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Acknowledgments - 5 Antennas, a personal philosophy - 9 Cast of Characters - 10 The Decibel - 14 Antenna Patterns, how to read them - 17 Myths - 19 #1 “If it didn’t fall down last winter, it wasn’t big enough” - 20 #2 “Coax is coax” - 20 #3 “Vertical antennas radiate poorly in all directions.” - 21 #4 “Vertical antennas are expensive.” - 25 #5 “You can’t work DX with a dipole” - 26 #6 “Wire antennas are for the low bands only.” - 27 #7 “An 80 m dipole will work much better at 55 feet than at 40 feet.” - 32 #8 “Wire antennas do not need baluns.” - 33 #9 “A low SWR means that my antenna is working well.” - 34 #10 “If it doesn’t fit in the yard, just bend it up until it does.” - 39 Antennas - 45 So, how do the 'all wire’ guys succeed? Many user’s comments. - 46 Resonant antennas - 52 Effects of antenna height - 54 End-fed antennas - RF looking for trouble! - 56 A dipole with gain - the CAROLINA WINDOM - 58 Does the CAROLINA WINDOM really work? - 60 What makes the CAROLINA WINDOM work so well? - 61 Balanced feed-lines and the Johnson Match Box - 62 CAROLINA WINDOM vs. Open-wire fed dipole. - 62 The CAROLINA WINDOM and ground systems - 65 SuperLoop vs. the CAROLINA WINDOM - 66 CAROLINA WINDOM vs. G5RV and Double-bazooka. - 69 Comparing the G5RV, DX77 and the SuperLoop 40. User’s comments. - 72 What about the Fritzel and Antennas West Windoms? - 78 CAROLINA BEAM vs. MFJ-1798 10-band vertical antenna. - 81 The G5RV - very important information about Inverted-V multiband antennas. - 82 Minimum Inverted-V angle - 87 Drooping-V - 89 The SuperLoop - 91 What antenna can you suggest for attic installation? - 93 Baluns - 95 Balun types - General purpose, Precision, Current-type and Voltage-type - 96 Balun survival - 97 Balun heating - 98 Voltage and current-baluns - 101 A balun has only two jobs - 102 Loops need current-baluns - 104 Wide range of balun prices - 104 9:1 Baluns - 106 Measuring a balun’s characteristics - 108 Antennas used in this book - 111 |
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