Practical Antenna Handbook 5/e

Practical Antenna Handbook 5/e

<h4>THE DEFINITIVE ANTENNA REFERENCE--FULLY REVISED AND EXPANDED!</h4> <p>Design and build your own antennas with the help of this unique guide. Updated and revised to provide clear answers to questions frequently asked by hobbyists and electronics technicians, <i>Practical Antenna Handbook</i>, Fifth Edition blends theoretical concepts with hands-on experience--requiring only high school mathematics</p> <p>Reorganized to flow logically from broad physical principles to specific antenna design and construction techniques, the book begins by covering the fundamentals. Then the half-wave dipole is discussed both as an excellent antenna in its own right and as a conceptual tool for predicting the performance of other designs. Transmission line impedance matching techniques--and a companion Smith chart tutorial--lead into "must have" accessories for tuning, monitoring, and troubleshooting antenna system performance. Other tools, such as antenna modeling software and network analyzer add-ons for PCs and Macs, are addressed, and concluding chapters offer fresh insights into support structures and installation techniques.</p> <p><b>NEW TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:</b></p> <ul> <li>Characteristics of all-driven and parasitic arrays</li> <li>Beverages and small MF/HF receiving loops</li> <li>Top-loaded shunt-fed towers and other verticals</li> <li>Theory and design of Yagi beams</li> <li>Effect of real ground on propagation and antenna patterns, impedance, and efficiency</li> <li>Lightning protection and four kinds of ground systems</li> <li>Zoning and restrictive covenants</li> </ul> <p></p> <p><b>COVERS A WIDE VARIETY OF ANTENNAS:</b></p> <ul> <li>Dipoles and inverted-Vs</li> <li>Quads, delta, and NVIS loops</li> <li>Wire arrays (bobtail curtain, half-square, rhombic)</li> <li>Verticals and shunt-fed towers</li> <li>Rotatable Yagi beams</li> <li>MF/HF receiving antennas (flag, pennant, K9AY, Beverage)</li> <li>Mobile and portable antennas</li> <li>VHF/UHF/microwave antennas</li> <li>And many more</li> </ul> <p></p> <p><b>GO TO WWW.MHPROFESSIONAL.COM/CARR5 FOR:</b><br /><br />* Tables of worldwide geographic coordinates and antenna dimensions vs. frequency * Supplier updates * Author's blog * Additional photographs and schematics * Links to tutorials and specialized calculators</p>