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The Complete RF TECHNICIAN'S Handbook -- The Wireless Book!

(SECOND EDITION)

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THE book for the wireless or RF beginner, student, or experienced technician -- NOW IN ITS' SECOND EDITION!

This is the most COMPREHENSIVE BOOK on CURRENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS available for the RF technician, as well as the ham radio operator and wireless engineer.

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The RF Handbook includes everything a technician needs to know in REAL-WORLD RF ELECTRONICS -- from the fundamental concepts to the more advanced explanations of MODERN ANALOG AND DIGITAL RADIO CIRCUITS and modulation methods. Furthermore, operational instructions on RF TEST EQUIPMENT, as well as IDENTIFYING PROPER AND IMPROPER SIGNAL WAVEFORMS, and AM, FM, PM, and SSB theory are included. In addition, TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING TECHNIQUES are solidly covered.

In this Second Edition of "The Complete RF Technician’s Handbook" all chapters have been expanded, enhanced, and/or updated, along with an enlarged and comprehensive glossary with every need-to-know radio communications term clearly defined.

Included are over 445 INFORMATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS

This VALUABLE book supplies priceless information on not only the RF FUNDAMENTALS, but also the ADVANCED CONCEPTS VITAL TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN RF COMMUNICATIONS

"The Complete RF Technician’s Handbook" will furnish the working technician or student with a solid grounding in the latest methods and circuits employed in today’s RF communication’s gear, as well as the ability to TEST AND TROUBLESHOOT TRANSMITTERS, TRANSCEIVERS, AND RECEIVERS WITH ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE.

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Title: "THE COMPLETE RF TECHNICIAN'S HANDBOOK (SECOND EDITION)".
Author: COTTER W. SAYRE.
ISBN Number: 0-7906-1147-3

An imprint of

HOWARD W. SAMS & COMPANY

SECOND EDITION, 1998.

Contents

Chapter 1 The basics

1-1 Reactance, impedance, and phase angle 1-2 Decibels 1-3 Sensitivity 1-4 Semiconductors 1-5 Filters 1-6 Toroids


Chapter 2 Amplifiers

2-1 Amplifier circuit configurations 2-2 Classes of operation 2-3 Amplifier biasing 2-4 Amplifier coupling 2-5 Distortion and noise 2-6 Voltage amplifiers 2-7 Power amplifiers 2-8 DC amplifiers 2-9 Vacuum tubes 2-10 Amplifier frequency limitations and compensation


Chapter 3 Oscillators and frequency synthesizers

3-1 Sine-wave oscillators 3-2 Frequency synthesis


Chapter 4 Amplitude modulation

4-1 AM fundamentals 4-2 AM receivers 4-3 AM transmitters 4-4 AM disadvantages


Chapter 5 Frequency modulation

5-1 FM fundamentals 5-2 FM receivers 5-3 FM transmitters 5-4 Selective calling
5-5 Pre-emphasis and de-emphasis
5-6 FM transceiver


Chapter 6 Single-sideband suppressed-carrier

6-1 SSB fundamentals 6-2 SSB receivers 6-3 SSB transmitters


Chapter 7 Other communication applications

7-1 Multiplexing 7-2 Data communications 7-3 Satellite communications 7-4 Spread spectrum 7-5 Cellular communications 7-6 CW communications 7-7 Repeaters


Chapter 8 Microwaves

8-1 Microwave semiconductors 8-2 Microwave tubes 8-3 Microstrip, stripline, and cavity resonators


Chapter 9 Antennas and transmission lines

9-1 Antennas 9-2 Transmission lines 9-3 RF propagation


Chapter 10 Troubleshooting

10-1 General 10-2 Intermittents
10-3 Parts failure and their indications
10-4 Linear IC troubleshooting
10-5 Amplifier self-oscillation troubleshooting
10-6 Receiver troubleshooting 10-7 Transmitter troubleshooting 10-8 Common tests 10-9 Test equipment 10-10 Soldering 10-11 Digital troubleshooting
10-12 Electromagnetic interference
10-13 Important troubleshooting notes


Chapter 11 Support circuits

11-1 Speech processing
11-2 Mixers
11-3 Automatic frequency control
11-4 Automatic gain control
11-5 Squelch
11-6 Power supplies
11-7 Digital signal processing
11-8 Miscellaneous circuits

Glossary Appendix
Recommended reading
Index