Radio Wave Propagation and Antenna Fundamentals

This tutorial gives a basic overview of radio propagation and the fundamentals of antennas. Topics include The Nature of Radio Waves, Dipole Antenna Characteristics, Line of Sight Propagation, Diffraction and Multipath Interference, What a BALUN does, The Isotropic Antenna and Concept of Gain, Examples of Gain Producing Antennas and How They Work, Transmission Line Basics, and Selected Antenna Stories.