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Tables of Contents for Radio Handbook
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
1
Preface
ix
1
Acknowledgments
x
Chapter One. Introduction to Amateur Radio Communication
Amateur Radio
1-1
1
The Amateur Bands
1-1
1
Amateur Stations and Operator Licenses
1-2
Chapter Two. Direct-Current Circuits
Fundamental Electrical Units and Relationships
2-1
4
Electrostatics and Capacitors
2-5
2
Magnetism and Electromagnetism
2-7
2
RC Transients
2-9
Chapter Three. Alternating Current, Impedance, and Resonant Circuits
Alternating Current
3-1
2
The Reactive Circuit
3-3
3
Resonant Circuits
3-6
4
Coupled Circuits
3-10
1
Nonsinusoidal Waves and Transients
3-11
1
Transformers
3-11
2
The Toroid Coil
3-13
4
Electric Wave Filters
3-17
Chapter Four. Amplifying Devices
Atomic Structure of Germanium and Silicon
4-1
1
Mechanism of Conduction
4-2
1
The PN Junction
4-3
1
Diode Power Devices
4-4
2
The Bipolar Transistor
4-6
2
Transistor Characteristics
4-8
3
Transistor Audio Circuitry
4-11
2
RF Circuitry
4-13
2
Field-Effect Devices
4-15
2
Circuitry
4-17
3
Integrated Circuits and Displays
4-20
2
Digital-Logic ICs
4-22
1
MOS Logic
4-23
2
Linear ICs
4-25
4
Solid-State Light Sources and Numeric Displays
4-29
2
The Microprocessor
4-31
1
Electron Tubes
4-32
1
Tube Types
4-32
1
Operating Characteristics
4-33
2
Classes and Types of Vacuum-Tube Amplifiers
4-35
1
The Feedback Amplifier
4-36
1
The Cathode-Ray Tube
4-36
2
Special Microwave Tubes
4-38
Chapter Five. Single-Sideband Transmission and Reception
The SSB Spectrum
5-1
3
A Basic Single-Sideband Transmitter
5-4
1
The Balanced Modulator
5-5
2
The Sideband Filter
5-7
1
SSB Frequency Conversion
5-7
1
Selective Tuned Circuits
5-8
3
Distortion Products Due to Nonlinearity of RF Amplifiers
5-11
1
Testing an SSB Transmitter
5-12
1
Automatic Level Control (ALC)
5-13
1
SSB Reception
5-14
3
The SSB Transceiver
5-17
1
Spurious Frequencies
5-18
Chapter Six. Communication Receiver Fundamentals
Types of Receivers
6-1
1
Receiver Performance Requirements
6-2
5
The Superheterodyne Receiver
6-7
2
The RF Amplifier Stage
6-9
4
The Mixing Process
6-13
1
The Mixing Oscillator
6-14
2
The IF Amplifier
6-16
4
Solid-State IF Strips
6-20
1
The Beat-Frequency Oscillator
6-21
2
Automatic Gain Control
6-23
1
The Signal Strength Indicator
6-24
1
Impulse Noise Limiters
6-24
2
The Noise Blanker
6-26
1
Direct Frequency Readout
6-27
1
The Audio System
6-28
2
VHF and UHF Receivers
6-30
1
VHF/UHF Noise Sources
6-30
1
Receiver Noise Performance
6-31
1
VHF Receiver Circuitry
6-32
2
IF Strips and Conversion Oscillators
6-34
1
Band Scanning Receivers
6-34
Chapter Seven. Frequency Synthesis
Synthesis Techniques
7-1
2
Synthesizer Building Blocks
7-3
Chapter Eight. Frequency Modulation and Repeaters
Frequency Modulation
8-1
3
Direct FM Circuits
8-4
1
Phase Modulation
8-5
4
Reception of FM Signals
8-9
4
The FM Repeater
8-13
Chapter Nine. Specialized Amateur Communications Systems and Techniques
Amateur Space Communications
9-1
5
Japan--Oscar-12
9-6
1
EME (Moonbounce) Communication
9-7
1
Radioteletype (RTTY) Systems
9-8
6
Packet Radio
9-14
1
Slow-Scan Television
9-14
2
An SSTV Camera
9-16
Chapter Ten. Mobile, Portable, and Marine Equipment
The Mobile Power Source
10-1
1
Transistor Supplies
10-1
1
Antennas for Mobile Operation
10-2
3
Vehicular Noise Suppression
10-5
1
Maritime Mobile Operation
10-6
5
A Compact SSB Receiver for 75 or 20 Meters
10-11
Chapter Eleven. Radio and Television Interference (RFI and TVI)
Television Interference
11-1
2
Harmonic Radiation
11-3
1
Low Pass Filters
11-4
3
Stereo-FM-VCR Interference
11-7
1
Broadcast Interference
