Standard Handbook of Broadcast Engineering

New digital transmission systems are rapidly changing the broadcast industry and creating a demand for engineers who possess the proper technical skills. This comprehensive handbook explains DTV (digital TV) and DAR (digital audio radio) within the context of pre-existing radio and TV technologies, provides key equations and reference data used in the design, specification, and installation of broadcast transmission systems.

BROADCAST ENGINEERING ESSENTIALS

Standard Handbook of Broadcast Engineering provides clear, comprehensive, and well-illustrated coverage of both DTV and DAB technologies. Presenting the material within the context of established radio and TV basics, this manual explains the underlying technologies of digital and analog transmission systems and bridges the gap between classic broadcast engineering principles and data with the latest digital technologies — including DTV, NTSC, and digital audio broadcasting.

Essential to readers wishing to quickly and firmly grasp the industry’s fast-paced digital transition, Standard Handbook of Broadcast Engineering includes key equations and extensive reference data required for the design, specification, installation, testing, and maintenance of broadcast transmission systems.

FEATURING:

• 57 chapters of today’s need-to-know broadcast and engineering and technical information, data, and reference material
• Digital TV and data broadcast standards and implementation guidelines
• Maintenance of RF systems
• All types of antennas and receivers
• Television and radio transmission systems
• Testing procedures and equipment for new (and older) technologies
• And much more!

A WEALTH OF BROADCAST ENGINEERING EXPERTISE

Frequency Bands, Propagation, and Modulation
• The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Propagation
• Frequency Sources and References
• Modulation Systems and Characteristics
• Radio Transmission Systems
• Radio Broadcast Systems
• Radio STL Systems
• Digital Radio Systems
• Television Transmission Systems
• Television Transmission Standards
• DTV Transmission Issues
• DTV Satellite Transmission
• Television Transmitters
• Ghost Canceling Reference Signal
• Interconnection Devices and Systems
• Transmission Lines
• RF Combiner and Diplexer Systems
• Transmitting Antennas and Systems
• Radio Transmitting Antennas
• Television Antenna Principles
• Television Transmitting Antennas
• Tower Construction and Maintenance
• Tower Grounding
• Radio Receivers
• Receiver Characteristics
• The Radio Channel
• AM and FM Receivers
• Television Receivers & Cable/Satellite Distribution Systems
• Television Reception Principles
• ATSC DTV Receiver Systems
• Consumer Video and Networking Issues
• Cable Television Systems
• Satellite Delivery Systems
• Content Distribution
• Stereo Television
• Receiver Antenna Systems
• Adaptive Receiver Processing
• RF System Maintenance
• RF System Reliability Considerations
• Preventing RF System Failures
• Troubleshooting RF Equipment
• Testing Coaxial Transmission Lines
• The Smith Chart
• Standby Power Systems
• Test Equipment
• Troubleshooting Digital Systems
• Digital Test Instruments
• Oscilloscopes
• Spectrum Analysis
• Reliability Engineering
• Audio Test & Measurement
• Audio Measurement & Analysis
• Audio Phase and Frequency Measurement
• Nonlinear Audio Distortion
• Time Domain Audio Measurements
• Video Signal Measurement and Analysis
• Video Information Concepts
• Measurement of Color Displays
• Camera Performance Verification
• Conventional Video Measurements
• Applications of the Zone Plate Signal
• Picture Quality Measurement
• Digital Bit Stream Analysis
• DTV Transmission Performance Issues
• Performance Issues

Jerry C. Whitaker is a well-known author is the field of video, TV, HDTV, and radio, and President of Technical Press, Inc. Author and editor of numerous books on technical topics, he wrote the leading technical manual in television, The Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering. He is also the author of Video and Television Engineers' Field Manual; DTV: The Revolution in Digital Television; The Communications Facility Design Handbook, as well as other standard references. In 2000, he was appointed Technical Director of ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee), the international, non-profit organization charged with developing voluntary standards for digital television. A Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), he currently teaches a course at UCLA on power control and distribution. He lives in Morgan Hill, California.

Jerry C. Whitaker is a well-known author is the field of video, TV, HDTV, and radio, and President of Technical Press, Inc. Author and editor of numerous books on technical topics, he wrote the leading technical manual in television, The Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering. He is also the author of Video and Television Engineers' Field Manual; DTV: The Revolution in Digital Television; The Communications Facility Design Handbook, as well as other standard references. In 2000, he was appointed Technical Director of ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee), the international, non-profit organization charged with developing voluntary standards for digital television. A Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) and of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), he currently teaches a course at UCLA on power control and distribution. He lives in Morgan Hill, California.