Beginning Radio Communications - 9781484253014

Beginning Radio CommunicationsRadio Projects and Theory\nAuthor(s): Alex Wulff\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: APress, United States\nImprint: APress\nISBN-13: 9781484253014, 978-1484253014\nSynopsis\nUnderstanding radio communications systems unlocks a new way to look at the world and the radio waves that connect it. Through easy-to-understand instruction and a variety of hands-on projects, this book gives the reader an intuitive understanding of how radio waves propagate, how information is encoded in radio waves, and how radio communications networks are constructed.\n\nThis book also focuses on the world of amateur, or ham, radio, a global network of hobbyists that experiment and communicate with radio waves. The reader can learn what amateur radio is, how one can obtain an amateur radio license, and how various pieces of amateur radio hardware work.\n\nRather than overwhelm with formulas and numerical approaches, this book presents an easy-to-follow qualitative approach to the tho