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Latest NewsOct 17, 2008VK4KVK hopes to attend Pacificon2008 in San Francisco to talk about his books and antennas. Click here for more info. May 10, 2008VK4KVK will attend BARCfest and talk about his Wyong book announcement. Click here for more info. Feb 17, 2008VK4KVK plans to attend the CCARC Wyong hamfest to announce his latest book for 2008. Click here for more info. Feb 10, 2008VK4KVK plans to attend the Centre Victorie RadioFest to give a presentation on his latest book on G5RV's Click here for more info. Jan 2008VK4KVK plans to attend the Mid North Coast MNCARG RadioExpo to give a presentation on his latest book on G5RV's Click here for more info. Nov 2007VK4KVK will be visiting Toowoomba's to give a presentation on his new book on G5RV's Click here for more info. Oct 2007VK4KVK visited VK1's CRARC club to give a presentation on his new book on G5RV's Click here for more info. Oct 2007VK4KVK attended the Gold Coast's GCARC hamfest to talk about his new book on G5RV's Click here for more info. Sep 2007VK4KVK attended the 18th North Qld AR Convention to give a presentation on his new book on G5RV's Click here for more info. Aug 2007VK4KVKalso plans to visit SARCfest (Lismore) to give a presentation on his new book on G5RV's Click here for more info. Aug 2007VK4KVK plans to give a presentation on his new book at NCRG's hamfest in Perth, VK6's biggest hamfest event.June 2007VK4KVK attends the GoldCoastARC club to give a presentation on his new book on G5RV's. Click here for more info. May 2007VK4KVK attended BARCfest and gave a presentation on his new book on G5RV's. Click here for more info. Feb 2007VK4KVK releases his latest book. Click here for more infoVK4KVK gives a seminar and announces his latest book at Wyong07. Click here for more info. |
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The VK Antenna Gain Handbook
By Phillip Grimshaw ISBN 978-0-9757689-4-5 (CD format: ISBN 978-0-9757689-5-2)
This is the 5th book of ham author VK4KVK. This book was written as a refreshing new look at some new ideas on gain antenna's and phasing. It avoids a lot of references to Yagi and Quad beam antennas - it leaves that to other books. What this book does do is address what the author has long regarded as a forgotten area of base station antenna design and creation.
There in lies the inspiration for this book. There is a focus on VHF and UHF base station antennas, but options for HF are not overlooked. The material presented in the book has been written to be easy to understand with a view to aiding the reader in building their own antennas. Many different types of antenna are discussed with significant options for high gain. It explores many different omni-directional gain antennas right across the frequency spectrum from 7MHz to 438MHz.
The book still retains that fundamental trait of all of VK4KVK's books - antennas for restricted spaces, where size does matter!
If there is a ham book you treat yourself to this year, then this should be it.
In due course you will be able to download the antenna model files for this book.
Vipole, NuBeam, QuadFoldedDipole, Size does matter! and More antenna, less space. are trademarks or registered trademarks of KVK Antenna Systems.