The book contains information about short and ultra-short wave antennas, describes methods for tuning and matching them. Descriptions of instruments for measuring antenna parameters are given. The author of the book, K. Rothammel (GDR), is known to Soviet readers from previous editions. This edition has been supplemented with descriptions of new types of antennas, the section "Antennas of the decimeter and centimeter ranges" has been significantly expanded. The book is intended for amateur radio designers and radio sportsmen. The first edition of the book in the USSR in Russian.