Receiving Antennas for the Radio Amateur – Increase Your Stations Receive Capability

This is a good overview of the general subject of dedicated receiving antennas for people who aren't familiar with the concepts. The book is not a comprehensive reference on the subject, nor does it appear to try to be. It does do a good job of collecting important conceptual material in one place. Much of the core material is also available in existing online articles that have been available for quite a while, for those willing to search for it.The author got a little carried away in his quest for cute section headings. As a result, they aren't very useful for quickly finding specific material in the book. So be ready to just read the book through (with a highlighter) to find the things that interest you. A technical book really needs to have somewhat usable section headings, to help you locate key sections.The book has reasonably broad coverage of the more common antenna types. There are some antenna types in current usage that aren't covered. I would suggest that you use this book as a starting place for those new to receiving antennas, and then do your own more detailed study of the subject.

This book has a lot of technical info and the author shares from his wealth of experience. That being said, this is not a “how-to” book for building receiving antennas...not even close. If you want to increase your technical knowledge, this is a good book. If you want plans and explanations of antennas designed to improve signal reception, look to other titles.

Very good book by author with years of hands-on engineering experience in designing and building small and large antennas. The book although technical, is very easy to read. The information is presented in a conversational tone so that it’s like an old friend telling you about an antenna he has built before that you can also build that will work for you. It covers the basic concepts of antenna and why they work. The author covers most of the simple antenna configurations and many of more complex antennas. The antenna types are presented in in chapters so if you are not interested in some of the more advance antenna types it is easy to skip to the next topic. I’m coming away from this book with a much better understanding between a transmitting and receiving antenna and why it can be beneficial to have both.

My QTH is less than a click away from a TVA HV power line, and amidst some pretty old and sketchy low voltage distribution lines, so I am immersed in S-9 and higher EMI. I have read this well-written book, and I'm now eagerly anticipating putting KL7AJ'S tutelage to work. We'll done, sir.

This book is of tremendous value as a resource for understanding the various types of Antennas suitable for ”HAM” use or reference. One does not need a heavy background in mathematics for following the design and applications. This book is a keeper on your visible shelf in a Hamshack for arm length retrieval.

Eric is truly a wealth of knowledge and takes the reader on a wide ranging investigation of various receive antenna techniques. Much of this knowledge is little known to the HAM community and I believe his work could kickstart a flurry of new research and experimentation by the community.

It is a lot easier reading the ebook on the train or waiting or on my desktop at home. The material is not a snow job of some manufacturer. The cost is right. When I am in the field, I take my small tablet and it is ready resource

Very well written and easy to understand book. This covers a lot of theory about Amateur Radio receiving antennas. It's targeted to Ham Radio operators. It was very helpful to me. Nichols did a very good job.

Now retired I thought of putting up a HF aerial for Short Wave Listening, before I physically started I thought I'd catch up on current thinking, so I purchased this book.I'm glad I did, as although I had been a radio engineer for 30 years in the VHF, UHF and Microwave spectrum, this book introduced a number of concepts specific to the HF spectrum and the different requirements for Rx. and Tx. aerial.It has allowed me to improve the design of my aerial installation.

Very descriptive book learnt much