New book for hams about Software Defined Radio
Hi folks, I have finally finished my book for amateur radio operators and short wave listeners who want to know more about SDR.
It is called “An Introduction to HF Software Defined Radio”.
You can read a summary and order a copy at Amazon (UK, DE, FR, EU or COM) or at https://www.createspace.com/4845320.
The book is for amateur radio operators and anyone who wants a technical introduction to software defined radio receivers and transceivers, for the high frequency and short wave bands. Most of the concepts are illustrated with helpful diagrams and pictures. It covers; the different types of SDR, how they work, tests used to measure their performance, the components of a typical direct conversion SDR, code in the FPGA, and the elements making up SDR software for the PC.
76 pages, full colour, large 11″x 8 1/2″ format (for the diagrams), many diagrams and tables, hardly any maths or software code.
Chapter 1: Introduction to HF Software Defined Radio
Chapter 2: The QSD method
Chapter 3: The DDC method
Chapter 4: SDR performance measurement
Chapter 5: The SDR transceiver, what’s in the box (including the FPGA)
Chapter 6: Myths about the dynamic range of SDR receivers
Chapter 7: SDR software on the PC
Introduction
Frame structures, Ethernet and USB frames
Key software modules, Kiss Konsole block diagram
FFT
The wideband spectrum display
The transmit process
The receive process
Command and Control
Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms
Acknowledgements
Summary
73 de Andrew Barron, ZL3DW