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Originally Posted by Ret10Echo
...and yes, it is OLD....but Physics is old as well.
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Yep, courts haven't struck that down yet.
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Originally Posted by glebo
Congrats..
Try some Net+ and A+ material, along with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Antenna handbook.
All the equipment, they will teach you...just button pushing...
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Likewise congrats.
As glebo says operation of the current stuff seems to require less intuitive approach & they're going to feed that to you. A couple things you may want on your shelf that will stand you in good stead for a long time are the ARRL Antenna Book he already mentioned and one of the services' versions of the DoD Field Antenna Handbook.
On the former only a % of the material gets updated year-to-year, hence it's a classic. However, the current version includes on CD a limited version of the EZNEC antenna modeling program. While not having full product capability, it has ALOT of sample files you can modify to let you look at "what if" situations, changing a variable or length of a wire or height above ground etc. But the book itself is worth having on your shelf for the price of admission.
As to the latter, awhile back DoD commissioned a solid Field Antenna Handbook and all the services naturally did their own version. Can be downloaded, but you want to acquire this in your hands, in the soft-bound "field-jacket" size book it was intended to be. My view is that the USMC version has the best quality illustrations (MCRP 6-22D). Good basics, discussion of propagation, antenna types & choices, etc.
Best of luck to you.
