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The ARRL Antenna Book for Radio Communications has everything you need to design your own complete antenna system. Since 1939, it has maintained its place at the forefront of Amateur Radio technology a single resource covering antenna theory, design and construction, and practical treatments and projects. In this edition, The ARRL Antenna Book describes hundreds of antenna designs: wire, vertical, portable and mobile, and new high-performance VHF/UHF Yagi designs.

Radio amateurs continue to make contributions to the state of the art in antenna design and construction. The available tools have grown in sophistication by leaps and bounds over the past years. Antenna modeling with the low-cost or free programs available to amateurs has completely changed antenna design and development. A large set of antenna models designed for use with EZNEC 6.0 demo software is included.

Updated to reflect the latest advances and technologies, this 23rd edition is full of antenna designs pioneered by dozens of radio amateurs:

New Projects: Multiband HF antennas from 160 through 10 meters, A simple omnidirectional satellite antenna system, More popular Moxon antenna projects on CD-ROM, Stealthy and portable antenna designs for home and away.

New Information: How short vertical antennas affect the performance of antenna systems, New section on grounding and bonding, both key to effective station design and protection, Updated Propagation chapter now includes a discussion of MF and LF propagation, Expanded content on CD-ROM, including references and classic articles on antennas.

CD-ROM Inside: Includes all of the fully searchable text and illustrations in the printed book, plus utility programs and supplemental content from expert contributors.

System Requirements: A fully searchable PDF version of this book is included for Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, or Windows® XP, as well as Macintosh® systems, using Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® software. PDF files are Linux readable. Utility programs are Windows® compatible, only. Some utilities have additional OS limitations and may not be compatible with 64-bit processors.

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992 pages
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English
Publisher

Amer Radio Relay League
Publication date

October 7, 2015
ISBN-10

1625950446
ISBN-13

978-1625950444
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amer Radio Relay League; 23rd edition (October 7, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 992 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1625950446
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1625950444
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.4 pounds

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ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio is the largest membership association for the amateur radio hobby and service in the US. For over 100 years, we have been the primary source of information about amateur radio, offering a variety of benefits and services to our members, as well as the larger amateur radio community. We publish books on amateur radio, as well as four magazines covering a variety of radio communication interests. In addition, we provide technical advice and assistance to amateur radio enthusiasts, support several education programs, and sponsor a variety of operating events.

One of the primary benefits we offer to the ham radio community is in representing the interests of amateur radio operators before federal regulatory bodies advocating for meaningful access to the radio spectrum. ARRL also serves as the international secretariat of the International Amateur Radio Union, which performs a similar role internationally, advocating for amateur radio interests before the International Telecommunication Union and the World Radiocommunication Conference.

Today, we proudly serve nearly 160,000 members, both in the US and internationally, through our national headquarters and flagship amateur radio station, W1AW, in Newington, Connecticut. Every year we welcome thousands of new licensees to our membership, and we hope you will join us. Let us be a part of your amateur radio journey. Visit arrl.org/join for more information.

ARRL’s Mission Statement: To advance the art, science, and enjoyment of amateur radio.

ARRL’s Vision Statement: ARRL: Supports the awareness and growth of Amateur Radio worldwide; Advocates for meaningful access to radio spectrum; Strives for every member to get involved, get active, and get on the air; Encourages radio experimentation and, through its members, advances radio technology and education; and Organizes and trains volunteers to serve their communities by providing public service and emergency communications.

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Charles D.

Great Information

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2023

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A must have for any HAM. Great info, explained in detail and easily understandable.

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Deek Schaefer

Better shape than advertised

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2023

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New text book was $50. Really good deal.

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A. Craig

The definitive antenna reference for amateur radio, with free & fast Prime shipping!

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2018

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The definitive antenna reference book from ARRL, but with free and fast Prime shipping. Can't beat that unless you go to a hamfest and buy one in person! The book I received was truly new as well, and the CD was sealed and intact in it's attached packet in the back of the book. One thing to note though about this book; it says you get a special version of the EZNEC antenna modeling program with it. Not really. You get all kinds of demo software on the CD, including a demo of EZNEC. But the demo only allows you to create antenna models with a maximum of 20 wire segments, which is about enough to do a simple dipole. There are some included files for examples in the book, and they have more segments, but I do not believe you can edit these. So if you want full functionality for EZNEC, you'll still have to pony up $100 to the author. Worth it IMHO if you're doing antenna projects--it's much better to model on the computer and get your design right vs. trial and error on the roof, cutting or adding wire!

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R. Spencer

Printing mistake

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2015

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I'm not sure how this one made it out the QA door. There is hardly any margin (approx 1/4") on the spine side of the pages such that the text curves around paper as a page turns to the spine/binding of the book. It makes the end of every line on the left pages and beginning of every line on the right pages, a little difficult to read. I find myself constantly pulling at and trying to flatten the pages and moving the book around trying to read the ends of the lines. This problem is more evident in the first pages of the book and starts to disappear around quarter of the way through the book. Hopefully I just have the one bad one and/or the soft cover version doesn't have this error.
Also, I was disappointed that the very first page is a full color advertisement for a 3rd party. For the price they charge for the book, I'd expect it to be ad free. Or at the very least, to put adds together at the end of the book.
For me at least, this book is a little more advanced and assumes more base knowledge than I was expecting. For example, it's been a long time since I learned and understood Logarithms in math class.
On the plus side, so far the information is good, detailed, well presented and explained.

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Amazon Customer

Great to to manual for Amateur radio enthusiasts.

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2020

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Another home run. This book put out by ARRL for radio communications has a lot of very good in-depth information on antenna design and construction. There is also a lot of very useful information on the science of electromagnetic fields and waves and is an excellent go to manual for anyone involved with Amateur radio. Antenna design and construction is a field that Amateurs have contributed to for state of the art antenna design on a regular basis and will likely do so for years to come. This manual also has an additional cd for antennae modeling and additional related information.

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2018

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This is the one book every ham radio operator should have on his or her shelf. At least for me -- a fanatic about building my own antennas -- I find myself reaching for this book far more than any other amateur radio book. Just the other day, my ham club needed to do some maintenance on an old tower, so once again I turned to this classic for clear, definitive guidance. Once again I was not disappointed.

My old copy was several revisions old, so I just upgraded, as the old copy was getting tired and frayed. My only regret was that I could not find a hardcover copy. I wish more hard covers had been published.

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E

A good read if you're into antenna

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2021

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A good book with a lot of information a tiny bit more pricey than buying it at ARRL
But a good read

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hifidoc

The bonus CD is very helpful !

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2020

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This is not a cookbook for the radio enthusiast. Lots of theory and specifics about antenna design, radio waves,
atmosphere and propagation . As a lifelong radio hobbyist since a very young age, and a consumer electronics service and engineering professional, this was exactly what I was looking for. The articles and topics in this ARRL book will be very appropriate for the serious amateur radio operator.

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jonathan noakes

Great Resource

Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2019

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Despite the complaints here about the printing going too close to the margins I found this to be an excellent book. There is so much information crammed in here its literally spilling into the margins!

Wendy

Mostly good information

Reviewed in Australia on May 31, 2020

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I purchased this for my husband. Unfortunately for him, there were several sections where the items he wanted information on had to be looked up online. He doesn't use a computer, so found this very annoying.

AGNELO

The ARRL Antenna Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2018

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The ARRL Antenna Book for Radio Communications is the bible that any ham should have in his shack.

MB

Good quality

Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2019

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Very informative, theory through to 'How To's"