Rothammels Antenna Book (English Edition)

The German edition of the "Antenna Bible" is now in its 13th edition and contains over 1500 pages of concentrated knowledge. Rothammel remains the most comprehensive (amateur radio) antenna book on the German market. For decades, Rothammel's antenna book has been the indispensable reference work for radio amateurs and antenna practitioners. All chapters have been completely revised and expanded. In addition to the extensive chapters on the various antenna shapes and types, there are also basic articles on wave propagation, cables, lightning protection, EMC/EMVU and much more.

In the interest of a generally understandable presentation, the theory is deliberately simplified, but the practice is dealt with in great detail so that even readers with no special technical background can easily reproduce the antennas described.
However, the antenna book is also intended to offer "old hands" something new, provide suggestions for their own developments and give an overview of the international state of antenna technology from the perspective of amateur radio.

The 1st edition now published in English is based on the current German edition.

From the contents:

• Terms, fields, propagation of electromagnetic waves
  
• Antenna shapes
  
• Antenna characteristics
  
• Cables
  
• Matching and transformation elements,
  
• Balancing and blocking elements (baluns)
  
• Couplers and matching devices
  
• Horizontal and vertical HF mono/multiband antennas
  
• Long-wire antennas
  
• Broadband antennas
  
• Transverse and longitudinal radiators
  
• Loop antennas, magnetic antennas
  
• Compact antennas
  
• Active antennas
  
• Horizontal HF directional antennas
  
• Ground / ground network / counterweight
  
• Multi-element HF directional antennas (beams)
  
• Logarithmic periodic antennas
  
• Special antennas for HF
  
• Vertical directional antennas
  
• Omnidirectional antennas and directional antennas for VHF and UHF
  
• Array antennas and stacked antennas for VHF and UHF
  
• Special shapes for VHF and UHF antennas
  
• Frequency-independent antennas
  
• Amateur radio antennas for mobile use
  
• Antennas for radio and television reception
  
• Antenna measuring devices, measurements, measuring accessories
  
• Practical antenna construction
  
• Lightning protection, grounding and overvoltage protection
  

• and much more