Newnes Radio and Electronics Engineer's Pocket Book (eBook)

Front Cover 
1 
Newnes Radio and Electronics Engineer's Pocket Book 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 7
PREFACE 6
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS 10
GREEK ALPHABET 14
COMPONENT SYMBOLS 15
STANDARD UNITS 17
DECIMAL MULTIPLIERS 18
FORCE 19
ENERGY 19
HEAT 20
TIME 20
POWER 20
ELECTRICAL EQUATIONS 21
DIMENSIONS OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 21
USEFUL FORMULAE 22
RESISTOR AND CAPACITOR COLOUR CODING 31
CAPACITANCE, RESISTANCE, INDUCTANCE 33
RESISTOR AND CAPACITOR LETTER AND DIGIT CODE 34
TRANSISTOR AND DIODE ENCAPSULATIONS 35
TRANSISTOR CIRCUITS AND CHARACTERISTICS 37
ZENER DATA 43
USING L.E.D.s 44
POWER SUPPLY CONFIGURATIONS 45
OP-AMP STANDARD CIRCUITS 47
SEMICONDUCTOR GLOSSARY 50
LOGIC TERMS 56
LOGIC TERMINOLOGY 56
BASIC LOGIC SYMBOLSAND TRUTH TABLES 59
COMPARISON OF LOGIC FAMILIES 60
CODE CONVERSION TABLES 63
DISPLAYS 66
TTL SYMBOLS 67
TRANSISTOR SYMBOLS 67
TTL AND CMOS DATA 72
LAWS OF BOOLEAN ALGEBRA 75
TTL TO CMOS FUNCTIONALLY EQUIVALENT TYPES 76
USING TTL: SOME NOTES ON THE 7400 SERIES 77
CMOS AND TTL PINOUTS 78
MAINS TRANSFORMER DATA 84
DIN STANDARD CONNECTIONS 84
RESISTANCE VALUES FOR DECOUPLING 
85 
REACTANCE OF CAPACITORS AT SPOT FREQUENCIES 87
REACTANCE OF INDUCTORS AT SPOT FREQUENCIES 88
SHUNTS AND RESISTANCES 89
KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS 90
STROBOSCOPE 100
DECIBEL 101
DECIBEL TABLE 104
LAWS 105
THE IONOSPHERE 109
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SPECTRUM 110
RADIO WAVEBANDS 111
THE SINPO CODE 111
B.B.C. A.M. RADIO STATIONS 112
U.K. C.B. RADIO 113
B.B.C. V.H.F./F.M. RADIO STATIONS 114
B.B.C. V.H.P./F.M. RADIO STATIONS 115
B.B.C. LOCAL RADIO STATIONS 115
INDEPENDENT LOCAL RADIO STATIONS 116
B.B.C. V.H.F. TEST TONE TRANSMISSIONS 117
WAVELENGTH-FREQUENCY CONVERSION TABLE 119
WORLD TIME 120
NTERNATIONAL ALLOCATION OF CALL SIGNS 123
AMATEUR BANDS IN THE U.K. 125
DIPOLE LENGTHS FOR THE AMATEUR BANDS 125
MICROWAVE BANDDESIGNATION SYSTEMS 126
INTERNATIONAL 'Q' CODE 127
MISCELLANEOUS INTERNATIONAL ABBREVIATIONS 129
AMATEUR ABBREVIATIONS 129
QSA CODE (Signal Strength) 130
QRK CODE (Audibility) 130
RST CODE (Readability) 130
INTERNATIONAL MORSE CODE 131
PHONETIC ALPHABET 132
CHARACTERISTICS OF WORLD TELEVISION SYSTEMS 133
405-LINE TELEVISION CHANNELS 134
625-LINE TELEVISION CHANNELS BANDS IV AND V 134
U.H.F. TELEVISION CHANNEL GROUPS 135
AERIAL DIMENSIONS 137
EUROPEANV.H.F. SOUND BROADCASTING CHANNELS 139
METRIC SYSTEM 140
METRIC CONVERSION FACTORS 141
EQUIVALENTS OF IMPERIAL AND METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 143
POlVEBS AND ROOTS OF p AND g 146
POWERS AND ROOTS 147
SCREWS, BRITISH ASSOCIATION (B.A.) 151
STANDARD WIRE GAUGE AND STANDARD DRILL SIZES 152
B.S.I. STANDARD METRIC SIZES OF COPPER WINDING WIRES 159
METRIC WIRE SIZES: TURNSPER 10 mm 163
COPPER WIRE DATA (S.W.G.) 164
WIRE GAUGES—1 166
WIRE GAUGES—2 167
METRIC SIZES OF INSULATEDROUND WINDING WIRES 168
FLUXES FOR SOLDERING 170
COMPOSITION OF SOFT SOLDERS 170
COMPOSITION OF HARD SOLDERS 170
MUSICAL NOTES FREQUENCY 171
MOTOR CURRENT TABLE 172
MENSURATION 173
INDEX 182