Extra Class Lesson 9.1, Basics of Antennas

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  • THIS VIDEO IS OBSOLETE. CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO GO TO THE VIDEO WHICH HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR VERSION 11 OF THE LICENSE MANUAL:
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    Here is your video introduction to section 9.1, Basics of Antennas, in the ARRL Extra Class License Manual for Ham Radio. Topics covered include antenna radiation patterns, gain, beamwidth, radiation resistance, feed point impedance, efficiency, polarization, and bandwidth.
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Komentáře • 254

  • @applepie2775
    @applepie2775 Před rokem +3

    Thank you so very much! You're that patient teacher I always wished I had when I was a kid with a hunger for learning such things. Now decades later I've finally found my teacher and I feel like I'm re-igniting some long forgotten fascination with this world of things---forgotten and left behind in frustration.

  • @markdisbrow7184
    @markdisbrow7184 Před 7 lety +64

    I have a bachelors degree in EE and this is incredibly helpful. This sort of teaching is absent in formal education these days. Thank you.

    • @davecasler
      @davecasler  Před 7 lety +8

      Thank you

    • @francismcclaughry3794
      @francismcclaughry3794 Před 3 lety +2

      I'm glad he is out here two. I have a general ticket and have played around with antenna since i was a kid. but i did not think that I could kill some one because of not thinking. and that I wanted my antenna to work from east to west. and dave used several big words that the meaning did not compute in my mind. Yes there is a lot that is not taught.

    • @maniac50ae14
      @maniac50ae14 Před 2 lety

      How do they teach this then? I didnt go to school so id have assumed this is how its taught

  • @harrisonfamily7576
    @harrisonfamily7576 Před 7 lety

    Dave, you do an amazing job explaining all this stuff. Spent many hours listening to you. THANK YOU.

  • @k5rpb
    @k5rpb Před 3 lety +5

    As always, Dave has a way of explaining the complex to a guy like me so that I can understand. Thanks, Dave! I'm taking on the Extra exam and using the ARRL study guide as my text. But, I always come running to this channel to get the classroom version which makes it all clearer.

  • @SRINIVASMALLAREDDYPETA
    @SRINIVASMALLAREDDYPETA Před 8 lety +19

    I really appreciate the way the topic is presented and superbly explained.. Thanks a lot Mr. Casler.!

    • @davecasler
      @davecasler  Před 8 lety +3

      +SRINIVAS MALLAREDDYPETA You're welcome!

  • @carlmckinney196
    @carlmckinney196 Před 8 lety +6

    I sure do wish I had these videos when I studied for my licenses! What a great refresher!

  • @nedwardj
    @nedwardj Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks for having both thorough knowledge, and rock-solid presentation skills. You rock!

  • @lydiafrancis5185
    @lydiafrancis5185 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this video. You made the pages in my manual come to life!

  • @josecarlosribeiro3628
    @josecarlosribeiro3628 Před 6 měsíci

    Good afternoon Professor Casler! I am studying about antennas and radar by myself applied to remote sensing. Yours teaching and explations are so clear and high quality! Congratulatiobs!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 "The man is eternal when your job is continuous! God bless you and have a Merry Christmans, for you and your Family! Jacareí- São Paulo-Brasil.

  • @fikretcolak6507
    @fikretcolak6507 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank you Dave, great explanation. So much beneficial for me to understand the topic.

  • @jedihakan
    @jedihakan Před 7 lety +7

    Thank you sir, I wish I had courses thought by people like you.

  • @johnallsopp8260
    @johnallsopp8260 Před 3 lety +2

    Superb David, I taught the RAE here in the UK using many of the tips of explanation found in your video series. 73 de John Allsopp G4YDM Washington,(Ancestral Home George Washington) North East England. Stay safe and well in the U.S.A.

  • @vaishravanas4234
    @vaishravanas4234 Před 4 lety

    Thank you sir. This is the best explanation of antenna patterns I have ever watched. Very intuitive description , superb presentation and indeed accurate.

