Mike Coslo wrote:
I'm looking for some good antenna reference books.

What would be your sugessions?

I'm a somewhat intelligent person, and looking for something good.
I'm not afraid of equations, but would prefer to start with something
absorbable to start with. Does such literature exist?

- Mike KB3EIA

Hi Mike, you've recieved some very good recomendations and I would add
to your list one that strictley speaking is not an antenna book, But
has some very good info that some of the other books do not carry in
it's format. and that is Low Band DXing by ON4UN. It has a good
section on Antennas for the Low bands.. and some of what is there can be
scaled to higher bands. (But If you can only get your hands on one book
Kraus' Antennas is worth the price. Good Luck in your quest. Also no one
that I saw mentioned Carr's book Antennas .


73 Dave KC1DI

Dear Mike:

A "must have" is the ARRL's Antenna Handbook. When you find yourself
desiring to know the rest of the story, Kraus' "Antennas" is the book. It
is as lucid as the author was in person. The third edition has some
proofreading issues that most people will not notice, but if you start at
Chapter One and follow along, you will understand. A few latter chapters
specialized on a single antenna type that you might not be interested in,
but that will be apparent. A soft cover edition (International Edition)
exists.

I still hope to live long enough to find a copy of La Port's book. If
you find more than one, please let me know. The book contains some
engineering aspects of serious antennas not otherwise available.

Enjoy! 73 Mac N8TT

--
J. Mc Laughlin; Michigan U.S.A.
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"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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I'm looking for some good antenna reference books.

What would be your sugessions?

I'm a somewhat intelligent person, and looking for something good. I'm
not afraid of equations, but would prefer to start with something
absorbable to start with. Does such literature exist?

- Mike KB3EIA -

I'll second Richard Harrison's recommendation of King, Mimno and Wing.
King wrote the "Antennas" chapter, and I especially like his careful
wording that makes the premises on which the rest is built crystal
clear.

I'd also recommend an article that appeared in the April and May 1977
issues of "Ham Radio" magazine. It's "The Antenna-Transmission Line
Analog" by Joseph Boyer. It's good for understanding impedances along
linear wire antennas (dipoles, and verticals fed against ground planes,
for example); if you digest it, you should be able to do an accurate
back-of-the-envelope calculation for a loading coil to resonate a short
antenna, placed any reasonable place along the antenna, for example.
It starts with a view about how fields are developed in the vicinity of
a linear antenna. It can be a bit difficult to find, but I've been
known to send scans or photocopies of it...

Cheers,
Tom