Antennas

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Topics Covered

• Antenna Baluns
• Antenna Book Reviews
• Antenna Books
• Antenna Calculators
• Antenna Design Software
• Antenna Designs
• Antenna Impedance Matching
• Antenna Impedance-Matching Software
• Antenna Manufacturers & Manufacturer Reps
• Antenna Tutorial & Antenna Theory
• Antennas
• Dipole Antenna Design
• Dipole Antenna Tutorial & Theory
• Discone Antenna Design
• Discone Antenna Tutorial & Theory
• Half Square Antenna Design
• Half Square Antenna Tutorial & Theory
• Helix Antenna Design (Helical Antenna)
• Helix Antenna Tutorial & Theory
• Magnetic-Loop Antenna Design
• Magnetic-Loop Antenna Tutorial & Theory
  Microstrip Antenna Design
• Microstrip Antenna Tutorial & Theory
• Microstrip/Patch Antenna Books & Book Reviews
• Parabolic Antenna Design
• Parabolic Antenna Tutorial & Theory
• Patch Antenna Design
• Patch Antenna Tutorial & Theory
• Phased-Array Antenna Design
• Phased-Array Antenna Tutorial & Theory
• Yagi-Uda Antenna Design
• Yagi-Uda Antenna Tutorial & Theory

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Antenna Books & Book Reviews

Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 2nd Edition - By Constantine A. Balanis. (ISBN 0471592684)

Antenna Engineering Handbook - By Richard C. Johnson, Henry Jasik. (ISBN 007032381)

Antenna Theory and Design, 2nd Edition - By Warren L. Stutzman, Gary A. Thiele. (ISBN 0471025909)

Antennas - By John Daniel Kraus, Ronald J. Marhefka. (ISBN 0072321032)

The ARRL Antenna Book, 19th Edition - By R. Dean Straw. (ISBN 0872598047)

Practical Antenna Handbook - By Joseph J. Carr. (ISBN 0071374353)

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Microstrip / Patch Antenna Books & Book Reviews

Advances in Microstrip and Printed Antennas - By Kai Fong Lee, Wei Chen. (ISBN 0471044210)

Microstrip Antenna Design Handbook - By P. Bhartia, Inder Bahl, R. Garg, A. Ittipiboon. (ISBN 0890065136)

Broadband Patch Antennas - By Jean-Francois Zurcher, Fred E. Gardiol. (ISBN 0890067775)

Millimeter-Wave Microstrip and Printed Circuit Antennas - By K.V.S. Rao, Prakash Bhartia, R. S. Tomar. (ISBN 0890063338)

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	Phase Locked Loop Design
	Phase Locked Loops

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Antenna Baluns

About Balun - Includes a little theory behind baluns, and how to build them. Covers the choke balun, Collins balun, transmission line balun, bazooka balun, and VHF balun.

4:1 Coax Balun Design - Using a 1/2 Lambda coax balun. Includes an online calculator.

A Balun Tutorial Design - Balun description and a sample diagram.

Baluns - Balun description and a sample diagram.

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Antenna Calculators
Length Calculator, Spacing Calculator, Range Calculation, ...

N3DNO's Antenna Calculator - Calculations for dipole, 3-element Yagi, 7/8, quarter, half, and full wavelength.

MonsterFM.com Antenna Calculator - Calculations for dipole, 3-element Yagi, 7/8, quarter, half, and full wavelength.

Amateur Radio RF Safety Calculator - Are you too close to that antenna?

KD4SAI's VHF/UHF Line of Sight Calculator - Line of site.

KB0YKI's Seven Element Yagi Calculator

Cubical Quad Antenna Calculator - Cubical quad calculations.

Antenna Length Calculator

VK2ZAY's Helical Antenna Calculator - Helical calculations

Antenna Length Calculator - Calculate quarter, half, and full wavelength.

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Antenna Design

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Dipole Antenna Design

Dipole Antenna - Includes a half-wavelength calculator.

N3DNO's Antenna Calculator

MonsterFM.com Antenna Calculator

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Discone Antenna Design

A UHF Discone Antenna for scanners - By William Sheets (K2MQJ) and Rudolf F. Graf (KA2CWL). A perfect example of how to design a frequency-specific discone antenna, with formula's for calculation of frequency and design drawings. If you hate to read, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the See All Figures link.

