In 1926, ARRL introduced the first edition of The Radio Amateur’s Handbook, written by F. E. Handy. Since then, each edition has been recognized as a benchmark for radio communications learning and applied knowledge. This 97th edition of The ARRL Handbook is your complete guide to radio experimentation, discovery, and innovation. It is the Handbook -- written by radio amateurs for everyone with a desire to advance the pursuit of wireless technology.

Key Topics

• Radio electronics theory and principles
• Circuit design and equipment
• Radio signal transmission and propagation
• Digital and analog modulation and protocols
• Antennas and transmission lines
• Construction practices
  

Who reads The Handbook? Amateur Radio operators, or “hams;” professional wireless communication engineers and system designers; electrical engineers; students and instructors of engineering, physics, and geoscience.

Always Updated! New Projects and Content

• System Fusion update by Cory Sickles, WA3UVV
• Solar Cycle 24 update by Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA
• Rotator ratings and application by Don Daso, K4ZA, and Ward Silver, NØAX
• Generator RFI choke by James Brown, K9YC, and Glen Brown, W6GJB
• Annual transceiver survey by Joel Hallas, W1ZR

Plus, new supplemental content

• Switchmode HV supply by Ralph Crumrine, NØKC
• Universal MMIC preamp by Paul Wade, W1GHZ Tunable RF preamp by George Steber, WB9LVI
• 2304 MHz amp by William Koch, W2RMA, and John Brooks, N9ZL
• Overshoot protection by Phil Salas, AD5X
• Receiver measurements by Robert Sherwood, NCØB
• Antenna analyzer tricks by Paul Wade, W1GHZ
• Audio splitter by Glenn Loake, GØGBI
• 10 W audio amp by Helmut Berka, DL2MAJ
• Bistable transfer relay by DJ7XO
• Updated design software from Tonnesoft by James Tonne, W4ENE

Download Included: eBook and Supplemental Content Download the fully searchable digital edition of the printed book, plus expanded supplemental content, software, PC board templates, and other support files

System Requirements: Windows 7, 8, or 10; Windows Vista or Windows XP, as well as Macintosh systems, using Adobe Acrobat Reader software. Acrobat Reader is a free download at www.adobe.com. PDF files are Linux readable. Other included software is Windows compatible, only.