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ItwasnotallthatlongagowhenvirtuallyeverythingyouboughtwasNOTdesignedtobethrown
awaywhenitbroke.Backwhenintegratedcircuits(ICs),resistors,andcapacitorshadwireleadsand
caseswereheldtogetherwithstraightslotandPhillipsheadscrewsratherthanthemicrominiature
'security'typescrews,itwaspossiblefortheableandwillingrepairmantotroubleshootandrepaira
deviceorappliance.Now,inaworldthatbombardsuswithadmonitionsagainstnotbeinggreen,
practicallyeverythingismeanttobethrownawayafterusefromcellphonesandtelevisionsto
clothingandthevastquantityofcardboardandStyrofoampackagingthatcontainsourdisposable
goods.

Forthoseofuswholivedduringtheaforementionedtimesand/orthosewhodabbleinvintage
electronicseitherforhobbyorforcareernecessity,accesstodatabookscansometimesmeanthedifferencebetween
repairingandreusingapieceofequipmentorrelegatingittothesamerefusemountainthatmoderngoodsinhabit.Many
suchreferencescanbefoundoneBayandvariouselectronicsforums,butpricescanbehigh.

Fortunately,therearegoodSamaritanslikeArthurMissirawhoareonamissiontomakeasmanysuchresources
availabletothepublicatnocharge(morethan1,500volumestodate).Mr.Missirawrotetomerecently(apologiesto
himfortakingsolongtorelaythenews)sayinghehasbeenscanninganduploadingreamsandreamsofdatabook
pagesandtechnicaltextbooksontotheArchive.orgwebsite.Inordertoavoidcopyrightissues,hehaseitherreceived
permissiontoreplicatethematerialorreliedoncopyrightdatedpriorto1978havingexpired.Ihavenotattemptedto
interpretthelawsoftheUnitedStatesPatentandCopyrightOffice(USPTO)regardingcopyrightlaw,butsomelegal
beaglereadingthisiswelcometochimeinwithanopinionorstatementoffact.SeealsoDurationofCopyrightand
CopyrightBasicsformoreinformation.

Unfortunately,catalogsformostoftheveryfamiliarmicrowavecomponentscompaniesdonotseemtobeavailableyetat
Archive.org,eitherbecausenobodyhasbotheredtouploadthemyet,orbecauseforsomereasonthecompanies(ortheir
newowners)objecttotheircopyrightedmaterialbeingplacedinthepublicdomain.Afewnamesthatcometomindfrom
whenIfirstenteredtheRF/microwaveengineeringrealminthemid1980sareAvantek(boughtbyHP,nowAgilent),
Anzac(boughtbyM/ACOM,thenAMP,nowTyco),Amplifonix(boughtbySpectrumMicrowave),Celeritek(boughtby
Mimix),Cougar(boughtbyTeledyne),ContinentalMicrowave(boughtbyChelton,nowCobhamDES),FSYMicrowave Microwave
(boughtbySpectrumMicrowave),KDI/Triangle(boughtbyAeroflex),andWatkinsJohnson(boughtbyStellex,now
TriQuint).Thisinfowasfoundinthe"WhereAreTheyNow?"articleintheDecember2011Microwave&RFmagazine.
Noneofthosecompanies'catalogsarelistedaccordingtomysearch.
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Thereare,however,plentyofcatalogsanddatabooksforanaloganddigitalcomponentsfromcompanieslikeRCA,
Rigid, exible,
Philips,GeneralInstrument,etc.Additionally,thereisahugenumberoftechnicalbooks,repairmanuals,andother double rigid WG
resourcesavailable.ThebestthingtodoisgototheArchive.orgwebsiteandtryafewsearches.
up to 110GHz,
Hereareafewofthethousandsofexamples: competitive price
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