[Elecraft] Re: RF textbook recommendations wanted

[wayne burdick]

Mike,

You might take a look at "The Electronics of Radio," written by Prof. 
David Rutledge of Caltech. It's a 400-page lab coursebook for their 
EE-20 class by the same name, available in hardcover from Amazon.

It uses the NorCal 40A transceiver (one of my earlier designs, still 
available as a kit from Wilderness Radio) as a starting point for 
in-depth analysis of everything from crystal filters to mixers to audio 
amplifiers -- all with an emphasis on RF design. There's plenty of 
college-level math and physics, since EE-20 is (I believe) a third-year 
course. But many non-engineers have also enjoyed reading it. It's a 
great introduction to all aspect of transceiver design, save DSP and 
speech modulation/demodulation, both of which are well-represented in 
EMRFD.

Another must-have for pragmatic design (which definitely applies to RF) 
is "Solid State Design for the Radio Amateur," a classic by Hayward and 
DeMaw. This is available from Elecraft (as is EMRFM, I believe).

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On Nov 13, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Mike Markowski wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm an EE but with little RF design background - I've spent most of my 
> career so
> far doing digital design & software development.  So while I remember 
> how to
> bias a transistor you probably don't want me to design a radio for you 
> just yet!
>  :-)
>
> With that in mind, I'd love recommendations for texts on RF design...

> ---

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