This work demystifies that part of the electromagnetic spectrum known as the radio frequency band. It is aimed at electonics hobbyists, students, shortwave listeners and ham radio operators, taking a practical approach which leads readers through RF theory with hands-on bench experiments and projects. Readers can learn how to construct their own RF amplifiers, simple wire antennas, microwave integrated circuits and receiver preselectors. They will also discover how to wind their own RF coils and transformers, repair fixed and variable capicitors and build radio receiver circuits and RF bridges. Two projects take the mystery out of spectrum analyzers and time-domain reflectometers.

Everyone involved in electronics, either professionally or as a hobby, should have a working knowledge of oscillators. In this well-illustrated addition to the Mastering Electronics Series, Joseph J. Carr introduces the powerful and versatile oscillator in all its forms, from simple waveform generators to complex crystal and high-frequency RF oscillators. Like the other books in the series, this one teaches theory by putting it to practical use, involving readers in a series of benchtop experiments and several complete projects.