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Introduction to Radio Frequency Design (Radio Amateur's Library, Publication No. 191.)
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- ISBN-100872594920
- ISBN-13978-0872594920
- PublisherAmer Radio Relay League
- Publication dateMarch 1, 1995
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions7.5 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
- Print length383 pages
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- Publisher : Amer Radio Relay League (March 1, 1995)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 383 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0872594920
- ISBN-13 : 978-0872594920
- Item Weight : 1.49 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,166,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #391 in Radio Operation
- #437 in Radio Communications
- #52,745 in Textbooks (Books)
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My gripe with this book, is that the author doesn't seem to want to expend any effort in explaining what he's talking about. He lays out the material as if he's talking to his fellow experienced RF engineer friend. The mathemtical derivation don't have the same rigor that you would find in an academic text. The notation is confusing. Sometimes the same symbol is used to mean totally different things, sometimes in equations a few lines apart, and sometimes in the same equation!!!
I mean comon, the guy is a genius RF engineer and very well known, but if you are going to name your book an Introduction, act accordingly. So, unless you are very familiar with RF engineering, you will have a hard time following and you will find yourself going very slowly through the book in order to convince yourself of what the author is claiming.
Not to say that the experience can't be rewarding. You will definitely learn a lot. But as I said, if you are not familiar with the concepts, it will take you a long time to follow through, and that may put you off unless you have chosen RF engineering to be your career and willing to spend a great amount of time on the topic. The flow of text is also horrible at times. Transitioning from one topic to another without warning. Use headlines for God's sake.
The final gripe is: THE BOOK HAS NO EXAMPLES. No solved problems nothing. Not even unsolved problems. So after all this struggle there's no way that you can actually confirm if you understand.
I found Chris Bowick's book a lot more approachable and more entertaining. Bowick's book is lacking in mathematical rigor but that's fine as a REAL introduction.
So the conclusion is: Don't assume this can be your first and only Intro. to RF design. If you are a beginner you will spend a lot of time. Suggestion is: Don't make it your first book, or: get it with one or more other RF books.
"Introduction" in the book title is a litle misleading. If you know your math, this is an introduction to use this math for RF design. But if you want to have in introduction in e.g. complex conjugate, you need other books first.
I give only 4 points because the topic of power amplifier is missing in the book. The treatment of low power devices like receiver oscillators, mixer and IF frequency amps is fine, but a complete RF introduction has to talk about large-signals, too.
This book is a little dated. There are tables for Butterworth or Chebychev filter design. Today you use a filter design program for this. SPICE as THE program for AF and HF simulation is not mentioned at all. On the other hand, there are a page or two about oscillator squegging. A "mainstream" RF lecture will not treat squegging. But as sure as there is Murphy, there is squegging. And if you have heard about it, you known how to handle it.
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The whole content is highly mathematical and would be well suited to a degree course in RF engineering.
This book is not suited for someone who wants to learn the basics of RF the practical way, by actually building something and relating theory to practise. The analytical and mathematical content make the whole thing tedious to read.
その間、産業用電子回路設計を商売でやってきましたが、それでも少し難しかった。
クリスタルフィルタを設計しようと思ったが、この本だけでは無理でした。
どなたか関連書籍で面白いものがあったら教えてください。


