Secrets of RF Circuit Design

Joseph J. Carr was a leading electronics author who has written scores of well-reviewed books and technical articles. An electrical engineer and experienced electronics bench technician with CET and CCE certifications, Carr is a former winner of ISCET's Technician of the Year award. Also a columnist for several prestigious publications, including Nuts & Volts, Carr's other best-selling books include DC Power Supplies: A Technician's Guide; Practical Antenna Handbook, Second Edition; Mastering IC Electronics; and Old Time Radios!

Introduction to RF electronics.RF components and tuned circuits.Variable capacitors in RF circuits.Winding your own coils.Radio receivers: theory and projects.Direct-conversion radio receivers.RF amplifier and preselector circuits.RF circuit alignment techniques.Interpreting radio receiver specifications.Buidling signal-generator and oscillator circuits.Radio reception and propagation.Radio astronomy and Radioscience observing.Build Simple VLF Radio Receivers.What's that mess coming from my receiver? Simple AM and shortwave antennas.Radio antenna construction and grounding.Building and using the RF noise bridge.UHF and microwave antennas.Impedence matching: methods and circuits.Using the double-balanced mixer (DBM).PIN diodes and their uses.UHF and microwave diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits.LC RF filter circuits.Time-domain reflectometry on a budget.Solving frequency drift problems.The Smith chart.