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To the memory of Professor J. R. James, who unfortunately passed away at the planning stage of the third edition of Mobile Antenna Systems Handbook (MASH). Professor James greatly contributed to the first and second editions of MASH as a coeditor and one of the coauthors. Professor James is well known as a pioneer of printed and microstrip antennas. His death leaves us with a large scientific, technological, and personal void, but the rich heritage he has left is of inestimable benefit...