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[[File:Robert Arthur Penfold.png|thumb|right|200px|R. A. Penfold]]'''Robert Arthur Penfold'''<!--(born 1953)--> is a prolific UK author and designer of electronic projects. |
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== Biographical == |
== Biographical == |
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Revision as of 19:12, 27 December 2017
Robert Arthur Penfold aka Bob Penfold is a prolific UK author and designer of electronic projects.
Biographical
Robert Penfold started by experimenting with amateur radio and moving on to designing and building his own designs while still a child. By the time he was 18 he was having articles published regularly in electronics 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. His first book, Solid State Short Wave Receivers for Beginners was published by Bernard Babani in October 1976.[1] He retired from writing profesionally in September 2017.[2]
His other interests include collecting and using cameras - particularly Russian ones, macro photography, astronomy, portraiture and landscape painting in both oils and pastels, rearing butterflies and listening to and playing music.[1]
References
- ^ a b Bob Penfold Interview, Electronics – The Maplin Magazine, Oct 1991, pp. 40-43
- ^ A summary of this month's contents, Everyday Practical Electronics Magazine, September 2017