Discone VHF-UHF Antenna (PDF) - POPtronix article.

Tim and David's Discone

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Half Square Antenna Design

Bobtails and Half Squares

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Helix Antenna Design
(a.k.a. Helical Antenna)

VK2ZAY's Helical Antenna Calculator

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Magnetic-Loop Antenna Design

Loop Antenna Design - Includes table of loop sizes.

A Magnetic Loop Antenna

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Microstrip Antenna Design

915 MHz Microstrip Antenna (PDF) - Formulas are given, so other frequencies can be accommodated.

A Review of Aperture Coupled Microstrip Antennas (PDF) - The history, operation, development, and applications of a relatively new antenna structure.

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Parabolic Antenna Design

Parabolic Dish Antennas (Chapter 4) (PDF) - By Paul Wade, N1BWT.

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Patch Antenna Design

915 MHz Microstrip Antenna (PDF) - Formulas are given, so other frequencies can be accommodated.

A Review of Aperture Coupled Microstrip Antennas (PDF) - The history, operation, development, and applications of a relatively new antenna structure.

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Phased-Array Antenna Design

Phased Array Antennas (PDF) - Harris Corporation brochure. They won't tell us how their arrays work, but they do show us some cool photos.

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Yagi-Uda Antenna Design

Part 1: Computer Design of Very High Gain Yagi Arrays and Part 2: Practical Design of Very High Gain Yagi Arrays - By Leif Åsbrink. Discusses the Yagi in detail, including computer simulation and practical implementation. Also gives tables of optimal element lengths and spacing for various element counts, as well as tables comparing gains and efficiencies.

N3DNO's Antenna Calculator - Calculator for 3-element Yagi antenna.

MonsterFM.com Antenna Calculator - Calculator for 3-element Yagi antenna.

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Antenna Design Software

Artech - EMPLAN: Electromagnetic Analysis of Printed Structures in Planarly Layered Media - Highly accurate electromagnetic (EM) simulator. Allows simulation of microstrip and stripline circuits, as well as most printed circuits common to microwave engineering, including patch antennas, filters, and matching networks. Requires Windows NT/2000 or higher. (Sold only through online book/software retailers.)

Antenna Design Associates - MSAACE, etc. - Specialized microstrip patch antenna analysis. Fortran source code only.
Antenna Design Associates - PCAAD
Black Cat - Mac Antenna Master - For the Macintosh.
EM Scientific - Mininec
FNC - Elcad - General purpose schematic-designer and parts-calculator. Design antennas, LC matching networks, tuned circuits, air and toroidal-core coils, and active filters. Do transmission line calculations, antenna scaling, and all basic electronics calculations.
G4FGQ - Antenna Freeware - Several freeware antennas design programs.
Grating Solver - Antenna Solver
Grating Solver - GSolver
Greg's Download Page - Categorized directory of RF and other EE software downloads.
MEI - Antenna Design Freeware - 1D and 2D arrays.
Nittany - NEC-Win
Orion - NEC4WIN95VM
QRZ - Antenna Programs - Several freeware antennas design programs.
WA7RAI - Quickyagi - Freeware.
VE3SQB - Antennas - Freeware design programs covering virtually everything from dipoles to quagis (quad/yagis).

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Antenna Impedance Matching

Transmission Line Transformers - Theory - Ruthroff 1:4 coax transformer, both the balun and unun forms.

Impedance Matching - General Methodology - By CircuitSage.com. Look for the PDF files that accompany the many Mathcad tools on this site. They give mathematical details on how to design various matching networks. These are general matching techniques, not specific to antennas. So they are useful only for lower-frequency antennas.

Stub Matching - Some graphics would be nice.

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Antenna Impedance-Matching Software

Eagleware - Match - Matching network design.
Circuit Sage - Impedance Matching Tools - Free Mathcad programs provided by CircuitSage.com.

