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What’s New in the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book?
By R. Dean Straw, N6BVSenior Assistant Technical
Editor, ARRL
Dayton, May 2007
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What’s New in the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book?
It’s hard to imagine that this is the fifth Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book for which I’ve been Handling Editor! Goodness, how time flies.
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• About 20% of the book changed materially.
• The complete printed book is on the CD-ROM bundled with the book, just like the 20th
Edition. Plus there are software programs and data on the CD-ROM.
Changes in the 21st Edition
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• I received tremendous help from the following contributors:
• Roy Lewallen, W7EL – Chap 8, Multielement Arrays
• Rudy Severns, N6LF -- Chap 27, Measurements
Changes in the 21st Edition
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Here are some examples of the kind of changes you’ll find in the paper book.
As usual, you’ll find lots of comparisons of antennas thanks to the latest computer modeling software.
Here are some highlights from Chapter 6, Low-Frequency Antennas.
Changes
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Chap 6, Low-Frequency Antennas
The importance of low angles for low-band DXing.
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Chap 6, Low-Frequency Antennas
NVIS
More coverage of NVIS techniques.
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Chap 6, Low-Frequency Antennas
NVIS
More coverage of NVIS techniques.
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Chap 6, Low-Frequency Antennas
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Chap 6, Low-Frequency Antennas
A 40-meter CVD – Compact Vertical Dipole.
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Chap 6, Low-Frequency Antennas
The CVD – Compact Vertical Dipole.
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Some examples from Chapter 8, Multielement Arrays with special EZNEC-ARRL and
ArrayFeed1 software by Roy Lewallen, W7EL
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Chap 8, Multielement Arrays
EZNEC-ARRL updated by Roy Lewallen, W7EL
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Chap 8, Multielement Arrays
“Simplest” feed system, 2-element phased array.
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Chap 8, Multielement Arrays
Arrayfeed1 and “simplest” feed system
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Chap 8, Multielement Arrays
L-Network feed system for 2-element phased array
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Chap 8, Multielement Arrays
Arrayfeed1 and “simplest” feed system for Four Square
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Chapter 14, Direction-Finding Antennas
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Chap 14, Direction-Finding Antennas
A Tape-Measure Beam for RDFing
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Chapter 16, Mobile and Maritime Antennas
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Chap 16, Mobile Antennas
The “Screwdriver” mobile antenna
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Chapter 23, Radio Wave Propagation
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Chap 23, Radio Wave Propagation
Details on the concept of a “Skip Zone”
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Chapter 27, Antennas & Transmission Line
Measurements
New coverage on Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs) by Rudy
Severns, N6LF
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
Windows Software:TLW – Transmission Line for Windows
YW – Yagis for Windows
HFTA – HF Terrain Assessment
MicroDEM (by Peter Guth, US Naval Academy)
Geo Alert Wizard—ARRL (by Jim Tabor, KU5S)
Range-Bearing
ArrayFeed1 (by Roy Lewallen, W7EL)
EZNEC-ARRL v. 4 (by Roy Lewallen, W7EL)
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
Now covers up to 6 GHz
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
Tuner calculations in TLW
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
Voltage/Current along the line in TLW
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
HFTA for Terrain Assessment
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
HFTA for Terrain Assessment
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
MicroDEM, showing N6BV/1 in New Hampshire
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
Geo Alert Wizard—ARRL queries the Internet for geophysical data
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
Range-Bearing – great for converting DMS to D, or DM, or latitude/longitude positions to Range/Bearings for HFTA
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
DOS Software:SCALE for scaling Yagis to other frequencies/tapers
AAT -- Analyze Antenna Tuner
LPDA (by Roger Cox, WB0DGF)
MOBILE (by Leon Braskamp, AA6GL)
GAMMA
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Software Included with the 21st Edition of The ARRL Antenna Book
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Propagation-Prediction Tables
170 QTHs around the world
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Propagation-Prediction Tables
170 QTHs around the world
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Summary Propagation-Predictions
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Detailed Propagation Predictions
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