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#669 SolderSmoke

Book notes: SolderSmoke: Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics, by Bill Meara. First published March 1, 2009.

A fascinating radio-electronics travelogue, that teaches fundamentally difficult concepts in radio, by example, experimentation, and analogy.

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Contents

  • Chapter 1 Electrically Inclined - Tales of an Electromagnetic Youth
    • Electrons and Electricity
    • Radio Waves
    • Some Basic Equations
    • Einstein in the Transformer
    • Semiconductors
  • Chapter 2 Off-the-Air-Amateur Radio Goes Into Hibernation.
    • Junctions and Diodes
  • Chapter 3 Tropical Rebirth-Ham Radio in the Dominican Republic..
    • The Lowly Capacitor
    • Resonance and Oscillation
    • Series and Parallel Tuned Circuits
  • Chapter 4 Boatanchors in Virginia-Back in the U.S.A
    • Transistor Amplifiers
    • Mixers
    • Modulation: AM, DSB, SSB
  • Chapter 5 Mid-Atlantic Outpost-Amateur Radio from the Azores.
    • Balanced Modulators
  • Chapter 6 Urban Radio-Solder Smoke in Central London
    • Amplifier Loads
  • Chapter 7 Rome Secret Radio in the Eternal City.
    • Feedback in Amplifiers
  • Chapter 8 Conclusions—A Brotherhood Without Borders
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