  • @helloman1976
    @helloman1976 Před 8 lety +3

    Brilliant! You're an excellent teacher, thanks!

  • @HouseOfBane79
    @HouseOfBane79 Před 8 lety +19

    OMG I love this guy!!! I wish I would have had him as a teacher when I was in school, I'd probably be an engineer rather than an electrician!!!!!! SUBSCRIBED

  • @craigszwed
    @craigszwed Před 3 lety

    Great review, Dave, even after playing with wire in the air and antenna building for the past 5 years.

  • @hamradiox
    @hamradiox Před rokem

    Studying for my Extra, thank goodness for your channel! Thank You!

  • @johnsherrill6411
    @johnsherrill6411 Před 9 lety +1

    David - I have thoroughly enjoyed your instructional videos in preparation for my advancement to Extra Class license. 73's

  • @jonathanokocha2358
    @jonathanokocha2358 Před 5 lety +4

    I would like to design my own antenna for a Radar receiver!. Outstanding Lecture!!! My first introduction to Antenna Design. I started reading a textbook on Antenna. This video is superb and really summarized with all details. Thank you, sir!

  • @RAndrewNeal
    @RAndrewNeal Před 3 lety

    I subscribed after watching one video. You're up there with w2aew when it comes to explaining this sort of stuff. It's also so much that I can't learn it all from watching a single video a single time.

  • @emailshafihusain
    @emailshafihusain Před 3 lety

    Very informative. And it is so rare to hear someone so articulate. Thanks! 73 from India. This is VU3BQY.

  • @stereopolice
    @stereopolice Před 7 lety +22

    You sir are one fine teacher. Thanks for the video.

    • @johnpierre1898
      @johnpierre1898 Před 6 lety +1

      If I put a vertical on top of a steel shop building, will it need radials?

  • @ki6eeo
    @ki6eeo Před 9 lety

    David, U R STILL THE ONE !!!
    Thank you so much for your lessons !
    Alex

  • @codijack9577
    @codijack9577 Před 7 lety

    Best ever explanation of antena. Thank yo, you are great, talented teacher.

  • @codyherrin6939
    @codyherrin6939 Před 8 lety

    Great video, thanks for putting it together. I look forward to checking out more of your videos

  • @VE2FET
    @VE2FET Před 8 lety

    Excellent presentation! Very very well done! Bravo to you!

  • @tombra4ril
    @tombra4ril Před 2 lety

    Most useful and understandable Antenna explanation I have heard. Thank you sir, remain blessed.

  • @nickfish03
    @nickfish03 Před 8 lety +1

    Thank you very much for these videos. I know it took a LOT of time and energy to produce. This video helped me understand antenna gain better. 73 KK4VYS

  • @MrHugomiguelcandeias
    @MrHugomiguelcandeias Před 6 lety

    Mr. David, thanks to you i know more about RF

  • @jornjacobsen3945
    @jornjacobsen3945 Před 7 lety +1

    Excellent instruction. Thanks.

  • @warrennetherton6011
    @warrennetherton6011 Před 9 měsíci

    Wow, this is a very good explanation. Thanks, Dave!

  • @xxilluminatixxxx
    @xxilluminatixxxx Před 7 lety

    My old TV's antenna is a piece of electric wire hanging from it... It may not be the best, but man this things are easy to make... Great video by the way! Very informative.

  • @SeaJay_Oceans
    @SeaJay_Oceans Před 7 lety

    GREAT Video ! Thank you! Better than a paid-for University Class...

  • @ishkool8664
    @ishkool8664 Před 4 lety

    Thank you Sir! You just made me a better engineer :)

  • @ahmadsayem
    @ahmadsayem Před 8 lety +7

    Sir you're good!! Thanks for your contributions, this is S21TB, 73

  • @Ghostpalace
    @Ghostpalace Před 7 lety

    exactly the video i needed! thanks Sir!

