04/25/2025

- Featuring 15 Portable Antennas, Beautifully Rendered!

Join Salty Walt, K4OGO, of the Coastal Waves & Wires YouTube channel, where all
the action happens - right on the beach! Ham radio adventure awaits with 15
portable antenna designs. Walt begins with the basics of setting up a quarter-
or half-wave vertical, but then draws readers into more experimental designs
like his own Coastal 20 or an end-fed vertical made with a Slinky¨. Each
sketch, reproduced from Walt's own design notebook, provides wire lengths and
practical attachment information.

In addition to his sketches, Walt offers portable construction and operating
tips, and just enough about counterpoise wires and ground to get you making
contacts in no time. This isn't a heavy-duty treatise on maximally efficient
antennas, it's a book for the "true amateur," the ham who gets out by the waves
with a radio to see what they can make happen. Like Walt says, "This isn't the
Mozart of antenna books, it's the Jimmy Buffett."

Walt pairs each antenna with a dining spot you can try, whether you're on
Waimea Bay in Kauai, deep in the Big Easy's French Quarter, or on the long
Atlantic stretch of Nags Head, North Carolina. He guides you to the best
chowders, fish tacos, crab legs, and more, all while building antennas, making
contacts, and soaking up some coastal rays.

Salty Walt's Portable Antenna Sketchbook is now shipping. Order from the ARRL
online store[1] or find an ARRL publication dealer[2]; ARRL Item No. 2226,
ISBN: 978-1-62595-222-6, $25.95 retail, member price $22.95. For additional
questions or ordering, call 1-888-277-5289 toll-free in the US, Monday through
Thursday 8 AM to 7 PM and Friday 8 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time. Outside the US,
call (860) 594-0200.

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[1] https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzE2OTMyJnA9MSZ1PTUyNTgxODI4NCZsaT0zNzc5MjcwNQ/index.html

[2] https://arrl.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0zMzE2OTMyJnA9MSZ1PTUyNTgxODI4NCZsaT0zNzc5MjcwNw/index.html


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