"west" wrote in message
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Does anyone know when the 2006 ARRL Handbook & 2006 ARRL Antenna Handbook
will be released? I understand that the 2005 had a major upgrade. I
didn't buy it, thinking by now, I might as well wait for the 2006 issue. Thanks
in advance.

west
AF4GC

The ARRL Antenna Book goes through a major revision every few years.
The 20th Edition is the current edition. I have every edition of the
Antenna Book and each has a unique presentation of enough of its
material to warrant the purchase, IMHO.

ARRL does some degree of revision to the Handbook every year, with the
2006 being a pretty heavy revision. What I suggest hams do is to watch
the ads and note which chapters were given major revisions. When you
see chapters whose subject topic interests you, it is probably worth
buying the Handbook that year.

Ed