"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
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Richard Clarks advice is good. Arnold B. Bailey in "TV and Other
Receiving Antennas" does a more extensive job of explaining how antennas
work than most other authors. Wish everybody interested in antennas
could read Bailey.His catalog of antenna types is convenient too.

It's out of print, but I've requested a copy through interlibrary loan. I'm
curious to see what he has to say on the standard V-shaped rabbit ears that
have been in use for decades... although one can readily simulate them and see
exactly how they perform, I've yet to find anyone who had a good idea as to
why rabbit ears haven't traditionally been oriented purely horizontally!