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Antenna Manufacturers & Manufacturer Reps

Antenna Products - Log periodic antennas.
Antenna World - Antennas for 2-way commercial and ham VHF, UHF amateur bands, cellular, 800 MHz and 900 MHz, PCS, PCN, PHS, CT1, CT2, GSM, AMPS, TDMA, CDMA, SMR, ISM, Bluetooth and LAN or WAN are stocked or made to order.
Arrow Antenna - Yagis, corner beams (reflectors), arrow planes, J-poles, for the amateur.
CSS Antenna - Design and manufacture of cellular and PCS antennas for the wireless industry.
Cubex - Cubical quad antennas.
Cushcraft - Both commercial and amateur radio antennas.
Force 12 - Amateur radio towers, verticals, and Yagis.
Galtronics - Internal/embedded, telescopic, panel, stubby, retractable, and flexible "rubber duck" antennas for cellular handsets, Bluetooth, wireless LAN, two-way radio, and wireless data devices.
GAP Antenna Products - Multiband DX antennas.
Hy-Gain - Beams, verticals, wires, and HF/VHF/UHF antennas.
Platinum Technologies - Planar, sectoral, parabolical and omni antennas for multiple wireless applications.
RaiBeam - Amateur radio beams/Yagis.
SAMCO Antennas - Yagi antenna for 88 to 1000MHz, and horizontally polarized, omni-directional base antenna.
Shoestring Antennas - Coax, quads, jpoles, and wires for the ham.
Sommer Antennas - Multiband beam and vertical antennas.
Stella Doradus - Parabolic, planar, and omnidirectional antennas.
SuperPass - Sector-panel directional and omni-directional antennas. Also, custom OEM design of monopole, dipole, helical, inverted L, inverted F, loop, patch, and slot antennas.
SWR Systems - FM, VHF, and UHF antennas. Also custom engineering services.
TIL-TEK - Parabolic and other reflector antennas for cellular, GSM, PCS, DECT, WLL/WLAN, and rural point-to-multipoint systems.
WP Wireless - GSM, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and quad band cellular antennas for the OEM market.

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Antenna Tutorials & Theory

Antennas - Online course. Covers these antennas: arrays, corner-reflector, dipole, folded-dipole, ground-plane, long-wire, rhombic, turnstile, V, and Yagi-Uda.

Microwave Antennas - Online course. Covers these antennas: arrays, horn, lens, parabolic, and slot.

Antenna Systems - By Dennis J. Ramsey. This is an excellent introduction to antennas for the beginner. It covers the basics, including near-field and far-field effects, polarization, and practical considerations such as lightning protection. The article is easy to understand, but not rigorous in theory. It includes a useful table for comparing the gain, beamwidth, and radiation patterns of these antennas: dipole, folded-dipole, helical, horn, loop, parabolic, turnstile, whip, and Yagi-Uda.

Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas - By Sophocles J. Orfanidis. A rigorous textbook-style introduction to electromagnetic wave theory and antenna design for the serious-minded designer or academic. It covers all the basics, including Maxwell's equations, propagation, waveguides, transmission lines, impedance matching, and S parameters, and explores several antenna types.

V/UHF Antenna Design (PFD) - Covers these antennas: dipole, helical, loop, patch, and quarter-wave.

Antenna Basics - Covers these antennas: dipole, folded-dipole, loop, quarter-wave, and Yagi-Uda.

Antennas (PDF) - Covers these antennas: 5/8th wave, dipole, folded-dipole, loop, quarter-wave, and Yagi-Uda.

Antenna Patterns - Radiation patterns and other properties for these antennas: dipole, horn, loop (circular and square), parabolic, whip, and Yagi-Uda.

The HAM Radio Operator's Antenna Handbook

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Dipole Antenna Tutorial & Theory

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Discone Antenna Tutorial & Theory

Tim and David's Discone

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Half Square Antenna Tutorial & Theory

Bobtails and Half Squares

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Helix Antenna Tutorial & Theory

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Magnetic-Loop Antenna Tutorial & Theory

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Microstrip Antenna Tutorial & Theory

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Parabolic Antenna Tutorial & Theory

Parabolic Dish Antennas (Chapter 4) (PDF) - By Paul Wade, N1BWT.

The Parabolic Reflector

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Patch Antenna Tutorial & Theory

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Phased-Array Antenna Tutorial & Theory

Smart Antenna Systems - An extensive introduction to various phased arrays.

Phased Array Antennas (PDF) - Harris Corporation brochure. They won't tell us how their arrays are designed, but they do show us some cool photos.

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Yagi-Uda Antenna Tutorial & Theory

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