Oscilloscopes for Radio Amateur Paperback – May 1, 2015

I am considering adding an oscilloscope to my amateur radio station, for use in signal monitoring and measurement. I also do a fair amount of Arduino project building, and an oscilloscope would be handy to measure I2C signals, and PWM outputs.This book helped me quite a bit in understanding the measurement setups and methodology for the amateur radio station tests I am interested in performing.These tests include:- CW testing (waveform risetime)- SSB testing- PEP measurement- Transmit power overshoot- Transmit key to RF output timing, and Transmit un-key to RF output timing- Transmit Two-tone test with FFTThe book offers an excellent treatment of the capabilities and features that are available in all the various types of oscilloscopes that are available on the market. These include the traditional analog oscilloscopes, digital storage oscilloscopes (DSO), as well as the newer portable oscilloscopes (which plug into a PC or Tablet), and also software oscilloscopes (which use the soundcard of a PC to perform the A/D conversion).After reading this book, I had enough knowledge to select a nice 200 MHz DSO oscilloscope, for a reasonable price, which will more than serve my needs. It also helped me to select the RF detectors and RF samplers which I will need to measure high power RF signals in my amateur radio station. Overall, this is a great book, which I highly recommend.

Good information if you are in the process of purchasing one. Somewhat limited on Information on how to use this for troubleshooting ham radios.

I think this book should get 5 stars because it has the information i need. I didn't expect it to be the only book I'd read on the subject. I'm trying to learn enough to decide what functions and specs an oscilloscope has to have to do what I need. This book seems to be a pretty good start in that direction with good discussions of the nomenclature and what can be expected from the various types available either old Tekronix or new machines.I had a general idea of what they do, and this book has helped me hone in on what will work for me. As it happens, although a Ham, AI4TO, I'm almost entirely interested in cleaning up digital signals in equipment I'm working on, not rf. I'll complete this comment when I've finished the book.

Definitely for beginners, maybe. Unfortunately, the author does a disservice to the radio amateur by concentrating mainly on digital oscilloscopes which, realistically, unless you can afford a very, very good one with an extremely high sampling rate, are next to useless for working on and aligning RF circuits. The computer usb 'scopes he touts, while fun to play with, are not suited at all for the radio amateur. But,maybe I'm speaking of the radio amateur of the past, who actually repairs his own commercial gear of yesteryear and also builds his own transmitters and receivers. This book never actually shows you what you can DO with an oscilloscope in the hamshack. A better book for buying a 'scope and using it (and a bunch of other test equipment, too) is "How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic" by Michael Geier. In other words, there are better resources out there (including the internet) than Oscilloscopes for Radio Amateurs. 73 de Rick WQ8Q

I am going to buy an oscilloscope to use in my Ham Radio Shack. I have used them in the past but the technology has changed dramatically over the years. It would be a mess to buy an oscilloscope only to find out that it misses the mark. This book has really filled the bill! I have read it from cover to cover and now feel like I know what to look for and how to use it when I get it. Many thanks.

If you are interested in Ham Radio or electronics in general but not an electrical engineer this book is for you. I've been an amateur radio operator for about 20 years and most of my electronics is self taught. I picked up an oscilloscope at a Ham Fest and needed to find out how to use it. This book does the trick. In general I've found ARRL publications of good quality, useful and helpful.

Ok provides much information but I was left with a felling of missed information about what I needed to know when selecting an oscillator. Possibly what are you wanting to do and how the different features impact this.

This book covered the information very well and provided me with the information I needed to make a decision about buying a scope and which one to purchase. It also provided the me with a guide to getting started with my scope when it arrives.

Toujours utile

Trattazione argomenti molto veloce, pochi spunti, ma comunque non costa molto quindi 3 stelle ci stanno.

I am considering in investing in a scope for my amateur workshop. I really needed to find what functions were appropriate for my use. This book has exceeded that. I'll return to it again and again.

The book is a good foundation, however it could use some additional use cases for Radio fault finding.

Great book. Apropos for my purchase of a Rigol DS104.