Newnes Short Wave Listening Handbook

Table of contents

1. Front Cover
2. Newnes Short Wave Listening Handbook
3. Copyright Page
4. Table of Contents
5. Preface
6. CHAPTER ONE. Some electrical principles
   1. Conductors and insulators
   2. Volts, amps and ohms
   3. Power
   4. DC and AC voltages
   5. Ohm's law and AC
   6. Capacitance and inductance
   7. Impedance
   8. Real components
   9. Component networks (1/2)
   10. Component networks (2/2)
   11. Active components and circuits (1/3)
   12. Active components and circuits (2/3)
   13. Active components and circuits (3/3)
   14. Broadband and tuned amplifiers
   15. Feedback and oscillators
   16. Integrated circuits
   17. Electromechanical components
7. CHAPTER TWO. Radio waves
   1. How we describe radio waves
   2. Heterodynes
   3. Modulation (1/2)
   4. Modulation (2/2)
8. CHAPTER THREE. Practical matters
   1. Soldering equipment
   2. Screwdrivers
   3. Wire strippers and pliers
   4. Hole drilling equipment
   5. Miscellaneous
   6. Components
   7. Construction techniques (1/2)
   8. Construction techniques (2/2)
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Crystal sets
   1. 1 The tuned circuit
   2. 2 The detector
   3. 3 The RF filter
   4. 4 The audio output
   5. Disadvantages of the crystal set
   6. Building a crystal set (1/2)
   7. Building a crystal set (2/2)
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Regenerative receivers
    1. A medium wave regenerative receiver (1/2)
    2. A medium wave regenerative receiver (2/2)
    3. A short wave regenerative receiver
11. CHAPTER SIX. Direct conversion receivers (1/2)
12. CHAPTER SIX. Direct conversion receivers (2/2)
    1. Using the receiver
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Superheterodyne receivers
    1. Problems with superhets
    2. Double conversion superhets
    3. The Wadley loop system
    4. Digital techniques
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Converters (1/2)
15. CHAPTER EIGHT. Converters (2/2)
    1. Problems
    2. A simple converter (1/2)
    3. A simple converter (2/2)
16. CHAPTER NINE. Aerials and earths
    1. Internal aerials
    2. External aerials
    3. Long wire aerial
    4. Dipole
    5. Antenna arrays
    6. MW loop aerials
    7. Vertical aerials
    8. General points on aerials
    9. Earthing arrangements
    10. Active aerials
17. CHAPTER TEN. Add-ons
    1. The ATU
    2. Preselectors and RF amplifiers
    3. Frequency measurement (1/2)
    4. Frequency measurement (2/2)
    5. The beat frequency oscillator
    6. Audio processing
    7. Terminal units
    8. Tape recorder output
18. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Using the set
    1. Typical commercial receivers
    2. Some commercial receivers
    3. Receiver controls
    4. AM reception
    5. SSB reception
    6. CW reception
    7. NBFM
    8. RTTY reception
    9. Overloading, images and spurious signals
19. CHAPTER TWELVE. What can you hear?
    1. Listening and the law
    2. DXing
    3. Identifying stations (1/2)
    4. Identifying stations (2/2)
    5. Listening to domestic broadcasters
    6. Suggested introductory listening
    7. Listening to amateur stations (1/2)
    8. Listening to amateur stations (2/2)
    9. Morse code (1/2)
    10. Morse code (2/2)
    11. Time and frequency standard stations
    12. Log keeping
    13. SINPO
    14. QSL cards and confirmations (1/2)
    15. QSL cards and confirmations (2/2)
    16. Sources of interference
    17. Electrical interference
20. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Propagation
    1. Ground and sky waves
    2. The role of the ionosphere
    3. Fading and distortion
    4. Solar influences
    5. Geomagnetic influence
    6. Beacons and propagation indicators
    7. Anomalous propagation
21. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Bands
    1. A review of the spectrum (1/2)
    2. A review of the spectrum (2/2)
22. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Using computers in SWL
    1. Computer radio noise
    2. Computer applications (1/3)
    3. Computer applications (2/3)
    4. Computer applications (3/3)
23. Appendix 1: Useful addresses
24. Appendix 2: Becoming a radio amateur
25. Appendix 3: Further reading
26. Index