Practical Antenna Handbook

by Joseph J. Carr

Designed for use by the novice as well as the professional, this book/CD- ROM combo gives the reader all kinds of projects with material that explains why they work. A wide variety of antennae are high frequency dipole, vertically polarized HF, multiband and tunable wire, hidden and limited space, directional phased vertical and directional beam, VHF/UHF transmitting and receiving, shortwave reception, microwave, mobile, marine and emergency. This third edition has new material on wire antenna construction methods, antenna modeling software, antennas for radio astronomy and Radio Direction Finding, and antenna noise temperature. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Genres: Engineering, Reference

574 pages, Paperback

First published November 13, 1990

Reviews

[V.c. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unless you have a background in electrical engineering, you might find this book tough going. I think someone who has worked with antennas as part of their hobby such as amateur radio operators can find very practical ideas in it. You never finish reading this book.