Our man in Dayton, Bob Crane, W8SX, sent us a really beautiful picture of my favorite antenna (not the one above). Check it out: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110721.html
We talk about "The Dish" from time to time on SolderSmoke. That's the name of the movie about the role of this antenna in the reception of the TV signals for the Apollo 11 moon landing. This is -- without a doubt -- the best movie ever made about an antenna.
You can get the movie at the Gadgeteer Book Store:
http://astore.amazon.com/contracross-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=8
Check out "SolderSmoke -- Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics"
http://soldersmoke.com/book.htm
Free e-Book version of The ARRL Antenna Book
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Many thanks to Alex (KR1ST), on Mastodon, who notes that the e-Book version
of The ARRL Antenna Book 25th Edition is free on the ARRL website. Simply
go t...
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