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Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems: 2nd Edition

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This book is very sketchy.
Most of the subsections are incomplete, or very brief by omitting a lot of things.
The majority of the included formulas are lacking of any derivations or adequate explanation.
Some of the formulas are also incorrect and unjustified, like the array factor in p76.
Errors have been found on the newer edition (although the previous edition is correct).
For instance, Fresnel transmission coefficient is wrong for the parallel polarization.
This is not just a typo since the mistake is carried on the example 3.1 p37.
There are much better books on antennas and propagation out there.
I just bought this one as a requirement for my class, and I ended up reading other books to cover the missing spots.

This book is bad, the topics are not in depth or well explained. Do not think to buy this book, if you are interested in the field of propagation buy "Mobile Radio Propagation Channel".

This book covers the field of Antennas and Propagation consistently with great detail. The content is well structured and offers great information for every reader, regardless of technical background.

The Table of Contents is great, it covers every topic needed for a wireless communications class. But it is deceiving, the topics are not in depth or well explained. This book may be fine for the British with polarisation, but in the US, polarization is the correct spelling. The author may know what his is talking about, but he can't explain worth a darn. Buy a different book, this book has no practical use.

This book reviews antenna and propagation theory which is covered well elsewhere in the public output of others, but with a slant from a practitioner in the modern field of mobile and cellnet communications. If you want up-to-date information on antennas for mobiles and their interactions with buildings this may be your book.