"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
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Many time here we've heard plaudits for "Experimental Methods in RF
Design" and no one to my recollection has derided it. But Hayward also
wrote "Introduction to Radio Frequency Design" which never seems to
get a mention. Does anyone have a copy of this other book and/or an
opinion on it? I've been offered a copy and would value the Panel's
view on it.

It's great; definitely get a hold of a copy if you're interested in radio
design.

"Introduction to Radio Frequency Design" is somewhat unique in that the
level it's written at is sort of inbetween the "cookbook" approach and the
"highly theoretical, filled with math" approach. It's aimed at individuals
who have something of a formal background in engineering but who (1) don't
want to get bogged down in the math just to get some results and (2)
appreciate having the references to the hard core material so they can
investigate further if need be. This is unlike, say, Joe Carr who seems to
want to target a similar audience, but usually his 'reference' list is
non-existant or pretty generic; Wes will direct you right back to Zverev,
Matthei, Rhea, etc. if you're so inclined. (And whereas someone who only
reads Zverev is probably a LONG way from actually being able to build
anything outside of a SPICE simulator.)

Check out Wes's web page he http://users.easystreet.com/w7zoi/books.html
.... for information on all of his books. His books are also still quite
reasonably priced. (It's not out of line, but I'm still surprised that in
ten years the ARRL handbook has gone from $25 to $55... essentially from 'a
real bargin' to 'about the usual price' for such books.)

---Joel Kolstad