In 1985 the ARRL added The ARRL Antenna Compendium, Volume 7 to its library of publications. That book contains 176 pages of previously unpublished material, covering a wide range of antenna types and related topics. The foreword of Volume 1 suggests that Volume 2 of The Compendium might logically follow.
Like its predecessor, Volume 2 contains all brand-new material. Because antennas are a topic of great interest among radio amateurs, ARRL Headquarters continues to receive many more papers on the subject than can possibly be published as articles in the League's journal, QST So again, as with Volume 1, those papers have been collected here and combined with solicited material. None of this material has appeared in print before. Whether you have only a casual interest in antenna construction or a serious interest in understanding fundamental antenna theory, you'll most likely find something to stimulate your thinking...