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Experimental Methods in RF Design Revised 1st Edition

by ARRL Inc. (Author)
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Explore wide dynamic range, low distortion radio equipment, the use of direct conversion and phasing methods, and digital signal processing. Use the models and discussion to design, build and measure equipment at both the circuit and the system level. Laced with new unpublished projects and illustrated with CW and SSB gear.

Contents:


Basic Investigations in Electronics

Amplifiers, Filters, Oscillators, and Mixers

Superheterodyne Transmitters and Receivers

Measurement Equipment

Direct Conversion Receivers

Phasing Receivers and Transmitters

DSP Components

DSP Applications in Communications

Field Operation, Portable Gear, and Integrated Stations
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  1. ISBN-10
    087259923X
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0872599239
  3. Edition
    Revised 1st Edition
  4. Publisher
    Amer Radio Relay League
  5. Publication date
    March 31, 2009
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    8.25 x 1.25 x 10.5 inches
  8. Print length
    512 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amer Radio Relay League; Revised 1st Edition (March 31, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 087259923X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0872599239
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 1.25 x 10.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 54 ratings

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ARRL Inc.

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ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio is the largest membership association for the amateur radio hobby and service in the US. For over 100 years, we have been the primary source of information about amateur radio, offering a variety of benefits and services to our members, as well as the larger amateur radio community. We publish books on amateur radio, as well as four magazines covering a variety of radio communication interests. In addition, we provide technical advice and assistance to amateur radio enthusiasts, support several education programs, and sponsor a variety of operating events.

One of the primary benefits we offer to the ham radio community is in representing the interests of amateur radio operators before federal regulatory bodies advocating for meaningful access to the radio spectrum. ARRL also serves as the international secretariat of the International Amateur Radio Union, which performs a similar role internationally, advocating for amateur radio interests before the International Telecommunication Union and the World Radiocommunication Conference.

Today, we proudly serve nearly 160,000 members, both in the US and internationally, through our national headquarters and flagship amateur radio station, W1AW, in Newington, Connecticut. Every year we welcome thousands of new licensees to our membership, and we hope you will join us. Let us be a part of your amateur radio journey. Visit arrl.org/join for more information.

ARRL’s Mission Statement: To advance the art, science, and enjoyment of amateur radio.

ARRL’s Vision Statement: ARRL: Supports the awareness and growth of Amateur Radio worldwide; Advocates for meaningful access to radio spectrum; Strives for every member to get involved, get active, and get on the air; Encourages radio experimentation and, through its members, advances radio technology and education; and Organizes and trains volunteers to serve their communities by providing public service and emergency communications.

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Daren S. Wilson
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent practical book covering many topics for hams & experimenters
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2015
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Plenty of good hands-on practical knowledge. Covers a variety of topics, transmitters and receivers, design of amplifiers, even a chapter focusing on test equipment. The level of knowledge expected of the reader includes circut theory, how semiconductors work, understanding frequency response plots, basics of how radio works; it is not for someone new to electronics. OTOH the reader does not need to know any of the advanced math used in university EE courses, such as differential equations, Laplacian transforms, matrix math etc. though such things may appear in places, the non-engineer reader won't miss much. The emphasis is on the practical aspects, for anyone with electronics skills looking for project ideas and deepen their real-world experience, especially to make better measurements. All books I've seen published by ARRL have been good quality, and this is no exception.
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Dave Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind text.
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2021
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So many other experimenters mentioned this book, I had to get one. No buyers regret here. This is one of my go to books for all things internal radio related.
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Todds Books
5.0 out of 5 stars DIYers need this book!
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2016
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No do-it-yourselfer in amateur radio should be without this book - especially if you are into QRP! The book is not about experimental designs in RF; it is about straight forward RF designs and how to apply testing and measuring methods, including building your own test equipment. Coupled with the ARRL handbook, and the Internet of course - I have all the information I need to build QRP projects.
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AnalogJoe
4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing amateur about this book!!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2015
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I was impressed by this book, I was a expecting an amateurish book with very simple explanations taylored towards the maker market, yet I find that the level of this book is quite good. You can build the projects mentioned in this book without understanding everything the author is talking about, im an EE, and can tell you that you really need a solid understanding of electronics and RF if you plan on getting the best out of this book, things like transistor high frequency models, feedback, amplifier configurations, filters, oscillators, etc...

