[TenTec] THANK YOU AND APOLOGY

[R. Eric Sluder via TenTec]

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 at 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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