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This CD provides a comprehensive guide to antennas. While there are many more variations of the basic antenna types which are covered here, there is a good selection of antennas to consider for construction. Also included are "typical" radiation patterns for each antenna, a wide range of impedance matching methods and a table of specifications for different coaxial cables and wire.

The material presented includes basic antenna and propagation theory, transmission lines and impedance matching. Built-in calculators take the guess-work out of antenna construction, impedance match design and transmission line length. Pictures, either photographs or line drawings, are included for each antenna so you can see what the finished product should look like. Additional to the built-in calculators are a range of programs in the "Files" section for computing antenna dimensions, as well as some antenna modelling software so that you can simulate the antenna of your choosing.

There is a "Data" section which has tables of coaxial cable types, wire data for conversion between AWG and metric wire sizes as well as resistance values for ordinary copper wire. A quick explanation of the relationship between frequency and wavelength, and wiring diagrams for common connectors used in radio round out this section.

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