part Part I Monopole Elements on Disk Ground Planes in Free Space -- chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Circuit Representation -- chapter 3 Models in Which the Current Distribution on the Monopole Element is Initially Known -- chapter 4 Models in Which the Current Distributions on the Monopole Element and Ground Plane Are Both Initially Unknown -- chapter 5 Comparison with Experimental Results -- chapter 6 Applications Utilizing Electrically Small Elements -- part Part II Monopole Elements on Disk, Radial-Wire, and Mesh Ground Planes in Proximity to Flat Earth -- chapter 7 Influence of Proximity to Earth -- chapter 8 Characterization of Antenna Parameters -- chapter 9 Models in the Absence of a Ground Plane -- chapter 10 Disk Ground Planes -- chapter 11 Radial-Wire Ground Planes -- chapter 12 Wire-Mesh Ground Planes -- chapter 13 System Performance.