--- product_id: 7083184 title: "The Electronics of Radio" price: "HK$1062" currency: HKD in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.hk/products/7083184-the-electronics-of-radio store_origin: HK region: Hong Kong --- # Comprehensive radio electronics guide Bridges classic & modern radio tech Clear, practical DIY focus The Electronics of Radio **Price:** HK$1062 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📻 Unlock the airwaves: your essential radio electronics bible! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Electronics of Radio - **How much does it cost?** HK$1062 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hk](https://www.desertcart.hk/products/7083184-the-electronics-of-radio) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Highly Rated by Enthusiasts:** 4.3 stars from a passionate community - • **Ideal for Lifelong Learners:** Keeps you engaged and growing for years - • **Master Radio Electronics with Ease:** Accessible explanations for both amateurs and pros - • **Timeless Craft Meets Modern Insight:** Blends historical context with 21st-century tech - • **Perfect Companion for QRP Transceiver Owners:** Enhances hands-on understanding and application ## Overview The Electronics of Radio by David Rutledge is a well-regarded, used book that demystifies radio electronics with clear, accessible explanations. Perfect for amateur radio enthusiasts and professionals alike, it bridges classic radio concepts with modern technology, making it a lasting resource for hands-on learning and deepening your craft. ## Description This innovative book provides a stimulating introduction to analog electronics by analyzing the design and construction of a radio transceiver. The author provides essential theoretical background at each step, along with carefully designed laboratory and homework exercises. This structured approach ensures a good grasp of basic electronics as well as an excellent foundation in wireless communications systems. The author begins with a thorough description of basic electronic components and simple circuits. He then describes the key elements of radio electronics, including filters, amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, and antennas. In the laboratory exercises, he leads the reader through the design, construction, and testing of a popular radio transceiver (the NorCal 40A), thereby illustrating and reinforcing the theoretical material. A diskette containing the widely known circuit simulation software, Puff, is included in the book. This book, the first to deal with elementary electronics in the context of radio, can be used as a textbook for introductory analog electronics courses, or for more advanced undergraduate classes on radio-frequency electronics. It will also be of great interest to electronics hobbyists and radio enthusiasts. Review: Meets and surpasses my expectations. - Meets and surpasses my expectations. I'm a painting contractor. Not a lab tech by any stretch. I am an AMATEUR radio enthusiast. This is the text I've been waiting for. The author has put it all together in a creative, accessible format for "hams" like me. I have3 purchased the companion QRP transceiver on which much of this material is based. I'd recommend doing this but the author's presentation is so clear and simple to understand (with a little hard work by the reader of course!) that the book is useful even with out the "rig". This will keep me busy and learning for years to come. Rutledge clearly respects and understands the history, the hobby, the profession, and the CRAFT of electronics and electronic communication. Kudos to the author for this innovative approach. Review: Good work - If you're looking for a technical, but readable, introduction to the history and theory of radio electronics this is a good choice. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #648,812 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #199 in Radio Operation #215 in Radio Communications #226 in General Broadcasting (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 44 Reviews | ## Images ![The Electronics of Radio - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Wm+bY+JML.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Meets and surpasses my expectations. *by D***R on February 15, 2014* Meets and surpasses my expectations. I'm a painting contractor. Not a lab tech by any stretch. I am an AMATEUR radio enthusiast. This is the text I've been waiting for. The author has put it all together in a creative, accessible format for "hams" like me. I have3 purchased the companion QRP transceiver on which much of this material is based. I'd recommend doing this but the author's presentation is so clear and simple to understand (with a little hard work by the reader of course!) that the book is useful even with out the "rig". This will keep me busy and learning for years to come. Rutledge clearly respects and understands the history, the hobby, the profession, and the CRAFT of electronics and electronic communication. Kudos to the author for this innovative approach. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good work *by D***N on January 18, 2025* If you're looking for a technical, but readable, introduction to the history and theory of radio electronics this is a good choice. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Best Book for its Purpose - Prerequisites Recommended *by K***T on June 6, 2010* Speaking from the view of an electronics technician who later became an educator (BS in Secondary Ed - U of TN 1980), I believe it accomplishes its purpose for being published (>90%)! Knowing there are no perfect books or authors and one book can not teach you everything about such a complex technical subject, The Electronics of Radio is a very well written and orgainized book. However, having built one of the ORIGINAL NorCal 40 transceivers kitted by the Northern California QRP Club (years before the book was written), and having used this radio to make hundreds of contacts across the US and Canada as KD4ZPA & KS4RT, I would recommend the following books be read first! Basic Radio: Understanding the Key Building Blocks by Joel R. Hallas and published by the ARRL. Basic Radio describes radio theory in a much simpler, non engineering, manner. Its first few pages gives the background for basic communications almost 200 years ago and without boring the reader continues to give good examples, diagrams, and illustrations as radio communications progressed through the years up to today's modern digital communications equipment. For a more in depth study of basic electronics, I recommend, electronics DeMYSTiFieD by Stan Gibilisco and pubished by McGraw Hill. Both of these authors are college teachers (Professors), but do a very good job of making what could be boring reading at times, very interesting and engaging. Very little higher level math is required, but both books teach the same concepts in a more easily understood manner than is possible through a book like, The Electronics of Radio. Either or both of these books will make understanding The Electronics of Radio easier! 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