Front Cover -- Practical Radio-Frequency Handbook -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Passive components -- Resistance and resistors -- Capacitors -- Inductors and transformers -- Chapter 2. Passive circuits -- References -- Chapter 3. RF transmission lines -- Transmission line operation at d.c. -- Transmission line operation at r.f. -- Chapter 4. RF transformers -- Introduction -- Transformer basics -- R.F. considerations -- Baluns -- Line transformers -- Chapter 5. Couplers, hybrids and directional couplers -- References -- Chapter 6. Active components for RF uses -- References -- Chapter 7. RF small-signal circuitry -- References -- Chapter 8. Modulation and demodulation -- References -- Chapter 9. Oscillators -- References -- Chapter 10. RF power amplifiers -- Safety hazards to be considered -- First design decisions -- Levellers, VSWR protection, RF routing switches -- Starting the design -- Low-pass filter design -- Discrete PA stages -- Chapter 11. Transmitters and receivers -- References -- Chapter 12. Advanced architectures -- References -- Chapter 13. Propagation -- References -- Chapter 14. Antennas -- References -- Chapter 15. Attenuators and equalizers -- References -- Chapter 16. Measurements -- Measurements on CW signals -- Modulation measurements -- Spectrum and network analysers -- Other instruments -- Appendix 1: Useful relationships -- Appendix 2: S-Parameters -- Appendix 3: Attenuators (pads) -- Appendix 4: Universal resonance curve -- Appendix 5: RF cables -- Appendix 6: Wire gauges and related information -- Appendix 7: Manufacturers of soft-ferrite† and iron-powder** cores -- Appendix 8: Types of modulation - classification -- Appendix 9: Quartz crystals -- Appendix 10: Elliptic filters -- Appendix 11: Screening -- Appendix 12: Worldwide minimum external noise levels.

Appendix 13: Frequency allocations and designations -- Appendix 14: SRDs (Short Range Devices) -- Index.