Small Gardens & Stealth

About this book

A small plot, a flat or a strict landlord doesn't have to keep you off the air. This book builds the antennas that fit where a full-size wire won't, and tells you honestly what each one costs in performance, with every design modelled first.

• Five complete builds: the loft dipole, the gutter and downpipe end-fed, the invisible wire, the balcony antenna and the up-and-outer.
• Every antenna modelled in NEC2: elevation and azimuth patterns, SWR and impedance on every band, one page per band.
• Living with the antenna: the Ofcom exposure check for antennas close to your family and neighbours.
• Keeping the noise out: common-mode current, chokes and house wiring.
• A side-by-side comparison of every design, so you can choose the one that suits your plot.
• Cutting lists in metric and imperial, written for UK amateurs.

Practical, discreet and safe, it gets you on the air from a loft, a balcony or the smallest garden.

Part of the Aerial Works series of practical antenna books for radio amateurs.