Some of the formulas are just presented without much comment on how they were derived, this is also true of some of the authors decisions on circuit design, in some cases they are just presented instead of giving the complete justification as to why such circuit or part was selected, yet one must recognize that the title of the book has the words "Experimental Methods..." in it, and therefore one shouldnt expect a complete academic derivation of every single thing.

The book covers a lot of material, every page is packed with lots of information, sometimes its overwhealming, if you were planning on doing some light reading this book book may not be the best choice. As some of the other reviews have stated, it does feel like it tries to cover a lot of material, the reader has to jump between different ideas all at once, making things unclear. Some figures or images are not referenced on the main text so you end up wondering why is that picture at the middle of the page, in contrast, many pictures have very large comments or explanations below them which feel out of place, many figures and pictures do not have a number, so the authors refer to them as "the picture above" or "the picture in the previous page" which makes things a bit messy.

I must say that I was a tad disappointed that all the material in this book revolves around the HAM radio aficionado, yes im aware that this is an ARRL book but from the title I was expecting something besides just HAM stuff.

Overall I would say that this is a great book and very much worth the money.
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Michael Gualtieri
5.0 out of 5 stars Printing issues have been fixed for this book
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2013
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I was interested in purchasing this book, but was nervous because of the printing issues others had mentioned. I decided to buy it since the author has a website that provides the complete text of chapter 1, which had the majority of the errors. When I received the book I was pleasantly surprised that the errors have been fixed! Just wanted to pass the word along for others who might be unsure about ordering.
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Michael Burk
5.0 out of 5 stars A detailed look at RF experiments.
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2014
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The following sentence illustrates the detail reported in their experiments: "Total current about 80mA with no RF drive, reaching 200mA or more when drive is increased with most of the increase occurring in the second stage."
Not only are they reporting current consumption, but they measured it independently at different points in the circuit. As an experimenter, this is the kind of stuff you want to know.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply fantastic if you want to learn a lot about LNAs
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2016
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Simply fantastic if you want to learn a lot about LNAs, mixers, oscillators, filters and DSP without needing much math background.
Superb explanations for IMD, NF, IIP3, and amplifier design for HF to VHF.
Probably my most valued text in 45 years of amateur radio homebrew design and building.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on August 24, 2017
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Paulo
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for students and radio amateurs
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2018
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This book excellent for the radio electronics student and hobbyist, with it you will be able to construct working transmitters and receivers and know and explain how they work. This is of most importance in modern days even professionally where changes in career are common and it will enable you to show some results quickly in your new job. is detailed in superheterodyne receivers and aspects of design that will allow you to achieve good performance. The book is not extensive in the most recent advances in software-defined radio but it has enough to get you started. But it gives you the building blocks like frontends to combine with your software-defined radios achieve excellent performance with those. I recommend this book to all interested in RF design that like more than just theory.
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5.0 out of 5 stars OTTIMO, SICURAMENTE VALE IL COSTO
Reviewed in Italy on March 8, 2017
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Non un testo universitario in elettronica, ma di sicuro una fonte di argomenti e ispirazioni per chiunque sia interessato a capire i criteri di progettazione e giudizio di apparati radioamatoriali.
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Andreas Hinze
5.0 out of 5 stars This book makes RF design funny
Reviewed in Germany on April 17, 2013
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A great book for people who want to develop some experience with RF design. While primary written for the radio amateur it still offers a lot of information for professional electronic developers (like me).

RF design is an odd issue because in the lab most RF circuits do what THEY want, not what you have calculated. In RF design one will find the typical "theory meets practice" situation. The best way to get things done is to have experience. Not from the Computer alone, not from the math alone, but from experimenting. I.e. a capacitor is never a capacitor alone. It also have some resistance and inductance "build-in". And to make things even more worse: a capacitor on a PCB will still behave differently.
But how to get experience ? This book will help very much.

While presenting a broad range of RF designs (including some DSP related stuff) the authors encourage the reader to experiment with that material.
Obviously it is still possible to "only read" the book. But you would miss a lot of fun (and practical experience) when you ignore the given hints in the text.
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Dave Clarke
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 30, 2014
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Good reference text.
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