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Radio Antennas in the Wild

This article appeared in Make: Vol. 78. Subscribe today to get more great articles delivered to your mailbox. There are easily thousands of different types of antennas serving different purposes. Some are simple lengths of wire, others exotic assemblages of high math and science. Most of the antennas around us are pretty straightforward and have a set of identifiable characteristics. With a few patterns in mind and some rules of thumb, you can usually make a pretty...