Antennas For All Applications [Hardcover]

John D. Kraus (Author), Ronald J. Marhefka (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072321032 | ISBN-13: 978-0072321036 | Publication Date: November 12, 2001 | Edition: 3

This is an exciting revision of John Kraus' classic book Antennas, which has been long known as the "Antenna Bible". A new co-author, Ronald Marhefka has joined the author team for this revison. Many new, modern applications have been added-thus the title change to Antennas with All Applications. As well, the references have been updated to include recent additons to the literature.

Additionally, the book has been reorganized to make it more user-friendly for both students and professionals. The book now covers the fundamentals of various antennas and concepts in the first half of the book and then gets into more details on those same topics later in the book. This allows a one-semester course to just cover the fundamentals if desired, and a professional to focus on advanced topics if he or she wants.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 960 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 3 edition (November 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072321032
• ISBN-13: 978-0072321036
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,261,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An most excellent text on Antennas, November 30, 1998

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Robert Tso (So. SanGabriel, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antennas (Hardcover)

From fundamental antenna concepts to the characteristics and design curves for all sorts of practical antennas, this book is a must have for anyone having anything to do with antennas. It is clearly written, contains excellent diagrams, interesting photographs of historical significance, and the author's personal account of his discoveries and contributions to this field.

21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Slightly Dissenting Review, February 6, 2000

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W. Watson (Nevada City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Antennas (Hardcover)

I would normally rate such a book as five stars, but I've given it four stars to draw some attention that this book is not so easily comprehended as two preceding reviewers suggest. Indeed, the book is well written and organized. However, I think the level of mathematics used is that of advanced calculus. I believe this book is intended for a senior EE or EE graduate student. However, it is not all mathematics and there is still much to be learned about antennas from the book without having had exposure to some of the mathematics used. If you are in doubt, you might consider an alternative before purchasing this book, or at least purchase it with the thought of returning it within a 30 day inspection period.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Practical book, September 30, 2000

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Jeremy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Antennas (Hardcover)

We had this as a reference book for a course in Microwave engineering and was used in a design problem. This is not your leisure book that you can just browse! You have to have advanced calculus/electromagnetism background to understand the concepts.

The book covers all the basic antennae theory and types to topics ranging to radar design.

This is a must have for any RF design engineer.

Since most of the RF jobs in US are with defense and companies like Lockheed Martin and you have to be US citizen to get such jobs, I had to opt for computer networks for graduate studies in US, otherwise I'd have ended up as a RF designer myself.