I live in a two story apartment building and I've gotten permission from my landlord to put in place an antenna. I'm thinking about running ~30ft...
My usual camping trek consisted of either putting up a 40m OCF dipole via a 35ft pushup mast center with 3-4 sections of military surplus 4ft tent...
My buddies at my former ham club have access to one of the obsolete ATT Long-Lines cross-country Microwave sites, now owned by a private party....
[IMG] The attached picture demonstrating maximum power transfer from source to load is widely accepted. No (fool) questions it. But insert...
Hi, a VHF/UHF guy forever, but trying my hand at HF now. Sloper, sorta an 80/40 up 25' on chimney slopes down to 8' off of the ground (black rope...
Hi everyone, I have been reading the sticky posts on grounding as I prepare to assemble a counterpoise for my end fed antenna for hf. I am a...
[IMG] After trying to build a spiral counterpoise with cooper foil tape, my quest of portable multi-band counterpoise goes on. This time is to...
Beginning at the beginning, I have a HOA that gets hysterical at even the hint of an antenna appearing outside the house. (Oh, they're so ugly!)...
This is a chart I carry with me for setting up the MFJ-1899T telescopic whip and elevated radial lengths. I came up with these settings using the...
Hi everyone! So my question is this...I've noticed some antenna have need of radials..or counterpoises...also others have need of ground...
Sorry to open up another thread about 2nd floor grounding. I've read tons of the '2nd floor' threads and I still haven't figured out this...
I need some advice re an inverted v I am installing on my lot. It will have a 130 ft Horiz run with a 35' vertical. I have a 135' back fence...
OK.... after our earlier discussion about QRP Field Antennas, I spent some time studying Random Wires, Tuners, and Counterpoises. There is a...
I am in the process of building an off road trailer to pull behind my jeep. It will be used for camping trips to Big Bend and similar places. I am...
