The fifth edition features new and updated material.

Highlights include...

• ...a thoroughly revised discussion of receiving antennas. You?ll discover how to greatly enhance their operational bandwidth. In addition, low-signal transformers for Beverages and other receive-only antennas are analyzed in great detail, along with effective common-mode filters.
• ...a new examination of phased arrays, with new concepts such as the hybrid-fed 4-square array and opposite-voltage feed system. This is a must-read for every serious antenna builder!
• ...dozens of new propagation maps based on DX Atlas, as well as an in-depth analysis of the influence of sunspot cycles on 160-meter ducting.
• ...a new discussion of cutting edge technology including Software Defined Radio and the revolutionary LP-500 Digital Station Monitor.

Contents:

• Propagation
• DXing on the Low Bands
• Receiving and Transmitting Equipment
• Antenna Design Software
• Antennas: General, Terms, Definitions
• The Feed Line and the Antenna
• Receiving Antennas
• The Dipole Antenna
• Vertical Antennas
• Large Loop Antennas
• Phased Arrays
• Other Arrays
• Yagis and Quads
• Low Band DXing from a Small Garden
• From Low Band DXing to Contesting

CD-ROM included!

The CD-ROM includes the entire book in a fully searchable PDF format as well as ON4UN's software (Windows XP only), antenna modeling files, photographs and more.

Author: John Devoldere, ON4UN
672 pages, Fifth Edition, December 2010, in English