Basic radio : principles and technology / Ian Poole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poole, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio.

Radio--Receivers and reception.

Radio--Antennas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Newnes, 1998.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Basic Radio is a wide ranging introduction to the principles of radio waves, transmission and reception, and to the technologies of broadcasting, satellite and personal communications. As well as being a textbook for vocational courses such as City & Guilds and BTEC Ian Poole's book is essential reading for all communications and broadcast professionals.Radio technology is becoming increasingly important in today's highly sophisticated electronics industry. There are traditional uses including broadcasting and point to point communications, as well as new technologies associated with

Contents:

Front Cover; Basic Radio: Principles and Technology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Radio today, yesterday and tomorrow; The story of radio; Radio tomorrow; Chapter 2. Radio waves andpropagation; Radio waves; Frequency to wavelength conversion; Polorlzction; Radio spectrum; How radio signals travel; Levers above the earth; Ground wave; Skywaves; Distances and the angle of radiation; Multiple reflections; Chordal hop; Critical frequency; MUF; LUF; Skip zone; Stelte of the ionosphere; Propagation prediction; VHF and above; Tropo-scatter; Sporadic E; Meteor scatter

Frequencies above 3 GHzChapter 3. Ccpccltors, inductorsand filters; Capacitors; Inductors; Tuned circuits; Mutuel inductance and transformers; Q factor; Low pass and high pass filters; Band-pass filters; LC filters; Quartz crystals; Crystal filters; Monollthlc crystal filters; Mechanical filters; Ceramic filters; Frequency standards; Chapter 4. Modulation; Radio carrier; Morse; Amplitude modulation; Single sideband; Prequency modulation; Frequency shift keying; Phase modulation; Phase shift keying; Pulse modulation; Frequency hopping; Sprecd spectrum; Transmission codes; Chapter 5. Receivers

Crystal setTRF receiver; Direct conversion receiver; The superhet; Basic superhet receiver; Overcoming image response problems; IF breakthrough; Spurious signals; Autornotlc gain control; Multiple conversion sets; Synthesizers; Multi-loop synthesizers; Diirect digital synthesizers; Phose noise and reciprocal mixing; Filters; Selectivity and filters; Demodulator; Digital signal processing; Sensitivity and noise; Signal to noise ratio; SINAD; Noise factor and noise figure; Strong signal and overload; Intermodulation distortion; Third order intercept; Blocking; Cross-modulation; Dynamic range

Chapter 6. TransmittersTransmitter building blocks; Amplifiers; Mixers; Filters and matching networks; Simple Morse transmitter; Amplitude modulation transmitter; Sirlgle sideband transmitter; Frequency modulation transmitter; Speech processing; Chapter 7. Antenna systems; Resonance and bandwidth; Impedance; Gain and directivity; Arlgle of radiation; Height; Antenna system; Feeder; Feeder impedance; Standing waves; Loss; Velocity factor; Types of feeder; Matching unit; Types of antenna; Chapter 8. Broadcasting; AM broadcasts; VIHF FM; Stereo; C-QUAM; RDS; Di!gital audio broadcasting

Chapter 9. SatellitesSatellite orbits; Satellites; Placing a satellite in orbit; Path calculations; Comrrumlcotlons satellites; Navigational satellites; Oither uses; Chapter 10. Personal communications; Basic system; Base stations; Mobile phones; System control and call routeing; Control and signals; Digital systems; Private mobile radio (PMR) systems; Appendix: Basic calculations; Index

Notes:

First published 1998.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613932112

9781283619660

1283619660

9780080938462

0080938469

OCLC:

818820013