readme.txt
November 20, 2002
Experimental Methods in RF Design supplemental CD-ROM

This material can also be found on page xx of the Experimental Methods in 
RF Design book.


Summary
=======
The material contained on the CD-ROM packaged on the inside back cover of 
this book contains articles, reference material, and software. This 
material is organized in the following directories:
 \software
 \articles
 \dsp
The \dsp directory contains specific lists of material for the DSP prgrams 
in Chapters 10 and 11 and the DSP-10 2-meter transceiver project.


Articles and References
=======================
All of the following articles and references are on the CD-ROM in Adobe 
Acrobat PDF format. Double-click articles.pdf to access a summary of these 
materials. Alternatively, open any PDF document in the \articles directory 
to access that specific article. The article filename on the CD-ROM is 
shown after each reference listing.

While the Adobe Acrobat Reader program used to view the articles and 
references is normally run directly from the CD, there is a copy included 
on the CD-ROM that you may optionally choose to install on your hard disk 
for viewing other PDF files.

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 1. D. Benson, "Freq-Mite — A programmable Morse Code Frequency Readout," 
    QST, Dec, 1998, pp 34-36. qst199812.pdf
 2. D. Bramwell, "Understanding Modern Oscilloscopes," QST, Jul, 1976, 
    pp 18-19. qst197607.pdf
 3. D. Bramwell, "An RF Step Attenuator," QST, Jun, 1995, pp 33-34. 
    qst199506.pdf
 4. G. A. Breed, "A New Breed of Receiver," QST, Jan, 1988, pp 16-23. 
    qst198801.pdf
 5. R. Campbell, "Binaural Presentation of SSB and CW Signals Received on 
    a Pair of Antennas," Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the 
    Central States VHF Society, Cedar Rapids, IA, Jul, 1984. pmu1984.pdf
 6. R. Campbell, "Getting Started on the Microwave Bands," QST, Feb, 1992, 
    pp 35-39. qst199202.pdf
 7. R. Campbell, "High Performance Direct Conversion Receivers," QST, Aug, 
    1992, pp19-28. qst199208.pdf
 8. R. Campbell, "No Tune Microwave Transceivers," Proceedings of Microwave 
    Update '92, Rochester, NY, Oct, 1992, ARRL Publication number 161, 
    pp 41-54. pmu1992.pdf
 9. R. Campbell, "High Performance Single-Signal Direct Conversion 
    Receivers," QST, Jan, 1993, pp 32-40. qst199301.pdf
10. R. Campbell, "A Multimode Phasing Exciter for 1 to 500 MHz," QST, 
    Apr, 1993, pp 27-31. qst199304.pdf
11. R. Campbell, "Single-Conversion Microwave SSB/CW Transceivers," QST, 
    May, 1993, pp 29-34. qst199305.pdf
12. R. Campbell, "A Single Board No-Tune Transceiver for 1296," 
    Proceedings of Microwave Update '93, Atlanta, GA, Sep, 1993, ARRL 
    Publication number 174, pp 17-38. pmu1993.pdf
13. R. Campbell, "Simply Getting on the Air from DC to Daylight," 
    Proceedings of Microwave Update ’94, Estes Park, CO, Sep, 1994, ARRL 
    Publication number 188, pp 57-68. pmu1994a.pdf
