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Dayton Hamvention 2016 Antenna Forum
Some History
First Edition - 1939
Edited by QST
Technical Editor,
George Grammer
W1DF and Asst QST
Technical Editor,
Byron Goodman
W1DX
139 pages (about the
size of a single issue
of QST)
First Edition - 1939
Edited by QST
Technical Editor,
George Grammer
W1DF and Asst QST
Technical Editor,
Byron Goodman
W1DX
139 pages (about the
size of a single issue
of QST)
There have been
some changes
1950-70s editions
(this is the 13th
edition - 1974)
Edited by Gerry Hall
K1TD
336 pages
Reflects changes
brought about by
WWII advances
Coaxial cable,
aluminum, traps,
rotators!
1950-70s editions
(this is the 13th
edition - 1974)
Edited by Gerry Hall
K1TD
336 pages
Reflects changes
brought about by
WWII advances
Coaxial cable,
aluminum, rotators!
More changes
Current size and
format
Many excellent
editors, most
recently Dean Straw
N6BV
More than 1000
pages
Comes with CD-
ROM and
supplementary
website but its still
4 poundsoof!
Some Things Will Never Change
Some Things Will Never Change
Some Things Will Never Change
Some Things Will Never Change
New in the 23 rd Edition
New Stuff!
High-performance at VHF/UHF by GKSC
Expanded treatment of HF ground effects by N6LF
MF, LF propagation update by K9LA
HFTA data set generation service by K6TU
Grounding and bonding of antenna systems
Updated tower work and safety by K4ZA
Harmonic filters using coaxial stubs (W2VJN, K9YC)
NEC-2/NEC-4 and 4nec2 comparison by W8WWV
Radial articles from NCJ by K3LC
More New Stuff!
Wide-band 80/75 meter antennas
Multi-band antennas
Moxons and Extended Double Zepps
High-performance VHF/UHF beams by GKSC
Low-band receiving antennas
More satellite antenna systems
More balun designs and examples
Software - www.arrl.org/arrl-antenna-book-reference
Lots of supplementary material on the CD-ROM
New Areas to Cover
Better treatment of grounding
UHF and microwave antennas
Continue to improve ground effect treatment
How to account for the effects of terrain
Mobile and portable antennas
Stealthy installations
Advances in receiving antennas and arrays
Size and shape-adjusting antennas
Meta- and other new materials
Antenna Book Philosophy
Philosophy to Date One-stop Shop
Basic theory and principles, including propagation
Design equations and evaluation methods
Best current practices in common uses
Antenna and tower safety, tools and hardware
Grounding, bonding, electrical safety
Reference antenna designs
Collections of cookbook designs
Properties of materials
Antenna Technology
Expansion
First Edition Thirteenth Edition
23rd Edition
YIKES!!!
More bands & modes
More types & designs
2000+
pages and
20+
pounds
????
I Dont Think So!
Challenges Going Forward
Challenges Going Forward
Enormous amounts of material is available on-line
(some of it is even true)
Most people under the age of 50 prefer electronic
format on laptops, tablets, smartphones, ???
Information is not hidden or expensive
Paper takes longer to get and is expensive to store
and deliver (and heavy)
What are the essential elements that make a reference
useful?
What is the Antenna Book For?
Who is the average ham?
What does the average need to know?
What about the expert ham?
What about the brand-new ham?
What does the reader need to learn?
How can the Antenna Book teach it?
These are all important questions!
Antenna Book Essentials
Curated material, reviewed by experts, selected for the
particular application (i.e. ham radio)
Teaching materials that are effective for the particular
audience (i.e. hams)
Best practices distilled into reference applications,
readily adaptable to individual circumstances
Reference designs that identify important design
decisions, assumptions, and criteria
Available to hams at a reasonable cost in the format they
want
Possible Solutions
Possible Solutions
Online website with limited hard copy access
Subscriptions to an online PDF or equivalent
Proprietary formats such as Kindle
Smaller printed volumes (theory, HF, VHF/UHF,
systems, etc) with online supplements
Printed fundamental sections, everything else on a
website for members-only
Possible Solutions
Online website with limited hard copy access
Subscriptions to an online PDF or equivalent
Proprietary formats such as Kindle
Smaller printed volumes (theory, HF, VHF/UHF,
systems, etc) with online supplements
Printed fundamental sections, everything else on a
website for members-only
What are your ideas?
Possible Solutions
Online website with limited hard copy access
Subscriptions to an online PDF or equivalent
Proprietary formats such as Kindle
Smaller printed volumes (theory, HF, VHF/UHF,
systems, etc) with online supplements
Printed fundamental sections, everything else on a
website for members-only
What are your ideas?
Have Tim Duffy come over and build it for me!
Possible Solutions
Online website with limited hard copy access
Subscriptions to an online PDF or equivalent
Proprietary formats such as Kindle
Smaller printed volumes (theory, HF, VHF/UHF,
systems, etc) with online supplements
Printed fundamental sections, everything else on a
website for members-only
What are your ideas?
The New Reality
Print is going away we all just have to get used to
the idea
Publishing reference works in the digital age is a
hard problem if you cant give it away!
Will curating and editorial review survive? Your
support will be the answerTBD!
The Antenna Book 24th Edition
Needs material on DIRT!
As dirty as a little boy!
THANK YOU!!!
