Question for the RF gods among us

[Dave]

I am in the market for a decent introduction and mid-level course on RF, in
book form. I think I have narrowed my choices down to two volumes, and am
interested to see if anyone has anything to say about either one. 1) RF
Circuit Design: Theory and Applications (Reinhold Ludwig/Pavel Bretchko)
which is currently a little over $100.00 on Amazon. And 2) RF Circuit
Design (Christopher Bowick) which I can get for a little over $20.00.
Obviously the second will save me money in the short run, but I wonder if it
will save me any money in the long run. Does anyone know either of these?
(Is the first book WORTH $100.00+? Will the second suffice for someone
wanting to build a small RF amplifier to boost their TV antenna signal, or
an antenna preselector/RF amplifier to boost their shortwave listening
choices?) *Any* help would be greatly appreciated. I am ignorant where RF
is concerned, and would really like to remedy that in the best way possible.

Thanks,

Dave
db5151@hotmail.com

 

[Gizmofiddler]

All that $$ to build a preamp?
That's like buying a restaurant to get a meal.
There are several designs freely available doing a websearch.

You could just buy or bid a preamp for about $20.


"Dave" <db5151@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I am in the market for a decent introduction and mid-level course on RF,
in
book form. I think I have narrowed my choices down to two volumes, and am
interested to see if anyone has anything to say about either one. 1) RF
Circuit Design: Theory and Applications (Reinhold Ludwig/Pavel Bretchko)
which is currently a little over $100.00 on Amazon. And 2) RF Circuit
Design (Christopher Bowick) which I can get for a little over $20.00.
Obviously the second will save me money in the short run, but I wonder if
it
will save me any money in the long run. Does anyone know either of these?
(Is the first book WORTH $100.00+? Will the second suffice for someone
wanting to build a small RF amplifier to boost their TV antenna signal, or
an antenna preselector/RF amplifier to boost their shortwave listening
choices?) *Any* help would be greatly appreciated. I am ignorant where
RF
is concerned, and would really like to remedy that in the best way
possible.

Thanks,

Dave
db5151@hotmail.com

 

[Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su]

"Dave" <db5151@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:civ9v5$4im@library1.airnews.net...

I am in the market for a decent introduction and mid-level course on
RF, in
book form. I think I have narrowed my choices down to two volumes,
and am
interested to see if anyone has anything to say about either one. 1)
RF
Circuit Design: Theory and Applications (Reinhold Ludwig/Pavel
Bretchko)
which is currently a little over $100.00 on Amazon. And 2) RF Circuit
Design (Christopher Bowick) which I can get for a little over $20.00.
Obviously the second will save me money in the short run, but I wonder
if it
will save me any money in the long run. Does anyone know either of
these?
(Is the first book WORTH $100.00+? Will the second suffice for
someone
wanting to build a small RF amplifier to boost their TV antenna
signal, or
an antenna preselector/RF amplifier to boost their shortwave listening
choices?) *Any* help would be greatly appreciated. I am ignorant
where RF
is concerned, and would really like to remedy that in the best way
possible.

Thanks,

Dave
db5151@hotmail.com

Hands-on experince can't be beat. Get the ARRL handbook and others from
www.arrl.org.