Servicing Electronic Systems Series: Volume 2 Part 2: Television and Radio Technology: Television and Radio Reception Technology Vol 2

Following on from the core studies in Volume 2 Part 1, this volume covers the television and radio technology option as required by the new syllabus of C&G 2240 Part 2 and BTEC Level 2/3; certain topics are expanded to provide a bridge to the Part 3 syllabus. This approach is practical throughout with emphasis on experiment and fault finding. The suggested practical work provides a suitable scheme for in-course assessment to a standard demanded by the both C&G and EEB. It also provides a self study course for students and those interested in extending their knowledge of television and radio principles. The seven appendices give test questions and answers, exam and syllabus structure, EEB practical tests and assessment checklist; as well as surface mount component codes and a multilingual glossary of technical terminology.

Part of the market-leading series for City & Guilds 2240 and Electronics Servicing NVQs
Formerly published by Avebury (Gower-Ashgate), new from Newnes
Both authors are well known Newnes / Butterworth-Heinemann / Focal Press authors

Ian Sinclair was born in 1932 in Tayport, Fife, and graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 1956. In that year, he joined the English Electric Valve Co. in Chelmsford, Essex, to work on the design of specialised cathode-ray tubes, and later on small transmitting valves and TV transmitting tubes. In 1966, he became an assistant lecturer at Hornchurch Technical College, and in 1967 joined the staff of Braintree College of F.E. as a lecturer. His first book, "Understanding Electronic Components" was published in 1972, and he has been writing ever since, particularly for the novice in Electronics or Computing. The interest in computing arose after seeing a Tandy TRS80 in San Francisco in 1977, and of his 204 published books, about half have been on computing topics, starting with a guide to Microsoft Basic on the TRS80 in 1979. He left teaching in 1984 to concentrate entirely on writing, and has also gained experience in computer typesetting, particularly for mathematical texts. He has recently visited Seattle to see Microsoft at work, and to remind them that he has been using Microsoft products longer than most Microsoft employees can remember. Ian Sinclair is the author of the following Made Simple books: Lotus 1-2-3- (2.4 DOS version) MS-DOS (up to version 6.22) PagePlus for Windows 3.1 Hard drives He is also the author of many other books published under our Newnes imprint.Visit Ian's website at http://website.lineone.net/~ian_sinclair

Geoff Lewis has spent many years in most branches of engineering including: motor vehicles, aeronautical, communication, telecommunication, production - as an engineer, teacher, lecturer, technical author. Geoff has a keen interest in environmental engineering including hydropower generated inventions. He has written on most of the above subjects, including 10 books, many journal articles and given public lectures. Geoff has long appreciated that knowledge is never wasted and that learning is a life long adventure. He has been told on many occasions that he has the ability to express complex concepts in a fairly easily understandable manner - at least this attribute is at the back of his mind when writing.