Phil Isard

A Ham forever in love with antenna SYSTEMS, my very 1st ant was designed by Orr & Cowan, successfully crafted by me. It serves DX today, as in 1990. This book is a, virtually, painless deep drive into the things Amateurs should - must? - know to prove a love of our most fabulous hobby and passion invested in the most important entity in RF communications. The CD, calculation routines are a flawless way to SEE what goes in, then down every inch of coax. to what squirts out, the load. And you might get a bonus learning to "feel" how SWR forms, as well as how to mitigate inefficiency, maximizing every parameter calculated for YOUR, personal system. Time and energy are the requirements; question pools the foundations. I invite every Ham to discover what is actually sent into the ether. You will be happy to know TL equations are derived, if that is your way to snack, but are NOT necessary to run the EXCEL calculation programs. Many examples are provided, giving insight into what you just proved - or need to IMprove, about your life-line stemming from rig-to-antenna-element-ends. Enjoy! ELMER! 73 Phil, WF3W