Advanced High-Frequency Radio Communications (Hardcover)

From the Publisher: This up-to-date, comprehensive reference and planner's guide presents an in-depth description of automated HF communications. It considers the many phenomena that affect HF radio, and offers penetrating insight into new and future HF techniques including new information on automatic link establishment (ALE) technology, advanced variable-transmission rate modems, wideband (1 MHz) HF communications services, and automated HF networks as an extension of the Internet. Supported by helpful chapter-end examples, 100 illustrations, and 135 equations.A textbook developed for the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association course, providing general information on high-frequency radio and the US military and federal standards for automated systems. For both veterans and notices in the field discusses system engineering, sky-wave channels, antennas, digital modems, automatic link establishment signal structure and protocols, linking protection, the data link protocol, and radio networking. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.