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Radio Antennas and Propagation

Radio Engineering Fundamentals

  • 1st Edition - September 18, 1998
  • Latest edition
  • Author: William Gosling
  • Language: English

This is the most modern, comprehensive and system-oriented text on radio engineering in print, by a pioneer in the field. Engineers and students need to use this book, which co… Read more

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Description

This is the most modern, comprehensive and system-oriented text on radio engineering in print, by a pioneer in the field. Engineers and students need to use this book, which covers the physics of radio systems from a quantum mechanical point of view and offers a unique insight into radio engineering by showing not only how but why radio systems work.

Professor Gosling has spent a lifetime in industry and education, including time as Technical Director of Plessey, President of EUREL (European Convention of Engineering Societies), Past President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and Chair of Electronic Engineering at the University of Bath. He is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Bath. He has published eleven books and over fifty scientific papers.

Key features

  • Eminent author
  • Accessible treatment of a challenging subject
  • Together with 'Radio Spectrum Conservation' (1999) makes up Radio Engineering Fundamentals

Readership

Radio, communications and electronics engineers, equipment designers, technicians and enthusiasts, undergraduates, MSc students

Table of contents

Radio Frequency EnergyBackgroundElectromagnetic sourcesSimple antennasMore complex antennasAntennas using conducting surfacesSpecialised antennasSummaryMoving Quanta from Place to PlaceIntroduction to Various Propagation EnvironmentsDescribing the Earth's AtmosphereThe TroposphereReflectionWhere We LiveNear Earth PropagationRadio Propagation in a Complex Urban EnvironmentSky-wave PropagationArtificial Sky-wave Propagation

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 18, 1998
  • Language: English

About the author

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William Gosling

Affiliations and expertise
Visiting Professor at University of Bath, consultant to a number of major companies.

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