Practical Communication Theory

Dave Adamy is an internationally recognised expert in electronic warfare. He has 50 years of experience as a systems engineer and program technical director, developing EW systems from DC to Light, deployed on platforms from submarines to space, with specifications from QRC to high reliability. For the last 30 years, he has run his own company, performing studies for the US Government and defense contractors. He has also presented a number of courses in the US, Europe and Australia on Electronic Warfare and related subjects. He has published over 330 professional articles on Electronic Warfare, receiver system design and closely related subjects, including the popular EW101 column in the Journal of Electronic Defense. He has 15 books in print and is a past National President of the Association of Old Crows.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: About dBChapter 3: Signal-to-Noise RatioChapter 4: The Communication LinkChapter 5: The Link EquationChapter 6: Receiver Sensitivity and Dynamic RangeChapter 7: Challenging ConditionsAppendix A: Derivation of Equations and ChartsAppendix B: Signal Strength in the Ether WavesAppendix C: Quick Formulas for AntennasAppendix D: Quick Formulas for Receiver Sensitivity and Dynamic RangeAppendix E: Quick Formulas for PropagationAppendix F: Quick Formulas For Doppler ShiftAppendix G: Antenna and Propagation Slide Rule

'This book very nicely covers the design and analysis of real-life radio point-to-point communications in an easy to understand, but very practical (as promised by the title) way'