"gobo" wrote in message
om...
Does anyone have any book recommendations of a "cookbook" for RF
design? Cookbook might not be the best word. Something that covers
network design, S-parameters, filters, Smith charts, etc. Something
without the calculus! I had all this in school (oof, 25 years ago)
and didn't retain it because I've not used it. Now I have an amateur
license and want to just play with vhf and uhf circuits. I want to do
things right, but don't want to have to go back and audit three
calculus courses to remember how to do LaPlace transforms. (Yeah,
someone's going to say "you gotta" and I know that, but I want to play
with the electronics and not spend months on the math.)

Thanks.

Sounds like "Experimental Methods in RF Design", published by the ARRL is
what you are looking for. Its a pretty useful book, without going much over
algebra (but is useful even if you don't want to use much math).