Radio Circuitry Books for Electronic Technicians, Hobbyists, and Experimenters

Books for Electronic Technicians, Students & Hobbyists

• Rf Circuit Design ~Usually Ships Within 24 hours
-Christopher Bowick /Paperback 176 pages/ Published March 1997
This book is for the electronic technican working with RF circuits, or a tinker who has Rf design experience and is an expert in the field of RF circuit design. And also for an engineer needing a good Rf circuit reference book. This text provides complete design procedures for multiple-pole Butterworth, Chebyshev, and Bessel filters. Discusses capacitors, inductors, and other components and explains their behavior at RF frequencies in detail. Covers solid-state RF circuit design except for oscillators and signal generation. Covers small and large signal amplifiers, impedance matching networks, filters, using Smith charts, and more.
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• Practical Rf Power Design Techniques ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Irving M. Gottlieb / Paperback 290 pages / Published March 1993
This excellent book provides Rf circuit designers with all of the hands-on instructions and information required to design well functioning circuitry. Gottlieb thoroughly explains the theory behind RF circuit design and operation, with supporting discussions of the principles and formulas. Many explanation examples are taken from practical real-world applications. This book is also a good reference for the library of any engineer, electronic technician, or student who wants to gain a solid understanding of RF amplifiers, filters and impedance-matching networks.
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• Practical RF Design Manual ~Usually Ships Within 1 to 3 Weeks
-Doug Demaw / Paperback 246 pages, 2nd edition / Published August 1997
This design manual is one of those essential books that everyone from the advanced RF technician, to the RF engineer, should have available at all times. It is packed with fully detailed examples of circuitry, making it an excellent self-study guide. Contains great design explanations on RF amplifiers, mixers, detectors, oscillators, and other important radio circuitry. Mathematics and some design formulas have been kept to the minimun, but actual component values are shown with the discussion of the circuits.
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• The ARRL Antenna Book ~Usually Ships in 3-5 Days
-R. Dean Straw, Editor / Paperback 819 pages, 19th Edition with CD / Published September 2000
This book covers a lot of important information on antennas for the HAM operator and other radio users. Includes information on how to safely work on a tower, antenna theory, how to build antena, computer modeling, RF exposure limits, transmission lines antenna tuners, and a lot more. The CD-ROM comes with some of the programs mentioned in the text.
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• Mastering Technical Mathematics ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Stan Gibilisco, Bob Goodman, Norman H. Crowhurst
Paperback 567 pages / Published May 1999
This book is a practical self-teaching guide to technical mathematics, covering basic arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus. Contains step-by-step illustrated instructions and alternative techniques for solving problems in technical mathematics. Totally revised and updated with state-of-the-art coverage of logic and digital systems. This tutoral guide provides helpful examples and illustrations, chapter self-tests, and even a comprehensive final exam. Great instruction for mastering math tests and certification exams, earning a technical degree, or confidently tackling any engineering challenge.
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• Complete RF Technician's Handbook ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Cotter W. Sayre / Hardcover 400 pages / Published April 1998
This excellent handbook was written for experienced electronic technicians, engineers, amd HAM radio operators. This handbook is a guide to the troubleshooting of RF, digital, audio, and other wireless circuits with an easy-to-understand text, clear diagrams and schematics. Includes discussions of Rf voltage and power amplifiers, crystal and RC oscillators, amplitude and frequency modulation, single-sideband suppressed-carriers, microwaves, antennas, transmission lines, and support circuits. Only those circuits that are usually found in a majority of modern RF devices are discussed.
Additionally, electronic test equipment and their applications in testing, calibration, and troubleshooting is covered. Troublshooting of RF, digital, and audio circuitry down to the componet level is heavily stressed.
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Practical Radio Frequency Test and Measurement: A Technician's Handbook
~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Joseph J. Carr / Paperback 348 pages / Published November 1999
This book is an excellent and outstanding reference for the RF design and development laboratory. Engineers, electronic technicians, amateur radio buffs, or hobbyists might find the information essential. Explains the basics of performing the tests and measurements used in radio-frequency systems installation, performance, maintenance and calibtation, and troubleshooting radio-frequency systems. Includes basic theories of measuring radio frequency as well as properly using test equipment, seting up tests, measurement procedures, and interpreting the results.
Engineers and electronic technicians alike will find this book invaluable.
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• RF Design Guide: Systems, Circuits, and Equations ~Usually Ships Within 24 Hours
-Peter Vizmuller/ Hardcover 281 pages, BK & Disk edition / Published April 1995
This is an excellent reference manual for any engineer interested in learning about RF circuitry and design techniques. Includes large numbers of practical circuits, with 100's of formulas, design ideas, and test measurement techniques. All designed to make designing wireless equipment much easier to do. Discusses the information required for a typical radio-frequency communications project, including the five factors that affect receiver adjacent channel selectivity, mixer operation and design tradeoffs, intercept points, the effect of image noise on receiver sensitivity, and the effectiveness of a perforated shield. The information is presented at several levels of technical detail to accommodate a variety of project requirements.
Includes software on a 3.5" disk, compatible with either IBM or Macintosh, that uses the Excel spreadsheet interface to find and evaluate nearly all the 382 equations described in the text.
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