off newsstand distribution.
Traditionally, the only way you could get it was by membership, and I thought via specialty outlets like the local radio store.
Then maybe a decade ago, the Board decided to let it loose in general distribution, presumably in part to get amateur radio out there.
That experiment didn't seem to go well, because a few years back that stopped happening. I know people commented on it, and I'm sure someone did indeed locate the ARRL board decision to stop that distribution.
A lot of those old radio stores are gone now, so it may not be particularly available.
You're right, they carry construction articles and those are of varied technical levels.
But I suspect it's a tad too dedicated for many, they are looking for more general construction articles and theory, and QST doesn't work that way.
Traditionally, I would have told newcomers to get a copy of the ARRL Handbook, because the basic theory chapters apply to all electronics and the chapters on construction and test equipment were fairly useful to all.
And maybe most important, for a long time the ARRL Handbook was downright cheap, which meant that even if someone ignored a lot of the radio content, it was still valuable.
But nowadays, the cost has risen so high that I wouldn't suggest it to a beginner, unless their interest was in radio (and maybe more important, amateur radio). Too much isn't of interest to the non-radio hobbyist.
On the other hand, a new edition comes out every year, with few changes from year to year, so if one can find a used copy, the price starts getting better. An old one might be a pretty available source for those interested in using tubes. Pick one from thirty years ago, and while most references to ICs would be dated, the solid state intro is probably still valid. The less you have to pay, the more valuable it becomes.
Michaelk
"Matt J. McCullar" wrote in news:%bHGi.50308$Um6.4575 @newssvr12.news.prodigy.net:
Never heard of it. Thanks.
John Fields wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
I did not realize this is like a Mac vs. PC issue :)
Its not.
-- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I\'ve got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
Multisim is expensive junk, and LT Spice is great software that's free. Sort of the opposite situation.
John
snipped-for-privacy@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com (John Larkin) wrote in :
Not sure what any of that has to do with the op's subject ..
Nuts & Volts is a great magazine ... give it a try
mike
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