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Re: Which Vector network analysis book to buy - help

 

On Sat, 3 Sept 2022 at 04:27, Bruce <bruce@...> wrote:
I intend to purchase either of both of the following books.? I do have an extensive collection of notes and articles but figure I need some good bedtime reading.? The candidate books are:
1) Handbook of Microwave Component measurement with Advanced VNA Techniques - (J.P. Dunsmore)
2) Fundamentals of Vector Network Analysis - (M.Heibel)
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I had both, but sold Heibel. I rarely sell textbooks (only one of two I can think of in 2 decades).? Heibel seems to sell from virtually nothing (what I paid for mine), to over $1000. (I made 10 dB or so proffit on the book??).?

Dunsmore is quite advanced, and discusses a lot of things you can't do with affordable VNAs. I did notice a few typos. You might find an errata page. There's a lot of emphasis on the time domain, which Joel done his PhD on. You need pretty decent maths skills to follow it. I know the reviewer of the book, and he loves lots of detailed maths.

Heibel is very superficial. It has colour photographs, but doesn't really have much content. I'm a bit surprised that reviewer was keen on Heibel, as my maths is pretty crap, but I found the book lacking in much substance.?

Dave

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