EscapeVelocity

I have these 3 books, they are all first rate.

Pracitcal Antenna Handbook, by Josef Carr, is a fantastic first book for those interested in antenna theory, terminology, design, concepts, and issues. More oriented towards ham radio communications, but great primer on antennas all around....gets technical with heavy math in places but you can skim that and still follow along if that floats your boat.

Radio Shacks 2 books are good too, and less technical, I prefer the older one Introduction to Antennas, by Louis Dezettal, but the newer one is alright too....Antennas Selection and Installation (TV, FM, CB, Cellular, Satellite and Shortwave). Good basics!


I just got this one and this is the one I wanted to talk about. Its particularly concerned with TV antennas and their installation. Fantastic book.....TV Antennas, by Samuel L. Marshall, 1955.

Anybody read it?

It covers antenna design and theory very well without getting ultra ultra deep, as well as other system components like transmission wires (RG6, twinlead) and mounting. And it sticks to TV frequencies and antenna designs suited to and commonly found for those frequencies and wide bands, both UHF and VHF.

Jay

Awesome thread EV. I've been to 4 Barnes and Nobles in the past 2 months looking for any kind of book that has to do with OTA and antennas. There's nothing in stock.

I may just order online now. Thanks for the recommendations.

EscapeVelocity

Just wanted to say that the Practical Antennas book is not an extremely heavy math book. Its written by a fellow with the purpose of teaching beginners. I dont want to scare people away from that book. Its very friendly and easy to understand....but it does get a bit mathy in places....but not like some other heavy tombs Ive perused. You can get the older printings as well, which dont cover fractal and newer fancier antenna designs, but give you quite a bit of antenna knowledge, types and theory.

EscapeVelocity

Not necessarily an Antenna Book, but an interesting looking book, I just spotted....here is a preview for free....

Television in the Antenna Age: A Concise History

EscapeVelocity

Here is a preview of Carr's Book, however you spell his first name.


Practical antenna handbook By Joseph J. Carr

EscapeVelocity

I meant to ask in the OP for others recommendations, as well.

Anybody else with an antenna book recommendation?

EscapeVelocity

I missed this today, Im really interested in that 7 element folded dipole V from around that time. Id like to purchase one.

Radio & TV News 1959



But I do have this 1957 Popular Science on the way.

Piggie

Also see the whisker bowtie antenna has been around a long time. My Grandparents had one back in the late 1950's to pick up WSUN out of St. Pete, FL. My uncle paid for to be installed to watch sports on Sunday afternoons at the big Italian Sunday dinners we used to have. My uncles would spend the afternoon watching sports. When WSUN picked up ABC it was then a must have station.

Her antenna looked just like CM4220

EscapeVelocity

Yeah, the book I have has old bowties and lots of great old antennas in it.

Here is an old Finco Ad. Check out the diameter of those elements! And the front end of that one (in front of the Vees) it looks like the Nitro 3000.

Piggie

I have never seen anything written on it but from what I know the double directors above on the UVF24, the nitro and the X-directors of the Black and XG19, I believe add to broad band the antenna. They are so close together I can't see them adding much gain, as normal vertical stacking for UHF gain is 20 inches. Then again look at the standard bowtie, they are stacked about 8 inches vertically.

I have heard the X-directors do add bandwidth, being something like folded dipoles but with the ends open. But the one above and nitro, I am not sure.