| Here is the back cover with a brief outline of the book's contents. As you can see, this is not your ordinary antenna book. |
| This book answers questions and dispels myths. The material is presented in
a style that’s easy to read and Jim, W4THU, is not beyond poking fun at
jealously held concepts that don’t quite hold up under close scrutiny.
However, at the heart of this book are questions that a lot of hams ask over
and over again. “If it didn’t fall down last winter, it wasn’t big enough!” “Coax is coax. So what if it’s 15 years old.” “Verticals radiate poorly in all directions.” “Vertical antennas are expensive.” “You can’t be a DX’er with a dipole.” “Wire antennas are for the low bands only.” “An 80 meter antenna works much better at 55 feet than at 40 feet.” “Wire antennas don’t need baluns.” “A low SWR means that your antenna is working well.” “If an antenna doesn’t fit, bend it up until it does.” Do resonant antennas really outperform nonresonant antennas? The SuperLoop verses the CAROLINA WINDOM. Which is better? What antenna outperforms a Double Bazooka? How does the CAROLINA WINDOM compare to an open-wire fed dipole? End-fed antennas - RF looking for trouble. Is that true? What is the minimum Inverted-V angle? Is the multiband Inverted-V antenna a No-No? A dipole with gain. Is this possible? What is the effect of letting your antenna droop in the middle? Does the CAROLINA WINDOM really work? How? How does antenna height affect antenna performance? What is the difference between a Voltage-balun and a Current-balun? Do 9:1 baluns and 450-ohm ladder-line really mix? Do loop antennas really need baluns? What makes a balun heat up? ..... and that’s just the beginning. There is much, much more. |
| Note: The actual pages from the book are similar in appearance. I had to reformat the pages slightly to accommodate a web format without scanning in the actual page. Had I scanned in the original pages, a lot of detail would have been lost. What appears above is very close to the original. |