Communications Receivers: DPS, Software Radios, and Design, 3rd Edition

Year 2000
Pages 656
Binding Hardcover

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Communications Receivers: DPS, Software Radios, and Design, 3rd Edition by Ulrich L. Rohde & Jerry C. Whitaker is a history book that adds background to its subject. The copy shown here is 2000 • McGraw-Hill • 656 pages.

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  • You need a history book that does not feel like a textbook.
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  • If you dislike unreliable narrators, political maneuvering and power dynamics are central, not just background color.

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Historical Long read Published before 2020 Historical subject

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This book adds background and explanation to a historical subject.

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