  • @malamati007
    @malamati007 Před 2 lety +1

    There are myriad ways to screw up the use of "myriad"....kudos to you, David, for knowing how to use the word correctly. Oh, and BTW, just an exceptional video on a very difficult (for me) topic. Thanks!

  • @MrM2hb
    @MrM2hb Před 8 lety

    Great presentation. Thank you for your time.

  • @thehandleiwantedwasntavailable

    Started a diy double cross antenna build for receiving satellite images and somehow ended up here in the weeds 😂

  • @neelarjuna2536
    @neelarjuna2536 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks for this amazing video.

  • @mooredelira
    @mooredelira Před 2 lety

    Great, I found your amateur extra videos and your general videos.

  • @MarkRose1337
    @MarkRose1337 Před 9 lety +2

    This is by far the best explanation of antennas I have ever come across. I've learned more from this video than in countless hours of browsing the web. Thank you!!
    May I suggest adding the topics covered to the video description to help others find this amazing video?

    • @davecasler
      @davecasler  Před 9 lety +1

      Mark, thanks for the suggestion. I've updated the video description. 73, Dave

  • @BarelyAPilot
    @BarelyAPilot Před 9 lety

    You are an excellent teacher. Very clear explanations of hard to grasp concepts.

  • @trollhummer
    @trollhummer Před 3 lety

    You are a rock star teacher!

  • @jtownshend
    @jtownshend Před 8 lety

    Thanks a lot for making and posting these lessons. I've just got my ham radio licence back and there's a lot I have to remember before I resume operations. I still have to decide which antenna suits me better. At first, I thought of an inverted v dipole, than I thought about a long wire. But since, I like dxing a lot, I may want to build a delta loop antenna. 73 from PY5WHO/PY5136SWL

  • @wsmithjr74
    @wsmithjr74 Před 9 lety

    Thank you, these are very helpful.

  • @galaxy0088
    @galaxy0088 Před 9 lety

    Great information. Getting close to my extra. Thank you

  • @kobert2007
    @kobert2007 Před 2 lety

    Well done Dave.

  • @williamlindsey5906
    @williamlindsey5906 Před 2 lety

    Wow Dave . Looking good!

  • @carmelpule6954
    @carmelpule6954 Před 9 lety

    Excellent contents and a gentleman as a presenter. There is many hours of preparation for such a video. The priority points are mentioned and his experience does admit that practical performances are not always as theory stated, His best statement concluded from his experience is ," Everything can affect the performance of the antenna." My congratulations on your presentation and experience.

  • @hoseingame2203
    @hoseingame2203 Před 7 lety

    fantastic video. Thank you for sharing a lot of beneficial information

  • @WauliPaulnuts
    @WauliPaulnuts Před 7 lety

    Thanks. Good post. I'm an antenna fanatic.

  • @ltenigma
    @ltenigma Před 7 lety

    Extremely good!

  • @forbaldo1
    @forbaldo1 Před 11 měsíci

    my god I almost understood I checked a few words and it's coming clearer thanks from don the welder

  • @snm7406
    @snm7406 Před 7 lety

    thanks David very clear...

  • @FadhelMBahaa
    @FadhelMBahaa Před 7 lety

    you're awesome i'll start watching your videos from the begining keep it on going plus i subscribed (;

  • @anthonywstanton
    @anthonywstanton Před 5 lety

    Thank you for the excellent video OM! 73 de AC6GM!

  • @truculenttabasco
    @truculenttabasco Před 2 lety

    Very informative, thank you. Now on to the not obsolete video, haha.

  • @Tendieee
    @Tendieee Před 2 lety

    Deep. Well done. Better than 5 yr degree programme.

  • @BrooklinFunkProject
    @BrooklinFunkProject Před 8 lety

    Thanks Dave & 73 - great lecture.. VA3PDG

  • @VanishingNomad
    @VanishingNomad Před 5 lety

    Improve your antenna before investing in an amplifier = WRONG!!
    The correct way is to invest in whichever one presents the sweet deal first. Get the other one later.
    Great video btw!! I learned a lot from this one!

