tranquileye free media papers

By: Steve J. Quest, BSEE, 1994.

Introduction: For most people associated with radio, either as users or producers, the need to know how radio works is, for the most part, unimportant. For the amateur radio broadcaster however, this need to know is crucial. Amateur or `MicroPower' broadcasting is currently forbidden in many countries, tho its popularity is growing. Since there is relatively little information available to the MicroPower enthusiast, I have been asked to prepare a minor treatise on the subject of radio theory. This primer will be written specifically to educate those interested in MicroPower broadcasting, with no assumption made to any prior electronic and/or radio knowledge. I hope this text will prove very helpful in developing an intuitive understanding of the principles of AM, FM, and FM Stereo radio broadcasting.