SMALL & EXOTIC ANTENNAS
A Compendium of Evaluations
Learn the Real Performance from the Experts!

ELIMINATING RUMORS & CONFUSION
here is a great deal of confusion about the emerging technology of compact antennas and those that claim to be highly efficient compacts. There are numerous ways an antenna can radiate and perhaps mislead as to its true performance. Remember also that an antenna is by nature a "coupling device" and some do it better than others. To get at the truth about the performance of an antenna, certain clinical test conditions must be met and real measurements must be made. The "antenna" must be tested while isolated from other influences that would distort its true performance.

Adding to the confusion about these “compacts” are the uninformed discussions, or just plain unfounded rumors. It is quite amazing how long claims about performance are allowed to go unchecked and continue to perpetuate in the field of antennas—not just compacts, but many conventional antennas as well. This is really a caveat emptor business. It doesn't need to be so because it's not all that hard or expensive to do sufficient measurements to check those claims. Forget QSOs or just A/B—that’s not meaningful enough.

REAL PERFORMANCE, NOT JUST THEORY
If one is a radio amateur who possesses a device that consistently does what one wants, then that may be fine. However, it does not mean a whit as to the REAL performance of that device. The device may actually be radiating from the feedline and/or coupling and amplifying its signal from the surroundings—that is NOT the antenna you thought you bought and told was a compact!

The statements here are not meant to imply that all claims are false or even distorted by the promoters—only that many of these claims are just taken for granted and may remain unchecked. If the claims are left to stand long enough, then they tend to become "fact" and any real basis for it long lost over time. The Isotron is one good example of this. This device had been around for more than two decades before it was expertly investigated by one of our writers and the results reported by antenneX. Until that happened, the device was shrouded in mystery and rumors—well, no longer!

ISOTRON EXPLAINED
We mention the Isotron only because it has been around the longest without any visible published test of claims among the group of small antennas analyzed in this book. The Isotron is only one of 12 different groups of “compacts” that have emerged within the past 20 years analyzed in this special 470-page book “Small and Exotic Antennas.” This book has been needed for a long time and is especially aimed at reducing the confusion about the most talked-about compacts. It contains 50 chapters of the theory, construction, use and test performance of some of the most popular compacts. So, if you are considering any of these compacts as a solution to an antenna need but wonder about their performance, this book is for you. At the very least, you will be better informed before making a decision and spending your money and valuable time.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
We have some of the finest authors and antenna experts whose works on which this book is based. We have attached a brief professional biography of each author/tester by order of first appearance in the book: Click here for Authors

CONTENTS
Even if you are not considering a use of one of these devices, this new book makes an excellent compendium of knowledge about how the antenna technology has evolved over the past 20 years. There is no other book like this book and it can fill a very large gap in your library! One look at the list of contents below shows just how large a void it fills about the current technology emerging in a myriad of concepts to shrink the present antenna designs. 

HOW TO ORDER
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