14. R. Campbell, "Subharmonic IF Receivers," reprinted from the North 
    Texas Microwave Society Feedpoint in Proceedings of Microwave Update 
    '94, Estes Park, CO, Sep, 1994, ARRL Publication number 188, 
    pp 225-232. pmu1994b.pdf
15. R. Campbell, "A VHF SSB-CW Transceiver with VXO," Proceedings of the 
    29th Conference of the Central States VHF Society, Colorado Springs, 
    CO, Jul, 1995, ARRL Publication number 200, pp 94-106. pmu1995b.pdf
16. R. Campbell, "The Next Generation of No-Tune Transverters," 
    Proceedings of Microwave Update '95, Arlington, TX, Oct, 1995, ARRL 
    Publication number 208, pp 1-22. pmu1995a.pdf
17. R. Campbell, "A Small High-Performance CW Transceiver," QST, Nov, 
    1995, pp 41-46. qst199511.pdf
18. R. Campbell, "Direct Conversion Receiver Noise Figure," QST, Technical 
    Correspondence, Feb 1996, pp 82-85. qst199602.pdf
19. R. Campbell, "Microwave Downconverter and Upconverter Update," 
    Proceedings of Microwave Update '98, Estes Park, CO, Oct, 1998, ARRL 
    Publication number 241, pp 34-49. pmu1998.pdf
20. R. Campbell, "A Binaural IQ Receiver," QST, Mar, 1999, pp. 44-48. 
    qst199903.pdf
21. R. Campbell, "LO Phase Noise Management in Amateur Receiver Systems," 
    Proceedings of Microwave Update '99, Plano, TX, Oct, 1999, ARRL, 
    Publication number 253, pp 1-12. pmu1999a.pdf
22. R. Campbell, "Medium Power Diode Frequency Doublers," Proceedings of 
    Microwave Update '99, Plano, TX, Oct, 1999, ARRL, Publication number 
    253, pp 397-406. pmu1999b.pdf
23. B. Carver, "High Performance Crystal Filter Design," Communications 
    Quarterly, Winter, 1993, pp 11-18. cq199301a.pdf
24. B. Carver, "The LC Tester," Communications Quarterly, Winter, 1993, 
    pp 19-27. cq199301b.pdf
25. B. Carver, "A High Performance AGC/IF Subsystem," QST, May, 1996, 
    pp 39-44. qst199605.pdf
26. R. Fisher, "Twisted-Wire Quadrature Hybrid Directional Couplers," 
    QST, Jan, 1978, pp 21-23. qst197801.pdf
27. J. Grebenkemper, "The Tandem Match – An Accurate Directional 
    Wattmeter," QST, Jan, 1987, pp 18-26. qst198701.pdf
28. R. Hayward, "The Ugly Weekender II, Adding a Junk Box Receiver," QST, 
    Jun, 1992, pp 27-30.  qst199206.pdf
29. W. Hayward and R. Bingham, "Direct Conversion; A Neglected Technique."
    QST, Nov, 1968, pp 15-17. qst196811.pdf
30. W. Hayward and J. Lawson, "A Progressive Communications Receiver," 
    QST, Nov, 1981, pp 11-21. qst198111.pdf
31. W. Hayward and R. Hayward, "The Ugly Weekender," QST, Aug, 1981, 
    pp 18-21. qst198108.pdf
32. W. Hayward, "The Double Tuned Circuit: An Experimenter’s Tutorial", 
    QST, Dec, 1991, pp 29-34. qst199112.pdf
33. W. Hayward, "Reflections on the Reflection Coefficient: An Intuitive 
    Examination," QEX, Jan, 1993, pp 10-23. qex199301.pdf
34. W. Hayward, "Measuring and Compensating Oscillator Frequency Drift," 
    QST, Dec, 1993, pp 37-41. qst199312.pdf
