Homebrew antennas; my ignorance

rvella · 06-12-2003

I've been reading these forums for quite a while now, and have learned very little about the actual workings of antennas and such. Is there a COMPLETE (when I say complete, I mean everything that it takes to understand this) guide or book or anything I can read to understand what's going on here? I feel extremely stupid coming on here and saying this, but it seems everything said (and explained) goes way over my head.

Thanks,
Rob

TheSovereign · 06-12-2003

try the arrl handbook

mopsie · 06-13-2003

Try this link to get you started :

http://www.netscum.com/~clapp/wireless.html

Novilio · 06-14-2003

The ARRL Handbook is useful, but it contains a great deal of stuff you'll never need unless you take up amateur radio on a total lifestyle basis. A better book for learning about microwave antennas might well be:

The ARRL UHF/Microwave Experimenter's Manual

This is a very good book, and fairly cheap (for 450 pages) at $20.

I cover tin can antennas at some length in the book I wrote, Jeff Duntemann's Drive-By Wi-Fi Guide.

I have Web a tutorial on building soup-box antennas here:

http://www.duntemann.com/wifi/TetraBrikHowTo.htm

You can find a lot of stuff just googling around the Web. Budget yourself an hour or so, and just bookmark things.

Good luck with it. Don't be fraid to try things!

--73--

--Novilio

rvella · 06-15-2003

Thanks a ton guys. You're very resourceful people!

06-12-2003	#1 (permalink)
rvella Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 10	Homebrew antennas; my ignorance I've been reading these forums for quite a while now, and have learned very little about the actual workings of antennas and such. Is there a COMPLETE (when I say complete, I mean everything that it takes to understand this) guide or book or anything I can read to understand what's going on here? I feel extremely stupid coming on here and saying this, but it seems everything said (and explained) goes way over my head. Thanks, Rob

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TheSovereign Master of the universe Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: chicago Posts: 658	try the arrl handbook __________________ SO SAYS TheSovereign

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06-13-2003	#3 (permalink)
mopsie Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 91	Try this link to get you started : http://www.netscum.com/~clapp/wireless.html

06-14-2003	#4 (permalink)
Novilio ScrivenStumbler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 254	The ARRL Handbook is useful, but it contains a great deal of stuff you'll never need unless you take up amateur radio on a total lifestyle basis. A better book for learning about microwave antennas might well be: The ARRL UHF/Microwave Experimenter's Manual This is a very good book, and fairly cheap (for 450 pages) at $20. I cover tin can antennas at some length in the book I wrote, Jeff Duntemann's Drive-By Wi-Fi Guide. I have Web a tutorial on building soup-box antennas here: http://www.duntemann.com/wifi/TetraBrikHowTo.htm You can find a lot of stuff just googling around the Web. Budget yourself an hour or so, and just bookmark things. Good luck with it. Don't be fraid to try things! --73-- --Novilio

06-15-2003	#5 (permalink)
rvella Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 10	Thanks a ton guys. You're very resourceful people!