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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The “Electronics of Radio” by <st1:PersonName
w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">David</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Rutledge</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName>
(<a href="http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=ERAD">http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=ERAD</a>)
does a nice job of walking a student through the theory and building of a
traditional NorCal 40A. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Last year I attempted a revision of the book, called
“The Elements of SDR” which walked my students through the theory
and building of a SoftRock40. Details can be found at <a
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elements_of_SDR/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elements_of_SDR/</a>.
The latest SoftRock at the time was v5.0, so all my efforts were tuned toward
it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>If you are more interested in the software side, check out
“Telecommunications Breakdown: Concepts of Communication Transmitted via
Software-Defined Radio” by <st2:Sn w:st="on">Johnson</st2:Sn> and
Sethares (<a
href="http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0131430475,00.html">http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0131430475,00.html</a>).
They build an entire SDR via MATLAB (sorry, no real-time). I’ve use
the text for three years now and like it. (In the name of full
disclosure, I am in discussions with the authors about helping them with a new
revision of the book.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I agree with <st2:GivenName w:st="on">Chris</st2:GivenName>
that you need to keep it simple for the students. I’d suggest one
class for building the hardware, another for building the software and a third
class for making it all run in real-time.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>--Mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>--<st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">Mark</st2:GivenName>
<st2:middlename w:st="on">A.</st2:middlename> Yoder</st1:PersonName>
ka9elg</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> <st1:phone phonenumber="$6877$$$" o:ls="trans" w:st="on">812-877-8291</st1:phone></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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