PDF | RCA Radiotron Designer’s Handbook (4th Edition) 1953

RCA Radiotron Designer’s Handbook (4th Edition) 1953

Format: PDF eTextbooks
ISBN-13: B0007DOX9Y
ISBN-10: B0007DOX9Y
Delivery: Instant Download
Authors: F. Langford-Smith
Publisher: Reproduced and distributed by RCA Victor Division

 

1953. Radio Corporation Of America., 1482 Pages, 4lb 2oz. (Over-sized Red Hardcover). Radiotron Designer’s Handbook by F. Langford Smith. Subject: Electronics Radio Engineering.

 

“This handbook has been prepared expressly for the radio set designer, but will be found invaluable to all radio engineers, experimenters and service mechanics.”

Chapters: 

Part 1 Introduction to the Radio Valve

• Valve Characteristics
• The Testing of Oxide-Coated Cathode High-Vacuum Receiving Valves

Part 2 General Theory and Components

• Theory of Networks
• Transformers and Iron Cored Inductors
• Mathematics
• Negative Feedback
• Wave Motion and The Theory of Modulation
• Tuned Circuits
• Calculation of Inductance
• Design of Radio Frequency Inductors

Part 3 Audio Frequencies

• Audio Frequency Voltage Amplifiers
• Audio Frequency Power Amplifiers
• Fidelity and Distortion
• Tone Compensation and Tone Control
• Volume Expansion, Compression and Limiting
• Reproduction from Records
• Microphones, Pre-Amplifiers, Attenuators and Mixers
• Units for the Measurement of Gain and Noise
• Loudspeakers
• The Network Between the Power Valve and the Loudspeaker

Part 4 Radio Frequencies

• Aerials and Transmission Lines
• Radio Frequency Amplifiers
• Oscillators
• Frequency Conversion and Tracking
• Intermediate Frequency Amplifiers
• Detection and Automatic Volume Control
• Reflex Amplifiers
• Limiters and Automatic Frequency Control

Part 5 Rectification, Regulation, Filtering and Hum

• Rectification
• Filtering and Hum
• Vibrator Power Supplies
• Current and Voltage Regulators

Part 6 Complete Receivers

• Types of AM Receivers
• Design of Superheterodyne AM Receivers
• Design of FM Receivers
• Receiver and Amplifier Tests and Measurements

Part 7 Sundry Data

• Tables, Charts and Sundry Data