Newnes Radio and RF Engineering Pocket Book, 3rd Edition

Contents

Preface to second edition xi

Preface to third edition xiii

1 Propagation of radio waves 1

1.1 Frequency and wavelength 1

1.2 The radio frequency spectrum 1

1.3 The isotropic radiator 3

1.4 Formation of radio waves 3

1.5 Behaviour of radio waves 7

1.6 Methods of propagation 13

1.7 Other propagation topics 18

References 24

2 The decibel scale 25

2.1 Decibels and the logarithmic scale 25

2.2 Decibels referred to absolute values 25

3 Transmission lines 35

3.1 General considerations 35

3.2 Impedance matching 35

3.3 Base band lines 36

3.4 Balanced line hybrids 36

3.5 Radio frequency lines 37

3.6 Waveguides 45

3.7 Other transmission line considerations 47

References ...