Joe Carr's Receiving Antenna Handbook

This is a complete guide to high performance receiving antennas for longwave all the way to the upper end of the shortwave spectrum. This isn't some warmed-over collection of slightly modified ham radio transmitting antenna designs; instead, it is a comprehensive examination of antennas intended specifically for receiving purposes. Among the many topics Carr discusses are: the basic theory behind all receiving antennas, how signals propagate over long distances and how to design antennas to maximize reception distance, how to construct a tuned antenna for any frequency below 30 MHz, special designs for indoor and limited space applications, getting a good ground connection at radio frequencies, safety considerations in antenna design and installation, beverage / rhombic / and other directional shortwave antennas, and loop antennas for the AM broadcast band. -- Joe Carr gives you complete details for each antenna. Most can be easily constructed using only wire or aluminum tubing. And you don't need to be an electronics genius to understand Joe's clear, friendly text or build one of the designs in this book. Give your receiver what it needs to pull those weak signal out of the noise - a good antenna!