Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist's Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.34 (613 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071799702 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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He worked on the design of wideband FM detectors for an HDTV tape recorder at Sony Corporation, and a twice-color subcarrier frequency (7.16 MHz) NTSC vector-scope for measuring differential phase and gain for Macrovision, where he was a Principal Engineer. Ronald Quan is a member of SMPTE, IEEE, and the AES. . Ronald currently holds at least 65 US patents in the areas of analog video processing, low noise audio and video amplifier design, low
A Hobbyist guide and an engineer's textbook Ssound Im impressed about this book, at first I thought it was going to be a dumbed down book for the maker market, but its not. It targets both the hobbyist market aswell as engineers, the first half of the book is basically a cookbook with easy going explanations for anyone interested on making their on radios, the second half is full fledged theory of the operation of transistor radios, with the required math and all. So someone who wants to understand more can do so with the same book. This I would say is the combination of cookbook and textbook.The reason im not giving it 5 stars is bec. Perfect for the intermediate hobbyist with an interest in learning the details of radio receiver theory and construction. RO An excellent book to learn the ins and outs of basic radio receiver theory, including amplifiers, both Radio Frequency and Audio, varying types of tuning setups, proper handling of the Intermediate Frequency section and so on. Several projects for construction and experimentation. However, it's not for the very beginner, the theory is accessible but not very elementary and the construction and explanations of operations are very technical and detailed. Perfect for the intermediate hobbyist with an interest in learning the ins and outs of AM radio reception that will generalize to othe. "Analog electronics education in a hobbyist book on transistor radios" according to S. Williams. I must admit that I came to this book somewhat math challenged.I tend to be more interested in a historical perspective. But having said that, Mr. Quan has written a book that somehow manages to cover all bases here.Using the AM radio as a context, starting with the most basic simple circuits, then building upon each concept, he manages to cover the history and development of the major types of circuits used for AM radio reception, and the math and theory behind each circuit building block, show plans and schematics with detailed parts lists and sources to not only construct several t
Ronald currently holds at least 65 US patents in the areas of analog video processing, low noise audio and video amplifier design, low distortion voltage controlled amplifiers, wide band crystal VCOs, video monitors, audio and video IQ modulation, audio and video scrambling, bar code reader products, audio test equipment, and video copy protection. . He worked on the design of wideband FM detectors for an HDTV tape recorder at Sony Corporation, and a twice-color subcarrier frequency (7.16 MHz) NTSC vector-scope for measuring differential phase and gain for Macrovision, where he was a Principal Engineer. About the AuthorRonald Qu
Make Great Stuff! TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.. Learn how to choose components, construct the different types of radios, and troubleshoot your work. A DIY guide to designing and building transistor radiosCreate sophisticated transistor radios that are inexpensive yet highly efficient. Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist’s Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits offers complete projects with detailed schematics and insights on how the radios were designed. Build Your Own Transistor Radios covers: Calibration tools and test generators TRF, regenerative, and reflex radios Basic and advanced superheterodyne radios Coil-less and software-defined radios Transistor and differential-pair oscillators Filter and amplifier design techniques Sampling theory and sampling mixers In-phase, quadrature, and AM broadcast signals Resonant, detector, and AVC circuits Image rejection and noise analysis methodsThis is the perfect guide for electronics hobbyists and students who want to delve deeper into the topic of radio. Digging deeper, this practical resource shows you how to engineer innovative devices by experimenting with and radically improving existing designs