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New book for hams about Software Defined Radio</h1><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Hi folks, I have finally finished my book for amateur radio operators and short wave listeners who want to know more about SDR.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">It is called<span> </span><em>"<strong>An Introduction to HF Software Defined Radio</strong>"</em>.<span> </span><br>
You can read a summary and order a copy at Amazon (UK, EU or COM) or at<span> </span><a style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none" href="https://www.createspace.com/4845320" target="_blank">https://www.createspace.com/4845320</a>.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">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.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">76 pages, full colour, large 11"x 8 1/2" format (for the diagrams), many diagrams and tables, hardly any maths or software code.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Chapter 1: Introduction to HF Software Defined Radio<br>Chapter 2: The QSD method<br>
Chapter 3: The DDC method<br>Chapter 4: SDR performance measurement<br>Chapter 5: The SDR transceiver, what's in the box (including the FPGA)<br>Chapter 6: Myths about the dynamic range of SDR receivers<br>Chapter 7: SDR software on the PC</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Introduction</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Frame structures, Ethernet and USB frames<br>Key software modules, Kiss Konsole block diagram<br>FFT<br>The wideband spectrum display<br>The transmit process<br>The receive process<br>Command and Control<br>Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms</p>
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Acknowledgements</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Summary</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong><em>Andrew Barron, ZL3DW</em></strong></p></div>