[Elecraft] ARRL Antenna Book (and other antenna books)

[Ken WA8JXM]

>
> Even if you can only get an old book , it is
> still probably 90% revelent.
>

I find the older ARRL Handbook and Antenna Book more useful, much easier to
find what I'm looking for.  But then, I've pretty much read them cover to
cover.  My '64 Handbook and '62 Antenna Book are my go to references,
always within reach.  (the binding on my '61 Handbook has fallen apart from
use,  but the pieces are still on the bookshelf.

Ken WA8JXM

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 8:15 AM Rick Robinson <rickw8zt at gmail.com> wrote:

> I used an online question site for my Extra Class study years ago and this
> site showed which questions I missed. I used my Handbook and Antenna book
> to study up on the questions I missed or was unsure of. Without them I
> would still be guessing and not know a darn thing. Two best investments I
> ever made in Amateur Radio. Even if you can only get an old book , it is
> still probably 90% revelent. Newer books will cover newer digital comms.
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 2:27 AM Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org>
> wrote:
>
> > > On May 11, 2022, at 10:40 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > And I agree with W4TV about the usefulness of the Antenna Book. I
> > contribute both to it and to the Handbook. These three ARRL books have
> been
> > central to my learning, in some ways, at least as important as my EE
> > education.
> > >
> > > 73, Jim K9YC
> >
> > I changed the subject line because this has dritted away from the dipole
> > quandry.
> >
> > The ARRL Antenna Book is a rare kind of technical writing that works for
> > many different levels of expertise. I learned things from it when I was
> 14
> > and I’ve learned things from it when I was 65. To be fair, I was a 14
> year
> > old who got a slide rule for Christmas. Now I’m a 65 year old with a
> BSEE.
> > I can’t think of another technical book that works from 8th grade to
> > post-grad. Maybe the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.
> >
> > The ON4UN book is also excellent. The only similarly detailed discussion
> > of radial systems seems to be in some AM broadcast manual that costs
> > hundreds of dollars.
> >
> > The only topic not covered in those two books is grounding and bonding,
> > which is covered in the also excellent ARRL Grounding and Bonding for the
> > Radio Amateur. Yeah, the ARRL does not do creative book titles.
> >
> > I guess I should get a current Handbook. I wore out my 1970 edition.
> >
> > wunder
> > K6WRU
> > Walter Underwood
> > CM87wj
> > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
> >
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