CONTENTS

Antennas, Transmission Lines and Propagation

Getting your signal from here to there isn't all that difficult--if you've got a decent antenna system and a rudimentary knowledge of how radio signals travel.

The Station--Installation and Operation

If your station layout and operating skills are still a work in progress (and whose aren't!), you'll find the answers here.

Mobile, Portable, Repeaters

Whether it's on the road or on a mountaintop, you'll enhance your enjoyment of ham radio away from home with the answers you'll find in this chapter.

Batteries

When you can't be on ac, you'll be on battery power. You'll find powerful answers to your mobile and portable power questions in this chapter.

Grounding and Lightning

Why do hams ground their stations? Why do some of us ignore the threat that lightning can cause sensitive electronic equipment--until it's too late?

References

All kinds of useful reference material you can put to good use right away: Addresses, telephone numbers, Web sites, lists of tools every ham should have--and much, much more.