‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MAY 2015 QST PAGE 33‰ WILL FIND SUFFICIENT COMMENTARY, BLOCK DIAGRAMS, AND WAVEFORM ILLUSTRATIONS TO MISS LITTLE OF THE MEAT OF THIS BOOK BY GOING AROUND THE MATH. THE BASIS AND APPLICATION OF MULTIPLE TYPES OF TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN INSTRUMENTS ARE PRESENTED, ALONG WITH PRACTICAL EXAMPLES AND EXPECTED RESULTS. IN NO SENSE IS THIS BOOK A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE OPERATING MANUALS OF PARTICULAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, BUT IF READ BEFORE ATTEMPTING THE OPERATION OF THEM, IT WILL MAKE THE APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SYSTEM TYPE MUCH MORE CLEAR. THE AUTHOR STARTS OFF WITH CLEAR DESCRIPTIONS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN MEASUREMENTS AND FOLLOWS WITH A REFRESHER ON THE USE OF DECIBELS IN DEFINING BOTH VOLTAGE AND CURRENT RATIOS, THE CLASSIC USE, AS WELL AS THE WAY DECIBELS ARE USED ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