The Radio Experimenter's Hand Book
Subtitle: A Book To Answer The Practical Problems Of Beginners And Advanced Students Of Radio Experimental Work
Publisher: De Forest Radio Tel. & Tel. Co.
Published: 1920
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Chapter I — What Is the Use of Having a Radio Station?; title: A review of the experimenters' activities, with some answers to conscientious objectors and landlords Page 7; title: Chapter II — What Makes the Wireless Work?; title: Explaining in simple terms the action of a radio transmitter and receiver Page 11; title: Chapter III — Apparatus Used in Simple Damped Wave Transmitting Sets; title: On the use and construction of the various instruments and the necessary qualities of purchased apparatus Page 21; title: Chapter IV — Setting Up and Operating a Damped Wave Transmitter; title: Confusing questions which confront the experimenter who is putting up a transmitter are answered Page 34; title: Chapter V — Apparatus Used in Simple Damped Wave Receivers; title: Two-slide tuners, detectors, buzzer tests, honeycomb coil receivers, and other instruments are discussed Page 40; title: Chapter VI — Setting Up and Operating a Simple Damped Wave Receiver; title: Describing the methods of handling the apparatus, with notes on the actions which take place Page 50; title: Chapter VII — Radio Antennas and Grounds Various types of antennas and loops, lightning switches and grounds are taken up in this chapter Page 54; title: Chapter VIII — Advanced Damped Wave Receiving Apparatus; title: Loose coupled honeycomb circuits are described, and a wavelength table is given to facilitate the selection of coils for various wavelengths Page 61; title: Chapter IX — How Does an Audion Work?; title: The mysteries of the Audion are cleared away in this chapter which shows how and why it operates Page 70; title: Chapter X — Damped Wave Audion Receiving Apparatus; title: This chapter describes the instruments used in receiving with an audion detector Page 77; title: Chapter XI — Advanced Damped Wave Audion Receiving Apparatus; title: Giving the details of grid leaks, bridging condensers, series-parallel condenser switches, regenerative sets. Page 83; title: Chapter XII — What Is an Undamped Wave?; title: The answer to this question and to many others on the transmission and reception of undamped waves are contained in this chapter Page 92; title: Chapter XIII — Undamped Wave Telegraph and Telephone Transmitters; title: The simple and most suitable circuits for vacuum tube transmitters, both telephone and telegraph Page 101; title: Chapter XIV — Undamped Wave Receivers; title: High-powered undamped transmitters can be heard with the instruments and circuits of which details are given. A list of foreign and American stations is given. Page 112; title: Chapter XV — The Audion Amplifier; title: Transformer coupled amplifiers, the most satisfactory type, of one and two stages, are taken up, with the details of their use Page 117; title: Chapter XVI — Radio Rules and Regulations; title: Giving operating instructions, abbreviations, stations sending press and weather reports Page 123