The aim of this article is to provide technical resources in respect of amateur radio and physics generally. The resources on this page may be beyond the level of the basic or advanced amateur radio examination subject-matter. For example, these sources will not shy away from the use of calculus, complex numbers, trigonometric functions etc. This is largely a resource of material for many of our members to refresh their memory on technical matters. For those who are particularly curious, the materials can be used to learn a great deal about radio theory and physics generally. This is a STEM-type page.
A word of advice though, from one Dr. Emmett Brown: "...The space-time continuum is not to be trifled with..." 👩🔬
Introductory Physics
- Serway & Jewett Physics For Scientists And Engineers With Modern Physics 9ed
- Serway & Jewett Physics For Scientists And Engineers With Modern Physics 9ed
- Jearl Walker, Halliday & Resnick, Fundamentals of Physics (USA: Wiley, 2018)
- David Sang etc. Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics Coursebook (UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014)
- James Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Ed (Boston: Cengage Learning, 2016)
- G.N. Yakovlev (Ed.) High School Mathematics Part 1 (Moscow: MIR Publishers, 1984)
Mathematics
- M.L. Volosov, Introductory Mathematics For Engineers - Lectures In Higher Mathematics (Moscow: MIR Publishers, 1972) - Calculus, vectors, complex numbers, statistics
- Nicholas Weinstein, A Modern Handbook of Physics (Moscow: MIR Publishers, 1982) - kinematics, work and energy, relativity, thermodynamics, electrodynamics, oscillations and waves, optics, atomic, nuclear
- Collection of Materials re: MATLAB; and more...; note that there are alternatives to MATLAB that are free and opensource. See: https://alternativeto.net/software/matlab/ . Also see: https://alternativeto.net/software/mathcad/ . Computer aided learning is encouraged and one could also program directly.
- M. Krasnov et al, Mathematical Analysis for Engineers Vol.1 (Moscow: MIR Publishers, 1989)
- M. Krasnov et al, Mathematical Analysis for Engineers Vol. 2 (Moscow: MIR Publishers, 1989)
- Michael G. Edelev, Operations Research: A Methodological Approach (Moscow: MIR Publishers, 1983) - statistics; gaming theory
- V. I. Krylov et al. A Handbook of Approximate Fourier Transformation and Inversion of the Laplace Transformation (Moscow: MIR Publishers, 1977)
- Erwin Kreyszig, Advanced Engineering Mathematics 10th Ed. (USA: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2011) - excellent book; refresher of everything; more recent than my own physical copy...
- B. A. Fuchs And B. V. Shabat, Functions Of A Complex Variable And Some Of Their Applications Volume I (Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1964) - on complex numbers theory;
Atmospheric
- Kenneth Davies, Ionospheric Radio Propagation (Washington: US Government Printing Office, 1965)
RF Theory
- I.P. Kopylov, Mathematical Models of Electric Machines (Moscow: MIR Publishers, 1984) - electric machines (transformers, motors etc.)
- I.S. Gonorovsky, Radio Crcuits and Signals (Moscow: MIR Publishers, 1981)
- Michael Steer, Microwave and RF Design: Radio Systems Vol. 1 3rd Ed (USA: NC State University, 2019)
- Michael Steer, Microwave and RF Design: Transmission Lines Vol. 2 3rd Ed (USA: NC State University, 2019)
- Michael Steer, Microwave and RF Design: Networks Vol. 3 3rd Ed (USA: NC State University, 2019)
- Michael Steer, Microwave and RF Design: Modules Vol. 4 3rd Ed (USA: NC State University, 2019)
- Michael Steer, Microwave and RF Design: Amplifiers and Oscillators Vol. 5 3rd Ed (USA: NC State University, 2019)
- Colonel Wm. T. Mc Lyman, Transformer And Inductor Design Handbook CRC Press ( 2004)
- S.A. Kaplan Ed., Extraterrestrial Civilization: Problems of Interstellar Communication (Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1971) - precursor to SETI?
- S.M. Sze etc, Physics of Semiconductor Devices 3rd Ed (USA: Wiley, 2007)
- William Davidson Nivin, The Scientific Papers of James Clerk Maxwell (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1965)