The Electronics of Radio

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Summary: Electronics of Radio
Review: If you're a build-it-yourself amateur radio hobbyist with a thirst for information about how it all works, this book should be on your shelf. It is somewhat less math-intensive than Wes Hayward's classic, _Introduction to RF Circuit Design_, but more practical than most other books I've seen on the subject. The book approaches the the topic by taking the reader step-by-step through the inner workings of the NorCal 40A, a popular QRP (low-power) HF transceiver kit, which means that you'll get the most from the book if you also have the kit (or a completed NorCal 40A). The author presents each section of the radio's design and discusses each in detail, with many circuit examples. The author discusses the pertinent radio or electronics theory in the context of how each part of the radio works. There are also many practical exercises and tests that the reader can perform on the radio, either as it is being built or after it is finished. Having a NorCal 40A isn't a requirement, and most of the book is useful, even apart from the kit construction, since many of the exercises and test procedures can be applied to other radio circuits with little trouble. The book is organized to make it very useful as a college-level engineering text, but the hobbyist shouldn't be scared off by the math and theory. All in all, this is a great new book for the amateur radio community.

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Summary: excellent textbook for serious radio amateur operators
Review: Our library ordered this book last year and since then I
have been reading on and off when I get spare time.

Beening quite a novice on radio electronics and a amateur radio
operator(bx2ah, ex-bv2wn) in Taipei, Taiwan I am very much
into any underlying building blocks of the radio art. This book
is particular useful for laymen with only modest college math
background.

If you are an serious amateur radio operator who wish to learn
more about the workings of your ham rig/antenna,
I wholeheartedly highly recommend this brilliant book
to you.

frank chen bx2ah, ex-bv2wn

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Summary: Electronics of Radio
Review: This book is composed by Prof. David Rutledge. His class required the book, which is the sole reason for the book entering my hands. This book, and the related course EE20 were the bane of my existence. The book is useless at explaining the basics of electronics. The book solely serves as a cookbook for the construction of a NORCAL radio. It fails at teaching important conecepts, and could only be used by the most faint-hearted hobbyist. On a related note, I have a spare book if anyones interested in buying one. As for now, it just holds up one end of my dorm room bed.

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Summary: You should have it and built it yourself !!
Review: This is a book for peoples whom already have some experienced
with RF circuits, it explain detail how to build the MORSE
code transceiver NORCAL40A.
(It will be perfect if this book have answer to all the
problem's solution at the end of the book)
Beside this book, you should also have the following books available in your shelf :
Electronic Principle(by Malvin)
Communication Electronics Principle and Application(Frenzel)
RF Circuit Design(Chris Bowick)