Author Insights

Telecommunication Electronics with Dante Del Corso, Roberto Quaglia, Vittorio Camarchia and Paolo Bardella

Authors Dante Del Corso, Roberto Quaglia, Vittorio Camarchia and Paolo Bardella describe the benefits of their book, Telecommunication Electronics, and the problems their book helps solve: The book describes various units and circuits of a telecommunication systems, from functional levels to the circuit details and examples. Emphasis is on functions which characterize such systems, such …

Applications of Geographic Information Systems for Wireless Network Planning with Francisco Saez de Adana

Artech House author, Francisco Saez De Adana, an author of Applications of Geographic Information Systems for Wireless Network Planning, explains how the computer tool referenced in his book enriches both the text and experience beyond reading: The idea of developing a computer tool like the one described in our book came up some years ago. We …

RTT Technology Topic: Polar Bears Dividends – The Gravity-Defying Economics of Polar Constellations

In this month’s technology topic/posting we look at how satellites in polar and near polar low earth orbits add value and review present cost and performance trends. The story starts 60 years ago with the launch of the first Transit satellite navigation system satellite into a 600 nautical mile polar orbit. Working at 150 MHz …

STEM in a Pandemic with Geoff Varrall

As technical authors, our job is to write and sometimes talk about technology and the ways in which other related disciplines, science, engineering and maths, make technology more efficient and effective. Our education system, professional institutions and the publishing industry place the four STEM disciplines, Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, into separate silos but in …

The Monarch Who Measured and the Science of Millimetre Metrology with Geoff Varrall

The Monarch Who Measured and the Science of Millimetre Metrology. George 3, described in school textbooks as ‘the mad king who lost America’ was in practice a capable King with a particular passion for science. On June 3rd 1769 he observed and timed the transit of Venus from the Kew Observatory near Richmond, a measurement …

Telecommunication Electronics – Phase Locked Loop in Lock Down with Geoff Varrall

We at Artech House encourage a spirit of collaboration, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have author Geoff Varrall review Telecommunication Electronics, by Dante Del Corso, Roberto Quaglia, Vittorio Camarchia, Paolo Bardella. Read on for his insights: Those of us still self-isolating have a once in a lifetime (hopefully longer) opportunity to catch up …