Is it possible to install a wire antenna using a drone? Well, I'm still sweating bullets after this flight. Check out how it went in this video....
This question has been debated on some recent QRZ antenna forum threads recently, so I asked MoM... (Method of Moments, not my mother.... If...
Don't throw that old cable TV coax away. Put it to use as ham feedline. It's a solid copper or copper coated steel center along with double...
I think I remember reading somewhere that you could tune this antenna two different ways. Either by trimming the wire or by trimming the ladder...
I just had a brainstorm on how I might get a portable wire dipole antenna properly erected to work NVIS on 80 metres. It involves two...
Probably a thing that has been done since the 1920s, but thought to share the technique in case someone finds it useful. I was on with the DX...
How far away from an HF antenna do I have to be before I can trust a simple diode-based field strength (FS) meter to make meaningful relative...
Hello, My friend is setting up an end fed 1/4 wave on his sailboat focus on 40m. This will not be a traditional back stay, but the wire will be...
If I create an dipole for lets say 20m. And I'm getting 1:1 swr. Is a 1:1 balun really needed? At this point. Id only create a choke balun and...
[ATTACH] To the left, I have my trusty 49:1 balun with 64ft of 20AWG single copper strand insulated wire which was mounted for 3 months. I was...
Hello all, I recently constructed a 10m dipole and put it up to see if I can start to get on HF. As far as performance goes in terms of...
Hi All, Finally built myself a 33’ tilt tower (which I am kind of proud of!) and hang one end of my OCFD from a tree branch at 15’ to that...
My friends and I have been getting on 60m on weekday afternoons. I use my 160m one-wavelength loop on its third harmonic and that works very well....
In the past I set up a pair of 10m hamsticks as a simple horizontal dipole above a TV antenna rotator and found useful nulls and highs as it was...
I have installed a dipole antenna beneath the eaves of my house. It is on 2 sides of the house. When I put it up, I doubled back the wire...
I read an old topic (locked now due to age), but seeing myself in a similar situation (soon to be apartment dweller), seeking to use a magnetic...
The ZS6BKW is becoming a popular alternative to the G5RV as a compromise multiband dipole. I put it in the air one month ago and have been putting...
Ok, a little background on my meager station. I have an Icom 746, no amp, and I'm using a dipole antenna for HF. Its 70 feet up in a fir tree on...
I am blessed to have enough space in my backyard for an 80 m dipole or 160 m loop antenna. Right now, I have about 150 feet of RG-8 coaxial cable...
Hi, I am completely new to radio etc. I have brought a SDR to learn the basics and frequencies and currently using a Moonraker Skyscan Mobile...
