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<p><i>Preface xi</i></p> <p><i>Introduction xvii</i></p> <p><b>Chapter 1. Reminders and General Points 1</b></p> <p>1.1. Lines 1</p> <p>1.2. Adaptation and stationary waves 4</p> <p>1.3. Smith chart 6</p> <p>1.4. Power in a line 6</p> <p>1.5. Line sections 7</p> <p>1.6. Lines with losses 9</p> <p><b>Chapter 2. Measurements in HF 11</b></p> <p>2.1. Material 11</p> <p>2.2. The power bench11</p> <p>2.3. Measurements on the network analyzer 14</p> <p><b>Chapter 3. Resonant Cavities 25</b></p> <p>3.1. Resonance 25</p> <p>3.2. Coaxial cavities 28</p> <p>3.3. Quarter-wave cavities 29</p> <p><b>Chapter 4. Fabrication and Tuning of Cavities 47</b></p> <p>4.1. Standard structures 47</p> <p>4.2. Materials 53</p> <p>4.3. Assembly 56</p> <p>4.4. Temperature stability 58</p> <p>4.5. Cavity tuning 70</p> <p><b>Chapter 5. The Band-pass Filter 83</b></p> <p>5.1. The band-pass function 83</p> <p>5.2. Calculation of a Tchebycheff band-pass 85</p> <p>5.3. Technologies 87</p> <p><b>Chapter 6. The Combline Filter 97</b></p> <p>6.1. Architecture 97</p> <p>6.2. Dimension calculations. Dishal’s Method 105</p> <p>6.3. Tuning of filters 114</p> <p><b>Chapter 7. Channel Multiplexing 129</b></p> <p>7.1. Definitions 129</p> <p>7.2. The duplexer 129</p> <p>7.3. The combiner 140</p> <p><b>Chapter 8. Auxiliary Devices 157</b></p> <p>8.1. Introduction 157</p> <p>8.2. Circulators 157</p> <p>8.3. The antenna alarms 165</p> <p>8.4. Loads and attenuators 170</p> <p>8.5. Reception amplifiers 177</p> <p>8.6. The impedance adaptor 186</p> <p>8.7. The 2nd harmonic rejecter 186</p> <p><b>Chapter 9. Directive Couplers 189</b></p> <p>9.1. Introduction 189</p> <p>9.2. Technologies 191</p> <p>9.3. The hybrid transformer 194</p> <p>9.4. The 180° hybrid ring 196</p> <p>9.5. The wireline 198</p> <p>9.6. The “groundless” coupler 199</p> <p>9.7. The “catnose” coupler 201</p> <p>9.8. Discrete-elements coupler 202</p> <p>9.9. Numerical data 204</p> <p>9.10. Applications 210</p> <p><b>Chapter 10. Helical Resonators 213</b></p> <p>10.1. Introduction 213</p> <p>10.2. Functioning 214</p> <p>10.3. Structures 215</p> <p>10.4. Tapping and coupling 219</p> <p>10.5. Quality coefficient 220</p> <p>10.6. Set-up rules 223</p> <p>10.7. Applications 224</p> <p><b>Chapter 11. Multicouplers 225</b></p> <p>11.1. Transmitter multicouplers (TX) 225</p> <p>11.2. Receiver multicouplers (RX) 235</p> <p>11.3. TX/RX multicouplers  236</p> <p>11.4. TMA 240</p> <p>11.5. Power and intermodulations 243</p> <p>11.6. Multiband coupling 254</p> <p><b>Chapter 12. Utilities 257</b></p> <p>12.1. BASIC programs 257</p> <p>12.2. Varia 264</p> <p><b>Chapter 13. Various Questions and Exploratory Ways 271</b></p> <p>13.1. The coupler without intrinsic loss 271</p> <p>13.2. Infinite rejection band-pass 275</p> <p>13.3. Helix TX multicoupler 276</p> <p>13.4. Conclusion  278</p> <p>Bibliography 281</p> <p>Index 283</p>

<b>Henri Bourlès</b>, CNAM, France.

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