R. A. Penfold

Robert Arthur Penfold is a prolific UK author and designer of electronic projects.

Biographical
Starting with radio amateur experiments and moving on to designing and building his own designs while still a child, by the time he was 18 Robert Penfold was having electronic articles published quite regularly in magazines. Editors have also published his articles under pseudonyms such as A. P. Roberts, The Prof and M. V. Hastings. The author J. W. Penfold is his brother. Bernard Babani published his first book, Solid State Short Wave Receivers for Beginners in October 1976. He retired from writing profesionally in September 2017.

His other interests include collecting and using cameras - particularly Russian ones, astronomy, painting both portraiture and landscapes in both oils and pastels, rearing butterflies and listening to and playing music.