RF for Technicians Training

RF for Technicians Training:

RF for Technicians Training Course with hands-on exercises (Online, Onsite, and Classroom Live)

This intensive four-day RF for Technicians Training workshop will help you master the key concepts, principles, and techniques that underlie radio frequency (RF) communications. Covered are the Physics and Mathematics of RF, RF transmission and reception, RF propagation, link budgets, antennas, radio transmitters and receivers, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), testing and troubleshooting techniques and equipment, and more.

What’s Included?

4 days of RF for Technicians Training with an expert instructor
RF for Technicians Training Electronic Course Guide
Certificate of Completion
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If you are familiar with some aspects of RF for Technicians Training, we can omit or shorten their discussion.
We can adjust the emphasis placed on the various topics or build the RF for Technicians Training course around the mix of technologies of interest to you (including technologies other than those included in this outline).
If your background is nontechnical, we can exclude the more technical topics, include the topics that may be of special interest to you (e.g., as a manager or policy-maker), and present the RF for Technicians Training course in manner understandable to lay audiences.

Audience/Target Group:

Entry- to mid-level RF technicians who need to understand the important principles of radio frequency communications that underlie their profession.

Class Prerequisites:

While there are no formal prerequisites for this RF for Technicians Training course, some prior exposure to RF and background as an RF or IT technician will be helpful.

RF for Technicians Training – Objectives:

After completing this course, attendees will be able to:

Define the various terms associated with the radio frequency technology
Use the basic mathematical formulas associated with RF components and networks
Understand the prefixes applicable to operating frequencies and wavelengths
Characterize the various groups in the radio frequency spectrum
Determine the loss in an RF signal using the inverse law formula
Describe the impairments associated with an RF channel
Explain the procedure for computing the dimensions of a Fresnel zone
Describe the purpose and use of the decibel
Define full duplex and half duplex transmission modes
List the types of RF modulation techniques and describe how they are used in various applications, e.g., cellular, microwave, broadcasting, and satellite
Define bits per hertz, bit rate, and symbol rate
Describe the benefits and tradeoffs between digital and analog modulation
Work with link budget parameters in designing a basic microwave link
Identify the basic block diagram level components in a transmitter and receiver
Summarize the various antenna types and their applications
Describe the safety precautions associated with antenna/tower grounding
Develop skills in working with antenna gain and EIRP parameters
Describe the impact of VSWR values on antenna and feed line performance
Explain the basic features, operations and components of SCADA networks
Employ the basic techniques and test equipment associated with troubleshooting and maintaining RF networks and transmission systems

RF for Technicians Training – Course Outlines:

Introduction to Radio Frequency (RF) Communications
- Definition of RF
- Concepts, terms, and acronyms of RF propagation
- Electric (E) and magnetic (H) fields
- (E) and (H) field antenna polarization
- Operating frequency or wavelength prefixes
- Channel center frequency and channel bandwidth
- Electromagnetic spectrum
- Spectrum groups
  - The ITU bands
  - The IEEE band definitions
Radio Frequency (RF) Transmission, Reception, and Propagation
- Sky wave vs. ground wave propagation
- Line-of-Sight (LOS) and non-Line-of-Sight (non-LOS) propagation
- Free space path loss models
- The inverse power loss model
- Factors affecting the behavior of radio waves
  - Reflection
  - Refraction
  - Scattering
  - Diffraction
  - Fading
  - Ducting
  - Electromagnetic interference
  - Earth curvature
  - Fresnel Zones
- Wireless transmission systems operational modes
  - Simplex
  - Half duplex
  - Full duplex
- Basic modulation theory
  - Types of modulation
  - Amplitude modulation
  - Frequency modulation
  - Introduction to digital modulation techniques
  - On-off keying
  - Coherent phase shift
  - FSK
  - PSK
  - BPSK and QPSK
  - QAM
  - Spread spectrum modulation
  - Frequency hopping spread spectrum
  - Direct sequence spread spectrum
- Bits per second per hertz efficiency
- Bit rate vs. symbol rate
- Digital and analog modulation techniques: Advantages and disadvantages
Lab 1: Mastering the RF Mathematics
- Using the decibel
- Frequency and wavelength relationship
- Calculating frequency and wavelength values
- Using the powers of 10
- Frequency and wavelength prefixes
- Impedance measurement
- Forward and reflected power
- Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR)
Lab 2
- Computing the dimensions of a Fresnel zone
- Using the decibel
Lab 3
- Planning a microwave site installation
- Using the link budget worksheet
Radio Transmitter and Receiver Components
- Transmitter chain components
- Receiver chain components
- Frequency conversion units
- Up and down block converters
- RF amplifiers
- Synthesizers
- Source coding and error correction techniques
- Voice compression schemes
- Tradeoff between greater compression and voice quality
- Multiplexers
- Analog to digital converters
- Coding and encryption
- Antenna designs and configurations: HF, VHF, UHF and SHF
  - Antenna polar radiation pattern plots
  - The isotropic antenna standard
  - Dipole
  - Vertical
  - Yagi
  - Parabolic reflectors
  - Horns
  - Antenna feeds and impedance matching
    - Hard-line
    - Waveguide
  - Antenna gain and EIRP
  - Antenna tower grounding requirements
Lab 4
- Calculate the gain and EIRP of an antenna
- Calculate the dimensions for a half-wave dipole antenna
- Calculate the loss in an antenna transmission feed line
- Determine the VSWR using a specified transmission line
Introduction to Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
- Data acquisition
- Networked data communication
- Data presentation
- Control
- Sensors and RTUs
- Master units
- Data backhaul
- Telemetry groups
RF Testing, Troubleshooting and System Measurement Techniques
- Measuring link performance
- Carrier to interference and signal to interference ratio
- Bit error rate (BER)
- Burst errors
- Dropouts due to rain
- Minimum discernable signal
- Intermodulation distortion
- 3rd order intermodulation definition
- Measuring Intersymbol interference
- Parasitic oscillations and spurs
- Rain attenuation and link margins
Lab 5: Calculate the Rain Margin Required for a Microwave Link at a Specific Carrier Frequency
Testing, Diagnostic, and Trouble-shooting Equipment
- Oscilloscopes
- Microwave network analyzers
- Spectrum analyzers
- Signal generator
- Noise figure meter
- Power meters
- SWR meters
- Volt meters
- BER testers
Lab 6: Select the Proper Test Equipment for a Given Troubleshooting Problem
Wrap-up: Course Recap, Questions/Answers, Evaluation