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Tables of Contents for Experimental Methods in Rf Design
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Preface
Getting Started
Experimenting, ``Homebrewing,'' and the Pursuit of the New
Getting Started -- Routes for the Begianing Experimenter
Some Guidelines for the Experimenter
Block Diagrams
An IC Based Direct Conversion Receiver
A Regenerative Receiver
An Audio Amplifier with Discrete Transistors
A Direct Conversion Receiver Using a Discrete Component Product Detector
Power Supplies
RF Measurements
A First Transmitter
A Bipolar Transistor Power Amplifier
An Output Low Pass Filter
About the Schematics in this Book
Amplifier Design Basics
Modeling Simple Solid State Devices
Amplifier Design Basics
Large Signal Amplifiers
Gain, Power, DB and Impedance Matching
Differential Amplifiers and the Op-Amp
Undesired Amplifier Characteristics
Feedback Amplifiers
Bypassing and Decoupling
Power Amplifier Basics
Practical Power Amplifiers
A 30-W -- 7-MHz Power Amplifier
Filters and Impedance Matching Circuits
Filter Basics
The Low Pass Filter, Design and Extension
LC Bandpass Filters
Crystal Filters
Active Filters
Impedance Matching Networks
Oscillators and Frequency Synthesis
LC-Oscillator Basics
Practical Hartley Circuits and Oscillator Drift Compensation
The Colpitts and Some Other scillators
Noise in Oscillators
Crystal Oscillators and VXOs
Voltage Controlled Oscillators
Frequency Synthesis
The Ugly Weekender, MK-II, A 7-MHz VFO Transmitter
A General Purpose VXO-Extending Frequency Synthesizer
Mixers and Frequency Multipliers
Mixer Basics
Balanced Mixer Concepts
Some Practical Mixers
Frequency Multipliers
A VXO Transmitter Using a Digital Frequency Multiplier
Transmitters and Receivers
Signals and the Systems that Process Them
Receiver Fundamentals
IF Amplifiers and AGC
Large Signals in Receivers and Front End Design
Local Oscillator Systems
Receivers with Enhanced Dynamic Range
Transmitter and Transceiver Design
Frequency Shifts, Offsets and Incremental Tuning
Transmit-Receive Antenna Switching
The Lichen Transceiver: A Case Study
A Monoband SSB/CW Transceiver
A Portable DSB/CW 50 MHz Station
Measurement Equipment
Measurement Basics
DC Measurements
The Oscilloscope
RF Power Measurement
RF Power Measurement with an Oscilloscope
Measuring Frequency, Inductance, and Capacitance
Sources and Generators
Bridges and Impedance Measurement
Spectrum Analysis
Q Measurement of LC Resonators
Crystal Measurements
Noise and Noise Sources
Assorted Circuits
Direct Conversion Receivers
A Brief History
The Basic Direct Conversion Block Diagram
Peculiarities of Direct Conversion
Mixers For Direct Conversion Receivers
A Modular Direct Conversion Receiver
DC Receiver Advantages
Phasing Receivers and Transmitters
Block Diagrams
Introduction to the Math
From Mathematics to Practice
Sideband Suppression Design
Binaural Receivers
LO and RF Phase-Shift and In-Phase Splitter-Combiner Networks
Other Op-Amp Topologies, Polyphase Networks and DSP Phase Shifters
Intelligent Selectivity
A Next-Generation R2 Single-Signal Direct Conversion Receiver
A High Performance Phasing SSB Exciter
A Few Notes on Building Phasing Rigs
Conclusion
DSP Components
The EZ-Kit Lite
A Program Shell
DSP Components
Signal Generation
Random Noise Generation
Filtering Components
DSP IF
DSP Mixing
Other DSP Components
Discrete Fourier Transform
Automatic Noise Blankers
CW Signal Generation
SSB Signal Generation
DSP Applications in Communications
Program Structure
Using a DSP Device as a Controller
An Audio Generator Test Box
An 18-MHz Transceiver
DSP-10 2-Meter Transceiver
Field Operation, Portable Gear and Integrated Stations
Simple Equipment for Portable Operation
The ``Unfinished,'' A 7-MHz CW Transceiver
The S7C, A Simple 7-MHz Super-Heterodyne Receiver
A Dual Band QRP CW Transceiver
Weak-Signal Communications Using the DSP-10
A 28-MHz QRP Module
A General Purpose Receiver Module
Direct Conversion Transceiver for 144-MHz SSB and CW
52-MHz Tunable IF for VHF and UHF Transceivers
Sleeping Bag Radio
14-MHz CW Receiver
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