Basic Radio Repair - Vol. 1 & 2 - Vintage Servicing For Sale

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Up for sale in CD-ROM format are thoseclassic hard-to-find booksentitled "Basic Radio Repair - Volumes 1 &2" by Marvin Tepper, a John F. Rider Publication (1963).

PREFACE

Knowledge of radio receiver and transmitter circuits is one part of the job. An equally important part is to be able to apply this knowledge to the maintenance and repair of defective receivers or transmitters. These books are presented in a manner calculated to best instill a common-sense approach to servicing. Too often the author has observed good knowledge of circuits being wasted by a complete lack of an approach, or a poor approach to circuit troubleshooting and repair.

The context of these books reflects an application of practical servicing procedures. The approach is to illustrate by a combination of words and pertinent artwork, as close an approximation as possible of repair techniques as they would actually be done on a workbench.

Starting as a single volume, it soon became apparent that there was more to say than could be covered in a single book. Rather than weaken its value the contents were expanded and placed in two volumes, allowing coverage of all phases of radio receiver and transmitter servicing.

The contents are carefully laid out. Beginning with an exhaustive discussion of the test equipment used in servicing, it goes into a complete discourse on significant aspects of different components. The next section thoroughly covers a most important subject, servicing procedures. No one servicing technique is favored-all are covered equally. The approach to superheterodyne receiver servicing was carefully set up to closely approximate the approach taken when actually serving a receiver. Servicing of each circuit is taken in the order most likely to be followed during actual receiver repairs. This also holds true for the chapters on portable, automobile, and FM receivers.

It was felt that to try and combine discussions of equivalent tube and transistor circuits side by side would be confusing. Accordingly a completely separate discussion is used on transistor receivers, allowing full concentration on servicing procedures peculiar to these receivers.

The final section, transmitter servicing, covers a neglected area. Previously very little has been written on this subject. The approach and coverage has been unstinting, covering all types of circuits, including FM and single sideband.

CONTENTS - VOLUME ONE (114 pages)

TEST INSTRUMENTS
Volt-Ohm-Milliammeter • D-C Voltmeter Circuit • A-C Voltmeter Circuit • Ohmmeter Circuit • Current Meter Circuit • Multimeter Circuit • Summary and Review Questions

TEST INSTRUMENTS (cont'd)
Vacuum Tube Voltmeters-Basic VTVM • Bridge Type VTVM • Differential Amplifier VTVM • VTVM as a D-C Voltmeter' VTVM as an A-C Voltmeter' VTVM as an Ohmmeter' VTVM Circuit • Summary and Review Questions

TEST INSTRUMENTS (cont'd)
R-F Signal Generator' Tube Testers' Tube Tester Circuit • Summary and Review Questions

TEST INSTRUMENTS (cont'd)
Cathode Ray Oscilloscope-Cathode Ray Tube' CRO-Control Voltages • CRO-Signal Display • CRO-Sawtooth Oscillator • CRO-Sweep Display • CRO-Diagram • CRO-Controls • Signal Tracer •
Grid Dip Meter • Summary and Review Questions

COMPONENTS
Resistors' Controls' Tubes and Transistors' Capacitors' Electrolytic Capacitors' Power Transformers' Output Transformers • I-F Transformers' Coils' Loop Antennas' Loudspeakers • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING PROCEDURES
Servicing Technique' Servicing Methods' Voltage Readings' Resistance Readings' Signal Injection' Signal Tracing' Isolation of Trouble • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING SUPERHETERODYNE RECEIVERS
A-C Power Supply' AC-DC Power Supply' Audio Power Output Stage • Push-Pull Power Output Stage' Audio Amplifier' Phase Inverter • Detector and AVC Stage' I-F Amplifier Stage' Converter Stage'R-F Amplifier Stage' Alignment of Superheterodynes • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING PORTABLE RECEIVERS
Servicing Portable Receivers' Battery Operated Portables' Battery, AC-DC (Three-Way) Portables • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING AUTOMOBILE RECEIVERS
Servicing Automobile Receivers' R-F Amplifier Stage' Power Supply • Signal Seeker' Ignition Interference • Summary and Review Questions

GLOSSARY
INDEX

CONTENTS - VOLUME TWO (114 pages)

SERVICING FM RECEIVERS
Servicing FM Receivers' FM Discriminator' Ratio Detector' Gated Beam Detector' FM Receiver Alignment • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING TRANSISTOR RECEIVERS
Handling Transistors' Transistor Testing' Transistor Operating Voltages • Powers Sources • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING TRANSISTOR RECEIVERS
Servicing Techniques • Servicing Printed Circuits • Printed Circuit • Component Testing· Single-Ended, Audio Power Output Stage' PushPull, Audio Power Output Stage' Audio Driver or Audio Amplifier Stage • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING TRANSISTOR RECEIVERS (cont'd)
Power Detector and AVC Stage' Diode Detector and AVC Stage • I-F Amplifier Stage • Reflexed IF-AF Amplifier Stage • Converter Stage • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING TRANSISTOR RECEIVERS (cont'd)
Local Oscillator-Mixer Stage' R-F Amplifier Stage • Hybrid Auto Receiver' Hybrid Auto Receiver Schematic • All Transistor Auto Receiver • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING TRANSMITTERS
General Symptoms' Meter Readings' Neutralization' Parasitic Oscillations • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING TRANSMITTERS (cont'd)
Checking Transmitter Output • Frequency Stability • Frequency Measurement • Variable Frequency Oscillator' Crystal Oscillator • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING TRANSMITTERS (cont'd)
Buffer Amplifier' Frequency Multiplier' R-F Power Amplifier' Transmission • Line and Antenna' Speech Amplifier • Summary and Review Questions

SERVICING TRANSMITTERS (cont'd)
Driver' Modulator· Reactance Tube Frequency Modulator' SingleSideband Circuit Checks • Summary and Review Questions

GLOSSARY
INDEX

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