"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
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Alain
The ARRL Antenna Hand book is considered a standard
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?categor...+Propaga tion

L. B. Cebik, W4RNL has a weath of antenna information - see URL:
http://www.cebik.com/radio.html

Lots of Antenna projects on the web (homebrew) at URL:

http://ac6v.com/antprojects.htm
This links to many other web sites -- kinda of a roundup of antenna web
sites

Also a very popular author of Antennas is William I. Orr -- His books can
be found on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/W6Sai-Hf-Anten...e=UTF8&s=books

73 and good radiating
CL


"Joaquin Tall" wrote in message
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Hello All,

I have just gotten my tech license and am eager to get my station up and
running. I am starting on a shoestring; currently, I have no equipment
whatsoever and don't know what I should buy just yet. In absence of a
rig, I am now studying to pass my General license exam next month.

I am very interested in building my own HF/VHF/UHF antennas. I've seen
the ARRL books, but I was hoping that you good folks might have some
favorite websites, book titles or magazine issues [old or new] that you'd
be willing to pass along that could get me started.

Many thanks for taking the time to respond!

73's to you all!

Alain...San Diego


Some elementary books have some strange explanations, this is because they
are trying to explain something to someone who probably doesnt have the
proper background yet.They are well meaning and are a great help at getting
the novice on the air. One such mistake is calling a 4 ft long antenna that
has a coil to make it resonate on the 10M band a "10M loaded 1/4 wavelength
antenna" . Actually this would be an 1/8 wl antenna more or less. So watch
out

Jimmie