35. W. Hayward, "Electronic T/R Switching," QEX, May, 1995, pp 3-7. 
    qex199505.pdf
36. W. Hayward, "Refinements in Crystal Ladder Filter Design," QEX, Jun, 
    1995, pp 16-21. qex199506.pdf
37. W. Hayward, "Extending the Double Tuned Circuit to Three Resonators," 
    QEX, Mar/Apr, 1998, pp 41-46. qex199803.pdf
38. W. Hayward and T. White, "A Tracking Signal Generator for Use with a 
    Spectrum Analyzer," QST, Nov, 1999, pp 50-52. qst199911b.pdf
39. W. Hayward and T. White, "A Spectrum Analyzer for the Radio Amateur," 
    QST, Aug and Sep, 1998, pp 35-43. qst199808.pdf, qst199809.pdf
40. W. Hayward and T. White, "The Micromountaineer Revisited," QST, Jul, 
    2000, pp 28-33. qst200007.pdf
41. W. Hayward and R. Larkin, "Simple RF-Power Measurement", QST, Jun, 
    2001, pp 38-43. qst200106.pdf
42. N. Heckt, "A PIC-Based Digital Frequency Display," QST, May, 1997, 
    pp 36-38. qst199705b.pdf
43. H. Johnson, "Helical Resonator Oscillators." w4zcb.pdf
44. R. Larkin, "The DSP-10: An All-Mode 2-Meter Transceiver Using a DSP 
    IF and PC-Controlled Front Panel," QST, Sep, 1999, pp 33-41; Oct, 
    1999, pp 34-40; Nov, 1999, pp 42-45. qst199909.pdf, qst199910.pdf, 
    qst199911.pdf
45. R. Larkin, "An 8-Watt, 2-Meter Brickette," QST, Jun, 2000, pp 43-47. 
    qst200006.pdf
46. R. Lewallen, "An Optimized QRP Transceiver," QST, Aug, 1980, pp 14-19. 
    qst198008.pdf
47. R. Lewallen, "A Simple and Accurate QRP Directional Wattmeter," QST, 
    Feb, 1990, pp 19-23. qst199002.pdf
48. J. Makhinson, "A Drift-Free VFO," QST, Dec, 1996, pp 32-36. 
    qst199612.pdf
49. J. Makhinson, "DEMPHANO, A device for measuring phase noise," 
    Communications Quarterly, Spring, 1999, pp 9-17. cq199904.pdf
50. J. Reisert, "VHF/UHF Frequency Calibration," Ham Radio, Oct, 1984, 
    pp 55-60. hr198410.pdf
51. D. Rutledge, et al, "High-Efficiency Class-E Power Amplifiers," QST, 
    May, 1997, Part I, pp 39-42, and Jun, 1997, Part II, pp 39-42.
    qst199705a.pdf, qst199706.pdf
52. W. Sabin, "Measuring SSB/CW Receiver Sensitivity," QST, Oct, 1992, 
    pp 30-34. qst199210.pdf
53. W. Sabin, "A Calibrated Noise Source for Amateur Radio," QST, May, 
    1994, pp 37-40. qst199405.pdf
54. W. Sabin, "Diplexer Filters for an HF MOSFET Power Amplifier," QEX, 
    Jul/Aug, 1999, pp 20-26. qex199907.pdf
55. W. Sabin, "A 100-W MOSFET HF Amplifier," QEX, Nov/Dec, 1999, pp 31-40 
    qex199911.pdf
56. B. Shriner and P. Pagel, "A Step Attenuator You Can Build," QST, Sep, 
    1982, pp 11-13. qst198209.pdf
57. K. Spaargaren, "Frequency Stabilization of LC Oscillators," QEX, Feb, 
    1996, pp 19-23. qex199602.pdf
58. J. Stephensen, "Reducing IMD in High-Level Mixers," QEX, May/Jun, 
    2001, pp 45-50. qex200105.pdf
59. P. Wade, "Noise Measurement and Generation," QEX, Nov, 1996, pp 3-12.
    qex199611.pdf
60. A. Ward, "Noise Figure Measurements," Proceedings of Microwave Update 
    '97, Sandusky, OH, Oct, 1997, ARRL Publication number 231, 
    pp 265-272. pmu1997.pdf


