RF Communications & Antenna Design Guide

The RF Communications & Antenna Design Guide (BSD-RF-001) is a complete reference workbook for RF engineers, communications technicians, and antenna designers. Covers everything from basic RF theory through antenna types, link budgets, and installation checklists.

What Is Included

• Antenna Design Reference — 40 topics covering RF fundamentals, dipole and wire antennas, aperture antennas, phased arrays, and RF system design including Shannon capacity, noise figure, and EMC compliance
• RF Link Budget Calculator — Live Excel calculator covering transmitter EIRP, free space path loss, atmospheric and rain fade losses, receiver gain, noise floor, and automatic link margin calculation
• Antenna Design & Installation Checklist — 35 items from design requirements through simulation, fabrication, testing (VNA, anechoic chamber), and site installation

Topics Covered

• Electromagnetic wave fundamentals and frequency bands
• Free space path loss, link budget, and EIRP calculations
• Dipole, Yagi, LPDA, parabolic, horn, patch, phased array antennas
• VSWR, return loss, impedance matching, and radiation efficiency
• Modulation techniques — AM, FM, SSB, PSK, QAM, OFDM
• EMC, regulatory compliance — FCC, ITU, ETSI standards

Who Is This For

RF engineers, communications engineers, antenna designers, telecoms technicians, ham radio operators, and students studying RF and wireless communications systems.

Instant download. Microsoft Excel (.xlsx). Use immediately after purchase.