11-8
2
Other Forms of Interference
11-10
Chapter Twelve. Equipment Design, Components, and Controls
The Resistor
12-1
1
The Capacitor
12-2
2
Wire and Inductors
12-4
2
Relays
12-6
1
Grounds
12-7
1
Holes, Leads, and Shafts
12-8
1
Parasitic Oscillation in Power-Tube Amplifiers
12-9
1
Elimination of VHF Parasitic Oscillations
12-10
2
Checking for Parastic Oscillations
12-12
1
Forced Air Cooling
12-13
1
Transient Protection
12-14
1
Transmitter Control
12-15
1
Keying Requirements
12-15
2
Transmitter Keying
12-17
1
Break-in Keying
12-17
3
The Electronic Key
12-20
1
The COSMOS Keyer-Mark II
12-21
1
The Keyboard Keyer
12-22
2
VOX Circuitry
12-24
1
The Phone Patch
12-25
1
Auxiliary Control Circuits
12-26
1
Modulation and Sidebands
12-27
2
Audio Processing
12-29
2
Spread-Spectrum Modulation
12-31
Chapter Thirteen. Receiving Equipment
High-Performance, Lowpass Speech Filter for Receiving
13-1
3
CW Filter Combines High Performance and Low Cost
13-4
2
GaAs FET Low-Noise Preamplifiers for 144, 220, and 432 MHz
13-6
1
An Advanced, Solid-State HF Communications Receiver
13-7
15
Low-Noise Preamplifiers for 902 and 1296 MHz
13-22
Chapter Fourteen. Generation and Amplification of Radio-Frequency Energy
Self-Controlled Oscillators
14-1
2
Quartz-Crystal Oscillators
14-3
1
Crystal-Oscillator Circuits
14-3
2
HF Power Circuits
14-5
3
Broadband Transformers and Matching Networks
14-8
1
Power Amplifier Design
14-9
2
Electron-Tube HF Power Amplifiers
14-11
1
Neutralization
14-12
2
Plate Tank Circuit Parameters
14-14
2
Plate Tank Circuit Design Chart
14-16
1
L, Pi, and Pi-L Matching Networks
14-17
3
The "Grounded-Grid" Input Circuit
14-20
2
Bias and Screen Voltage
14-22
3
RF Feedback
14-25
1
VHF Power Amplifiers
14-26
1
Vacuum-Tube Limitations
14-26
2
Input and Output Circuitry
14-28
1
VHF Operating Parameters
14-29
1
Solid-State VHF Circuitry
14-30
2
Stripline Circuitry
14-32
Chapter Fifteen. Vacuum-Tube Radio-Frequency Power Amplifiers
Class-C RF Power Amplifiers
15-1
3
Constant-Current Curves
15-4
1
Class-C Amplifier Calculations
15-4
6
Class-B Radio-Frequency Power Amplifiers
15-10
2
Grounded-Grid RF Power Amplifier Circuits
15-12
2
Class-AB(1) Radio-Frequency Power Amplifiers
15-14
3
Grounded-Grid Linear Amplifiers
15-17
3
Intermodulation Distortion and Spectral Purity
15-20
Chapter Sixteen. HF and VHF Power Amplifier Design
Triode Amplifier Design
16-1
2
Tetrode Amplifier Design
16-3
4
Cathode-Driven Amplifier Design
16-7
3
VHF Power Amplifier Design
16-10
2
Push-Pull Tetrode Circuitry
16-12
1
Neutralization of the Cathode-Driven Stage
16-13
Chapter Seventeen. HF Power-Amplifier Construction
Amplifier Safety Summary
17-1
1
Amplifier Schematics
17-2
4
The 500Z 2-kW PEP Linear Amplifier for 80 thru 10 Meters
17-6
8
A 1500-Watt, 3CX800A7 Amplifier for 1.8-29.7 MHz
17-14
8
A Compact Multiband Power Amplifier Using the 8877
17-22
9
An Advanced HP Commercial Linear Amplifier
17-31
14
A 1500-Watt PEP Output Amplifier Using the 3CX1200A7, 3-1000Z, or 4-1000A
17-45
10
The KW-1 Mark III Linear Amplifier Using the 8875
17-55
3
A Two-Stage High-Gain Amplifier Using the 3-1000Z
17-58
Chapter Eighteen. VHF Power Amplifier Construction
VHF Amplifier Considerations
18-1
1
A High-Performance 2-Meter Amplifier
18-2
5
A 1-KW Power Amplifier for 220 MHz
18-7
4
A 2-KW PEP Power Amplifier for 220 MHz
18-11
4
A Practical 2-KW PEP Amplifier for 432 MHz
18-15
6
A 600-Watt Amplifier for the 920-MHz Band
18-21
1
Radio-Frequency Radiation (VHF-UHF)
18-24
1
A Kilowatt Linear Amplifier for 6 Meters
18-24
4
A 500-Watt Amplifier for 420-450 MHz
18-28
5
A Tripler/Amplifier for 432 MHz
18-33
Chapter Nineteen. Power Supplies
