Introduction to Radio Frequency Design, by Wes Hayward (W7ZOI). You best pour through "Introduction to Advanced Mathematics" and "Introduction to Electronic Design" before tackling this one. I doubt the average ham would find this book useful. It was originally published by Prentice-Hall as a text for the "working engineer". Wes says he wished it was available for his "career change from electron device physics to rf circuit design." If you're contemplating a similar career change, I recommend this book, otherwise, you might want to hold off. There are lots of books better suited to even advanced hams. Published by?.

I understand that level of math. In grad school (economics), I took most math classes with engineering students. However, understanding the math doesn't necessarily equip you for understanding the concepts. I am a native English speaker, but that doesn't mean I can understand everything a theoretical physicist or classical philosopher has to say...in English.

So I stand by what I said at the time. For even above average hams, stick with EMRFD. You will need high school math at most and a very curious mind. If you can get through everything in that book, you won't need much else for empirical design. I wouldn't discourage seriously skimming RFD though.

Eric KE6US

On 12/9/2019 4:17 AM, Rob via Groups.Io wrote: