Standard Handbook of Broadcast Engineering
Will be published approx. on 16. February 2005
Book
Hardback
1104 pages
978-0-07-145100-0 (ISBN)
Description
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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.
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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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
400 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 65 mm
Weight
1936 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-145100-0 (9780071451000)
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Person
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.
Content
Frequency Bands, Propagation, and ModulationThe Electromagnetic SpectrumPropagationFrequency Sources and ReferencesModulation Systems and CharacteristicsRadio Transmission SystemsRadio Broadcast SystemsRadio STL SystemsDigital Radio SystemsTelevision Transmission SystemsTelevision Transmission StandardsDTV Transmission IssuesDTV Satellite TransmissionTelevision TransmittersGhost Canceling Reference SignalInterconnection Devices and SystemsTransmission LinesRF Combiner and Diplexer SystemsTransmitting Antennas and SystemsRadio Transmitting AntennasTelevision Antenna PrinciplesTelevision Transmitting AntennasTower Construction and MaintenanceTower GroundingRadio ReceiversReceiver CharacteristicsThe Radio ChannelAM and FM ReceiversTelevision Receivers & Cable/Satellite Distribution SystemsTelevision Reception PrinciplesATSC DTV Receiver SystemsConsumer Video and Networking IssuesCable Television SystemsSatellite Delivery SystemsContent DistributionStereo TelevisionReceiver Antenna SystemsAdaptive Receiver ProcessingRF System MaintenanceRF System Reliability ConsiderationsPreventing RF System FailuresTroubleshooting RF EquipmentTesting Coaxial Transmission LinesThe Smith ChartStandby Power SystemsTest EquipmentTroubleshooting Digital SystemsDigital Test InstrumentsOscilloscopesSpectrum AnalysisReliability EngineeringAudio Test & MeasurementAudio Measurement & AnalysisAudio Phase and Frequency MeasurementNonlinear Audio DistortionTime Domain Audio MeasurementsVideo Signal Measurement and AnalysisVideo Information ConceptsMeasurement of Color DisplaysCamera Performance VerificationConventional Video MeasurementsApplications of the Zone Plate SignalPicture Quality MeasurementDigital Bit Stream AnalysisDTV Transmission Performance IssuesAppendices