Software
========
- LADPAC-2002, Design programs for Windows.
- Analysis of mixing with a JFET (Mathcad file mixer_jfet1.mcd, 
  Adobe Acrobat file mixer_jfet1.pdf). See Chapter 5, section 1. Using 
  mixer_jfet1.mcd requires Mathsoft Mathcad version x.x or higher. 
  mixer_jfet1.pdf is compiled from screenshots showing the equations 
  used in the Mathcad file, useful the those who don’t have Mathcad.


DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
===============================

Programs for Chapters 10 and 11
-------------------------------
The programs for Chapters 10 and 11 are in the directories CHAP10 and 
CHAP11. For each c1xxx.dsp file there is also a c1xxx.exe file created 
by the ld21 linker as described in read.txt. The contents of the two 
directories are:
 Chapter 10
  c1shell.dsp Basic DSP structure for EZKIT- Lite
  c1shell.exe
  c1sin.dsp Generates single sine wave at 1000 Hz
  c1sin.exe
  c1sin2.dsp Generates 2 sine waves at 700 and 1900 Hz
  c1sin2.exe
  c1spn.dsp Generates 1000 Hz sine wave plus Gaussian noise
  c1spn.exe
  c1fir.dsp FIR filter coefficients
  c1fir.exe
  fir200bp.dat Part of c1fir.dsp - Band pass FIR filter coefficients
  firdsn3.bas A QBASIC program for calculating FIR filters using the 
    Kaiser window method.
 Chapter 11
  c1knob.dsp Interaction with a rotary knob, switches, LCD display
  c1knob.exe
  c1tbox.dsp Uses the c1knob to generate 2 sine waves plus noise
  c1tbox.exe
  c18.dsp An 18 MHz I-Q transceiver for CW and USB
  c18.exe
  lp2_8.dat Part of C18.dsp - Low pass FIR filter coefficients
  lp_5_48.dat Part of C18.dsp - Low pass FIR filter coefficients
  bpcw1.dat Part of C18.dsp - CW audio FIR filter coefficients
  hil_3_48.dat Part of C18.dsp - Hilbert transform for 90 degree phase 
    shift. These are coefficients for a specialized FIR filter.

All of the c1xxx.exe programs can be put into EPROM for loading when the 
EZKIT-Lite starts operation. See the Analog Devices PROM Splitter for 
details.


Documentation for the DSP-10 
----------------------------
2-Meter Transceiver
Included in five directories is a complete set of documentation for the 
DSP-10 2-meter transceiver. All .TXT files are simple ASCII text with 
embedded end-of-lines. All .HTM files can be read on a Web browser.

This documentation is up-to-date as of March 2002. Further data may be 
available on the internet. The URL currently is 
http://www.proaxis.com/~boblark/dsp10.htm. If the Web page location is 
changed it will still include the word ABCDSP10ABCD that may be helpful 
for locating it with a search engine! See the .txt files listed below for 
more information.

Here is a quick summary of the contents to help in finding files.

ARTICLES
Contains the three QST articles from Sept-Nov 1999 in .PDF format.
1. R. Larkin, "The DSP-10: An All-Mode 2-Meter Transceiver Using a DSP 
   IF and PC-Controlled Front Panel," QST, Sep, 1999, pp 33-41; Oct, 
   1999, pp 34-40; Nov, 1999, pp 42-45.

HARDWARE
dsp10hdw.txt - General notes, corrections and improvements.
dsp10n45.txt - Assembly notes for the project
dsp10pd2.txt - Assembly part-by-part list, with locations on the PCB
dsp10ph5.htm - Part list for purchasing parts
u15_mod.htm - Improvement information referenced by dsp10hdw.txt
u15mod1.gif - A sketch required for u15_mod.htm.
f10.gif - A corrected figure 10 for the QST articles.
f11.gif - A corrected figure 11 for the QST articles.

EXECUTABLE
Uhfa.exe - DOS Executable front panel program
Uhf3.exe - Machine language program (NOT A DOS .EXE file)
Egavga.bgi - Borland graphics drivers for PC
Gnugpl.txt - User license (Please Read)
Uhfa_43a.rnd - Random number list for several of the weak signal modes.
Readme16.txt - Software user information for basic modes
Readme20.txt - Additional user information, including weak-signal modes.
Wat_exe.txt - A reminder that UHF3.EXE is NOT a DOS .exe file.

SOURCE CODE AND MISCELLANEOUS
CSRC - Source code for the PC program, in Borland C: 28 files.
DSPSRC - Source code forthe EZKit program: 33 files.
Included in the last two directories are two batch files, U.BAT, that 
assembles and links the program from the various modules. The file, 
U3.BAT, serves the same function for the DSP program.

The file Pc_dsp2.txt in the directory CSRC has the details of the 
communication between the PC and the DSP.