Note: There is a lot of antenna information contained in the
following ARRL publications:

The ARRL Antenna Book
The ARRL Handbook
W1FB's Antenna Notebook
Antenna Compendium
HF Antennas for All Locations
Yagi Antenna Design

The Antenna Book contains a chapter on apartment antennas.

QST Biliography on apartment or limited-space antennas:

1960 March     QST                                     p. 49
               Long Antenna for a Short Lot (80M H&K)  1 page
     October   QST                                     p. 23
               A Limited-Space Antenna (80 & 40 M)     3 pages
1962 August    QST                                     p. 34
               Retrievable Antennas (Flag. & Gnd-flr)  2 pages
1965 November  QST                                     p. 87
               Invisible Antennas (Invisible Wire)     2 pages
1967 April     QST                                     p. 20
               An Antenna for the Traveling Man        2 pages
     May       QST                                     p. 47
               No Room for an Antenna? (75, 20, 10 M)  1 page
               (H&K) 
     June      QST                                     p. 42
               A Window-Sill Semivertical              3 pages
               (80, 40, 20 Meters)
     July      QST                                     p. 51
               Whip Antenna (TC)                       1 page
               QST                                     p. 49
               Alternative Whip for Window-Sill        1 page
               Antenna (TC)
     September QST                                     p. 45
               Indoor Dipole (10, 15, 20, 40 M) (TC)   1 page
1969 February  QST                                     p. 24
               Limited-Space Antennas & Methods        4 pages 
               of Coupling
     March     QST                                     p. 34
               Antennas for Travel Trailers & Campers  5 pages
1970 April     QST                                     p. 56
               1.6 Contacts per Square Foot of Real    2 pages
               Estate
     August    QST                                     p. 
               Short Antennas for the Lower            5 pages
               Frequencies (Part 1-Loading & the Use 
               of Traps)
     September QST                                     p. 
               Short Antennas for the Lower            2 pages
               Frequencies (Part II-Trap Construction 
               & Adjustment)
1971 October   QST                                     p. 34
               The Apartment Dwellers Dilemma          3 pages
1972 March     QST                                     p. 30
               The Renter's Delight (Antenna Mount)    3 pages
     December  QST                                     p. 47
               A Quick-Change Plug for the Apartment   1 page
               Dweller's Dilemma (H&K)
1973 September QST                                     p. 11
               A Bite Size Beam                        4 pages
1974 March     QST                                     p. 48
               A Cliff Dwellers' Answer to the Antenna 2 pages
               Dilemna (H&K)
     September QST                                     p. 28
               Off-Center-Loaded Dipole Antennas       7 pages
     October   QST                                     p. 22
               Apartment Dwellers Slinky Jr. Antenna   2 pages
     December  QST                                     p. 15
               The Minooka Special                     6 pages
               QST                                     p. 48
               Some Ideas on Antenna Couplers          5 pages
1975 January   QST                                     p. 44
               Apartment Dweller's Antenna (H&K)       1 page
     May       QST                                     p. 15
               The City Slicker                        4 pages
1976 March     QST                                     p. 41
               Another Cliff-Dweller Antenna (H&K)     1 page
1977 March     QST                                     p. 42
               A Short Antenna for your Apartment-     1 page
               House Balcony
     April     QST                                     p. 32
               The Inverted-L Antenna                  3 pages
               QST                                     p. 37
               Efficient Short Radiators               3 pages
     May       QST                                     p. 49
               Continuously Loaded Helical (H&K)       1 page
     June      QST                                     p. 46
               Dual-Band Operation With A 33-Foot      1 page
               Vertical (H&K)
     October   QST                                     p. 15
               Optomizing Vertical Antenna Performance 3 pages
     December  QST                                     p. 45
               Small-Space 160 Meter Antenna (H&K)     1 page
1978 January   QST                                     p. 40
               Coil Improvement for Off-Center Loaded  1 page
               Antenna (H&K) 
     February  QST                                     p. 36
               An Inexpensive Antenna Tuner (H&K)      1 page
     March     QST                                     p. 29
               The Flagpole Deluxe
     April     QST                                     p. 30
               Short Ground-Radial Systems for Short   4 pages
               Verticals 
     June      QST                                     p. 16
               Build This Novice Four-Band Verticle    3 pages
     August    QST                                     p. 26
               Antennas - Keeping Them Up              2 pages
     September QST                                     p. 19
               Designing a Vertical Antenna            3 pages
     October   QST                                     p. 35
               On "Build This Novice Four-Band         1 page
               Vertical" (TC) 
1979 February  QST                                     p. 33
               A 40-Meter Midget
     April     QST                                     p. 33
               A Big Signal from a Small Lot           3 pages
     October   QST                                     p. 18
               Better Results with Indoor Antennas     4 pages
1980 September QST                                     p. 23
               The Shooter - A 3-Band Portable Antenna 3 pages
     October   QST                                     p. 28
               A Traveling Ham's Trap Vertical         4 pages
               QST                                     p. 38
               A Deluxe RV 5-Band Antenna              3 pages
     December  QST                                     p. 40
               Antennas and Grounds for Apartments
1981 February  QST                                     p. 15
               Antennas for Those Who Can't Have       3 pages
               Antennas
1986 June      QST                                     p. 33
               Small, High Efficiency Loop Antennas    4 pages
1988 March     QST                                     p. 33
               Hidden Antennas - One Ham's Solution 

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