The ARRL Antenna Designer’s Notebook is certain to open a window into the mind of the antenna designer as the design is imagined, perfected, and finally constructed. This book provides a thorough description of new components of antennas–such as the FZ element and the C-pole–and practical antennas made from them. Explore the details of an improved tunable HF loop, theoretical analyses of linear loading and ground losses, and practical designs for beams and omnidirectional antennas.
Contents:
Long Yagi Antennas
Improving the Gain of Single-Boom Yagis
The Boxkite Yagi
Dual-Band Boxkite Yagis for VHF and UHF
Single-Band High-Performance Boxkite Yagis
Boxkite Yagi Arrays
Boxkite Yagi Construction
Field-Zeroing Vertical Antennas
Twin-C Antennas
Compact Ground-Plane Antennas
Ground Loss Effects in Scale Model Trials of a Compact Ground-Plane
The C-pole: A Ground-Independent Vertical Antenna for the HF Bands
C-Pole Antenna Systems
The Big Loop: an Improved Tunable Loop for the Upper HF Bands