Some of the older handbooks cover topics such as modulation much better.  It's 
always good to keep a few around your reading room.
73 - Eric
W9WLW
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> On Jul 27, 2014, at 2:54 PM, K8JHR <jrichards@k8jhr.com> wrote:
> 
> Nice post, JB.
> 
> As Rick mentioned, I read the ANTENNA BOOK cover to cover, and I read the 
> ARRL Handbook on Radio Communications cover to cover, doing that with the The 
> ARRL Handbook a slice a day.  It is slow going.
> 
> Unfortunately, the HANDBOOKs are woefully inadequate on any of this.
> 
> Section 13.3 dashes through modulation, and only briefly mentions the graphs 
> we see in product reviews, without really telling me what it is all about,  
> and Section 13.6  has JUST TWO PAGES regarding transmitter testing, and says 
> little more than a quick reference to anything beyond IMD testing.
> 
> I wonder if the ARRL book:  Basic Radio  would be a better source?
> 
> I suspect the ARRL Book: Transceiver Performance Testing   will not work, 
> either, cause Rick says they don't test for what we are talking about here.
> 
> It ain't easy for a rookie to catch up.
> 
> Happy days.
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