Practical Antenna Handbook 5/e

Fully revised and updated, "Practical Antenna Handbook" covers advances to antenna technology that have occurred over the past decade, and includes new information on wireless devices and networks, radio frequency interference, and the 160-meter band.

Part I. Background & History; Chapter 1. Introduction to Radio Communications Fundamentals; Part II: Fundamentals
Chapter 2.< Radio-Wave Propagation
Chapter 3. Antenna Basics
Chapter 4. Transmission Lines and Impedance Matching
Chapter 5. Antenna Arrays and Array Gain
Part III: High-Frequency Building-Block Antennas
Chapter 6. Dipoles and Doublets
Chapter 7. Large Wire Loop Antennas
Chapter 8. Multiband and Tunable Wire Antennas
Chapter 9. Vertically Polarized Antennas
Part IV: Directional High-Frequency Antenna Arrays
Chapter 10. Wire Arrays
Chapter 11. Vertical Arrays
Chapter 12. The Yagi-Uda Beam Antenna
Chapter 13. Cubical Quads and Delta Loops
Part V: High-Frequency Antennas for Specialized Uses
Chapter 14. Receiving Antennas for High Frequency
Chapter 15. Hidden and Limited-Space Antennas
Chapter 16. Mobile and Marine Antennas
Chapter 17. Emergency and Portable Antennas
Part VI: Antennas for Other Frequencies
Chapter 18. Antennas for 160 Meters
Chapter 19. VHF and UHF Antennas
Chapter 20. Microwave Waveguides and Antennas
Chapter 21. Antenna Noise Temperature
Chapter 22. Radio Astronomy Antennas
Chapter 23. Radio Direction-Finding (RDF) Antennas
Part VII: Tuning, Troubleshooting, and Design Aids
Chapter 24. Antenna Tuners (ATUs)
Chapter 25. Antenna Modeling Software
Chapter 26. The Smith Chart
Chapter 27. Testing and Troubleshooting
Part VIII: Mechanical Construction and Installation Techniques
Chapter 28. Supports for Wires and Verticals
Chapter 29. Towers
Chapter 30. Grounding for Safety and Performance
Chapter 31. Zoning, Restrictive Covenants, and Neighbors
Appendix A. Useful Math
Appendix B. Suppliers and Other Resources
Index