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How Radio Signals Work by Jim Sinclair

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Most of us use radio waves every single day - and most of us have very little idea of how they work. In a reader-friendly style requiring no technical or mathematical background, this concise and clearly-written book explains the basics of radio signaling. You'll learn how energy carries information, messages are imprinted on energy, signals move across space, signals are detected and amplified, and electrons, watts, amps, volts, and other "mysterious beasties" work. If you're curious about the phenomena that make modern communications work ... if you want a fascinating, across-the-board tour of the entire field of radio communications, including career possibilities ... or if you want to buttress a radio license application, you've found the right book.

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First published February 1, 1998

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This book’s stated purpose was to explain the basics of radio to people with no particular technical expertise, “farmers and fishers, housekeepers and house builders, truck drivers and tax agents, sales people and anyone else …” at least according to the introduction. Never have I seen a book fail so completely at its own self-appointed task. Author Jim Sinclair almost immediately resorts to technical jargon with little or (more often than not) no explanation at all. I have a slight background in the ins and outs of electronic design, so I managed to follow a bit here and there. But around midway through the book I gave up on trying to decipher the text and just skimmed for general concepts. Even if the text hadn’t been riddled with buzzwords, it would still have been difficult to follow thanks to extremely poor organization. Perhaps a talented, diligent editor could tackle this book, re-arrange the sections, simplify the contents (maybe narrowing the scope in the process) and produce something worthwhile. As it stands, however, this is an exceptionally useless read, an introduction to radio basics comprehensible only to those who already understand radio basics.
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