Standard Handbook of Broadcast Engineering (ELECTRONICS) - Hardcover

Whitaker, Jerry C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071451005 ISBN 13: 9780071451000

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2005

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This comprehensive engineering handbook provides basic principles, key equations, and voluminous reference data on the design, specification, installation, and maintenance of broadcast transmission systems. Explicating the underlying technologies of digital and analog transmission systems, the handbook deals with both the fundamental workings of such systems, and, in context, the ‘hot-topic’ new approaches driving industry growth – DTV, NTSC, and Digital Audio Broadcasting.

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About the Author

Jerry Whitaker is Vice President of Standards Development at the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Washington, D.C. He was previously President of Technical Press, a consulting company based in the San Jose area. Whitaker has been involved in various aspects of the electronics industry for over 30 years, with specialization in communications. He has lectured extensively on the topic of electronic systems design, installation, and maintenance. He is the former editorial director and associate publisher of Broadcast Engineering and Video Systems magazines, and a former radio station chief engineer and television news producer. Mr. Whitaker is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and an SBE-certified professional broadcast engineer. He is also a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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BROADCAST ENGINEERING ESSENTIALS

Standard Handbook of Broadcast Engineering provides clear, comprehensive, and well-illustrated coverage of both DTV and DAB technologies. Presenting the material within the context of established radio and TV basics, this manual explains the underlying technologies of digital and analog transmission systems and bridges the gap between classic broadcast engineering principles and data with the latest digital technologies -- including DTV, NTSC, and digital audio broadcasting.

Essential to readers wishing to quickly and firmly grasp the industry’s fast-paced digital transition, Standard Handbook of Broadcast Engineering includes key equations and extensive reference data required for the design, specification, installation, testing, and maintenance of broadcast transmission systems.

FEATURING:

• 57 chapters of today’s need-to-know broadcast and engineering and technical information, data, and reference material
• Digital TV and data broadcast standards and implementation guidelines
• Maintenance of RF systems
• All types of antennas and receivers
• Television and radio transmission systems
• Testing procedures and equipment for new (and older) technologies
• And much more!

A WEALTH OF BROADCAST ENGINEERING EXPERTISE
Frequency Bands, Propagation, and Modulation * The Electromagnetic Spectrum * Propagation * Frequency Sources and References * Modulation Systems and Characteristics * Radio Transmission Systems * Radio Broadcast Systems * Radio STL Systems * Digital Radio Systems * Television Transmission Systems * Television Transmission Standards * DTV Transmission Issues * DTV Satellite Transmission * Television Transmitters * Ghost Canceling Reference Signal * Interconnection Devices and Systems * Transmission Lines * RF Combiner and Diplexer Systems * Transmitting Antennas and Systems * Radio Transmitting Antennas * Television Antenna Principles * Television Transmitting Antennas * Tower Construction and Maintenance * Tower Grounding * Radio Receivers * Receiver Characteristics * The Radio Channel * AM and FM Receivers * Television Receivers & Cable/Satellite Distribution Systems * Television Reception Principles * ATSC DTV Receiver Systems * Consumer Video and Networking Issues * Cable Television Systems * Satellite Delivery Systems * Content Distribution * Stereo Television * Receiver Antenna Systems * Adaptive Receiver Processing * RF System Maintenance * RF System Reliability Considerations * Preventing RF System Failures * Troubleshooting RF Equipment * Testing Coaxial Transmission Lines * The Smith Chart * Standby Power Systems * Test Equipment * Troubleshooting Digital Systems * Digital Test Instruments * Oscilloscopes * Spectrum Analysis * Reliability Engineering * Audio Test & Measurement * Audio Measurement & Analysis * Audio Phase and Frequency Measurement * Nonlinear Audio Distortion * Time Domain Audio Measurements * Video Signal Measurement and Analysis * Video Information Concepts * Measurement of Color Displays * Camera Performance Verification * Conventional Video Measurements * Applications of the Zone Plate Signal * Picture Quality Measurement * Digital Bit Stream Analysis * DTV Transmission Performance Issues * Performance Issues

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071451005
• ISBN 13: 9780071451000
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1104