    • @glowingone1774
      @glowingone1774 Před 5 lety +1

      Better antenna is almost always a good upgrade.

  • @stormbytes
    @stormbytes Před rokem

    Might be "obsolete" as far as the current HAM radio exam. Certainly NOT obsolete in regards to real life learning. Outstanding presentation. Wish I knew which "book" he's refrencing.

    • @Tannerys
      @Tannerys Před rokem

      He's referencing the ARRL Extra Class License book, this may be a little out of date but ~95% of the content hasn't changed much in the last 10 years.

  • @raghavendrant.s1841
    @raghavendrant.s1841 Před 8 měsíci

    complex topic but well explained, i feel video needs to be watched multiple times to get better understanding....

  • @peterbiltmark4221
    @peterbiltmark4221 Před 5 lety

    Thanks Dave!

  • @kipdivito83
    @kipdivito83 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for the video!

  • @kenyinelson1272
    @kenyinelson1272 Před 6 lety

    Sir , ve made it better to understand and develope
    .thanks for the video

  • @n0rg
    @n0rg Před 2 lety

    Love your videos and how you present the material. I always learn something new. However, you've probably never been to Western Nebraska as it is NOT flat. Once you get past North Platte, you're rising in elevation and the hills become more apparent.

  • @fernandoreig5101
    @fernandoreig5101 Před 3 lety

    Very clear explanations.

  • @selinamutalimanja3660
    @selinamutalimanja3660 Před 8 lety

    cool stuff...really been helpful....thumbs up

  • @eggxecution
    @eggxecution Před měsícem

    finished the whole vid mann nice

  • @erikowsiak
    @erikowsiak Před 2 lety

    thank you, very good video!

  • @jianhaowu7368
    @jianhaowu7368 Před 2 lety

    phenomenal lecture

  • @vjdav6872
    @vjdav6872 Před 3 lety

    Great job !!!!!!

  • @jwrosenbury
    @jwrosenbury Před 3 lety

    This story might help some people understand radiation resistance: Back about the turn of the twentieth century a young patent clerk was trying to understand why antennas generated far fields. Applying Maxwell's Equations generated a near field, but no far field. After pondering the problem, he discarded everything everyone knew about physics and invented Special Relativity to solve the problem.
    It turns out that accelerating charges changes their inertial reference frame and causes them to emit photons. One way of understanding antennas is to see them as guides to accelerating electrons so the photons they emit go in the directions you want.
    But rather than teach every HAM radio guy Special Relativity, they started teaching "Radiation Resistance" instead. That worked for a long time, and Electrical Engineers forgot the physics behind their craft. But it's a nice tidbit to know, even if it's not that practical.

  • @baset403
    @baset403 Před 9 lety

    Thanx !!! great great help

  • @TheOLEVIX
    @TheOLEVIX Před 9 lety

    Interesting.
    Practical facts.

  • @jobkashona9059
    @jobkashona9059 Před 7 lety

    It's very helpful .thanks sir

  • @dmccollom1969
    @dmccollom1969 Před 9 lety

    Dave thank you , I passed my Extra yesterday
    de KJ6CQC /AE

    • @davecasler
      @davecasler  Před 9 lety

      Dean McCollom Congratulations on your upgrade!

  • @corax2012
    @corax2012 Před 4 lety

    Now I understand why there seems to be so much experimentation with antennas. I have LOS from my mailbox 600 yards to my workplace through a closed window. Being a run down rural road. I'm going to build a disk Yagi and mount it inside a newspaper tube aimed down the street. :)

  • @glenwoofit
    @glenwoofit Před 3 lety

    Fantastic video thank you

  • @Satchmoeddie
    @Satchmoeddie Před 8 lety

    Hey there Dave! Thanks for you & all the other You Tube University professors. My extra class status posted to the FCC data base, last week, or the week before. I managed to sail through the Technician & General, mainly from repairing AF & RF stuff for the past, uhhhhhhmm, erm, eh, carry the, and add the, uhm, wow. Let's just not go there. Anyway, thanks for explaining why a dipole does what it does & how the test got their figures. My QTH in between two AM stations, that tend to wreak havoc with everything. Antenna types I was never bothered by, were/are one of my weak areas. I am up in Colorado now, again and will be headed out your way soon. Who knows? Maybe? I generally drive & I don't even like even using a cell phone, while doing so. 73 KI7AQJ

    • @davecasler
      @davecasler  Před 8 lety

      +Seth B Congratulations on your upgrade!

