Introduction
Every active ham uses an antenna. But how many hams can say that they really understand what happens when they apply RF to their antenna? The RF signal somehow leaves their antenna and is picked up by an antenna on the other end of a QSO, but to many hams this is a mysterious process.
Articles
- Why an Antenna Radiates QST November 1992, pp. 59-63.
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“Why Do Baluns Burn Up?” by Zack Lau W1VT. January 2004 QEX, pp. 55-58.
- Match Bandwidth of Resonant Antenna Systems
QST October 1991, pp. 21-25
Did you know that deliberately mismatching an antenna to it's feed line can increase its SWR bandwidth? Here's how it works
Put simply, the performance of a DX antenna needs to be measured under DX conditions. - Why We Stack ‘Em! Covering All the Angles
A Presentation to The Yankee Clipper Contest Club, Feb. 1, 2003, Milford, CT, by Dean Straw, N6BV, Senior Assistant Technical Editor, ARRL - Why Homebrew 2-Meter Antenna Stacking Fails QEX May 2004, pp. 55-59.
Web Links
- Stacking, Phasing and Matching Yagis
This is a synopsis of a talk presented to the Sydney VHF DX Group on Tuesday March 16th 1999 by Gordon McDonald VK2ZAB - Electromagnetic Radiation Explained
One of the least understood phenomena in electrical engineering is the idea that electric and magnetic fields appear to leave a radio transmitting antenna to form what we know as radio waves. -
Electronics Technician Volume 7—Antennas and Wave
Propagation NAVEDTRA 14092 Large 3.11MB download. -
Steve Stern's web page has Pacificon presentations on Dipole Basics and Antennas: The Story from Physics to Computational Electromagnetics. Those with a curiosity about Hallen's Integral Equation can download Cylindrical antenna theory - NIST Technical Series Publications.