Types of Power Supplies
19-1
1
The Primary Circuit
19-1
3
Transmitter Control Methods
19-4
1
Power-Supply Requirements
19-5
2
Power-Supply Components
19-7
1
Rectification Circuits
19-7
4
Series Diode Operation
19-11
1
Solid-State Supplies for SSB
19-12
4
A 2-Kilowatt PEP Supply for SSB
19-16
1
IVS Bridge-Rectifier Supplies
19-16
1
Regulated Power Supplies
19-17
4
Transceiver Power Supplies
19-21
Chapter Twenty. Radiation and Propagation
The Antenna System
20-1
1
The Electromagnetic Wave
20-2
2
The Standing Wave
20-4
2
General Antenna Properties
20-6
4
The Antenna Above a Ground Plane
20-10
2
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
20-12
3
Cycles in lonospheric Activity
20-15
2
Ionospheric Disturbances
20-17
1
Propagation in the VHF Region
20-18
3
Forecast of High-Frequency Propagation
20-21
Chapter Twenty-One. Transmission Lines and Matching Systems
Distributed Line Properties
21-1
1
Characteristic Impedance
21-1
1
Transit Time and Wave Reflection
21-2
2
Waves and Fields along A Transmission Line
21-4
2
The Standing-Wave Ratio
21-6
1
Impedance Matching with Resonant Lines
21-7
2
Transmission Lines
21-9
2
Antenna Matching Systems
21-11
1
SWR and Impedance Compensation
21-12
5
Wideband Balun Transformers
21-17
3
Antenna Matching Devices
21-20
1
Coupling to the Antenna System
21-20
Chapter Twenty-Two. HF General Purpose Antennas
The Angle of Radiation
22-1
2
The Center-Fed Antenna
22-3
1
The Vertical Antenna
22-4
3
The Marconi Antenna
22-7
3
The Loop Antenna
22-10
2
The Sloper Antenna
22-12
1
Space-Conserving Antennas
22-12
Chapter Twenty-Three. High-Frequency Fixed Directive Antennas
Directive Antennas
23-1
1
The Long-Wire Antenna
23-1
4
The Multielement Fixed Array
23-5
4
Log-Periodic Wire Antennas
23-9
Chapter Twenty-Four. HF Rotary Beam Antennas
The Parasitic Beam
24-1
1
The Two-Element Parasitic Beam
24-1
2
The Three-Element Parasitic Beam
24-3
2
Yagi Dimensions
24-5
2
Three-Band Beams
24-7
1
Feed Systems for Parasitic Arrays
24-8
1
Building the Yagi Beam
24-8
1
Stacking Yagi Antennas
24-9
1
The Cubical Quad Beam
24-9
4
The Driven Array
24-13
1
Tuning the Parasitic Array
24-13
2
Indication of Direction
24-15
Chapter Twenty-Five. VHF and UHF Antennas
Antenna Requirements
25-1
4
Base Station Antennas
25-5
2
The Log-Periodic Antenna
25-7
4
The Helical Beam Antenna
25-11
2
The Horn-Type Antenna
25-13
1
VHF Yagi Beam Antennas
25-14
3
Stacking VHF Antennas
25-17
4
Extended, Expanded VHF Arrays
25-21
Chapter Twenty-Six. Electronics Test Equipment
Voltage, Current, and Resistance Measurements
26-1
2
The Digital Voltmeter (DVM)
26-3
2
Electronic Voltmeters
26-5
1
Power Measurements
26-5
2
Measurement of Circuit Constants
26-7
1
Measurements With a Bridge
26-8
1
The RF Bridge
26-9
1
Antenna and Transmission-Line Instrumentation
26-10
3
Practical SWR Instruments
26-13
4
Frequency and Time Measurements
26-17
1
A Precision Crystal Calibrator
26-18
3
A Silicon Diode Noise Generator
26-21
1
The RF Noise Bridge
26-21
2
A Universal Crystal Test Unit
26-23
1
An Inexpensive Transistor Tester
26-24
1
An Inexpensive Capacitance Meter
26-25
1
A Two-Tone Generator for SSB Testing
26-26
1
A Variable-Frequency Audio Generator
26-27
2
A Function Generator
26-29
Chapter Twenty-Seven. Electronics Mathematics and Calculations
Solving a Problem
27-1
1
Calculation
27-2
1
Calculator Use
27-2
4
Functions of Variables
27-6
1
Boolean Algebra
27-7
1
Matrices
27-8
2
Calculus
27-10
1
Nomograms
27-11
1
Reactance Calculations
27-12
4
Network Analysis
27-16
1
Computers
27-16
Chapter Twenty-Eight. Nomenclature of Components and Miscellaneous Data Component Standardization
28-1
Index