  • @giorgiorossi8327
    @giorgiorossi8327 Před 8 lety

    Great David, thanks and good dx 'de IW2OBB

  • @aaronargottelopez3488
    @aaronargottelopez3488 Před 8 lety

    Thank you!

  • @larryak0z672
    @larryak0z672 Před 4 lety +1

    Some people think that you should use a certain length of coax between your radio and swr meter when adjusting your antenna. What are your thoughts? Thank you. Larry

  • @v1nc3nt33
    @v1nc3nt33 Před 9 měsíci

    very clear ... thank

  • @kn4qzw367
    @kn4qzw367 Před 4 lety

    Thank you.

  • @axelsolhall5830
    @axelsolhall5830 Před 7 lety +1

    What is the best type of antenna to use if i want the main lobe to be a cone with maximum gain around the axis in the centre? I want a drone to to follow the maximum signal strength, in other words, the drone should always be going towards the central axis in the middle of the main lobe.

  • @justinb.5822
    @justinb.5822 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the great video! -- W5NRP

  • @yelyab1
    @yelyab1 Před rokem

    What is the relationship between receiving antenna configuration and transmitting antenna configuration for shortwave radio frequencies? My impression is that reception is less precise than transmission, and the most important characteristic is height. I want to try a weather ballon just under 500 ft with a 1/2 or 1/4 wave antenna out of a rigid material in a horizontal mode. Compass heading may have to be magnetic, ie, north- south. I’m a ME by education and practice. Be kind.

  • @joystaton2497
    @joystaton2497 Před 2 lety

    Do you have a video where you explain this in terms of Earth specifically?

  • @yelyab1
    @yelyab1 Před rokem

    What do the new satellites looking at the edges of the universe use for a radiation pattern. It must be extremely focused because signal strengths are not in the megs watts.

  • @Mamaleee123
    @Mamaleee123 Před 5 lety

    Thanks a lot :)

  • @jorgeguzman9955
    @jorgeguzman9955 Před rokem

    A big box with a plastic reflector may seem a dream come through isotropic

  • @aloisiosimoni165
    @aloisiosimoni165 Před 2 lety

    I do have a question: what is the inportance of: R, R2, C, C2, Z, and Z2 in a broadcast fm antenna, most of the Engeeniring look for SWR, and dont care about the anterior measurements (R, R2, C, C2, Z, ad Z2)

  • @mooredelira
    @mooredelira Před 2 lety

    Great, glad I found you. Why did your video go obsolete? Do you have videos on the general license?

    • @davecasler
      @davecasler  Před 2 lety

      The technician videos are now available learn.ARRL.org. All of my training videos are moving to the league website. If you want to see the technician website, go to KE0OG.net/training. They are all listed there. The general videos are in process of being moved to be hosted by the ARRL.

  • @aldrichperez9981
    @aldrichperez9981 Před 3 lety

    Which is the best antenna to transmit and receive 915mhz frequency ?

  • @yelyab1
    @yelyab1 Před rokem

    If the radiation pattern can be reduced, is it assumed that the antenna has more range? The power is concentrated over a smaller volume cross section therefore the pattern should be elongated?

  • @isolatedgirl5276
    @isolatedgirl5276 Před 7 lety +1

    what should be the radiation pattern of multiband antenna

  • @volcanowb
    @volcanowb Před 6 lety

    Thank you

  • @okhouri
    @okhouri Před 2 lety

    Amazin explanation