- Balanis, Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design. The modern standard, comprehensive and rigorous.
- Kraus, Antennas. The field-defining classical text, especially good on intuition.
- Stutzman and Thiele, Antenna Theory and Design. Practical, design-oriented.
- Pozar, Microwave Engineering. Pairs well with this chapter for the transmission-line and impedance-matching side.
- The ARRL Antenna Book.* Practical, ham-radio focused, full of tested designs you can build.
- Davies, Ionospheric Radio Propagation. The reference for sky-wave physics and HF operation.
- Markus Kuhn's papers on TEMPEST / compromising emanations.* Public, technical, sobering, and a great gateway to the security side of antenna theory.
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