Antenna Toolkit 2nd Edition

Ifyou are interested in amateur radio, short-wave listening, scanner monitoring, or any other radio hobby, then you will probably need to know a
few things about radio antennas. This book is intended for the radio enthusiast – whether ham operator, listening hobbyist, or radio science observer – who wants to build and use antennas for their particular
requirements and location. All ofthe antennas in this book can be made
from wire, even though it is possible to use other materials if you desire.
These antennas have several advantages. One ofthe most attractive is
that they can provide decent performance on the cheap. As one who has
lived through the experience ofbe ing broke, I learned early to use bits of
scrap wire to get on the air. My first novice antenna back in the late 1950s
was a real patched-together job – but it worked really well (or so I thought
at the time!).
Another advantage ofwire antennas is that they are usually quite easy to
install. A couple of elevated supports (tree, roof, mast), a few meters of wire, a few bits ofradio hardware, and you are in the business ofputting up an antenna. As long as you select a safe location, then you should have little
difficulty erecting that antenna.

1. Radio signals on the move
2. Antenna basics
3. Wire, connection, grounds, and all that
4. Marconi and other unbalanced antennas
5. Doublets, dipoles, and other Hertzian antennas
6. Limited space antennas
7. Large loop antennas
8. Wire array antennas
9. Small loop antennas
10. Yagi beam antennas
11. Impedance matching
12. Simple antenna instrumentation and measurements
13. Getting a ‘good ground’

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