Hi everyone, Some of you might have been following my post called “connected grounds“ where I was trying to find ways to connect a ground rod...
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...
If feedline is brought into the shack by a non metallic condition conduit pipe through the exterior wall, can the shack ground connected to the...
Hi all- I have the option of mounting my HF6V vertical in the centre on top of a 30 foot aluminium shipping container. Could I assume that the...
[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...
[ATTACH] Mark Kleine N5HZR and Ed Hatch AG5DV of the South Canadian Amateur Radio Society, (SCARS) (https://w5nor.org) made an exothermic...
OK, fellow hams, please tell me why I can't figure out what is probably something simple. I have an HF hex beam that I have used for 5 years. I...
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Hey guys... I recently bought a used IC-7200 that’s in great shape. This is my first HF setup. I can’t figure out what type of plug the radio has...
I've got a HT and a mobile and now I'm building out a shack. I've got a couple of options. 1. I can put it in a finished room in the basement...
Hi everyone, I have been working on a long wire antenna to operate on 10 meters recently, I used a 1:9 balun with its ground terminal connected...
In the past we have use two radios on field day. One on 20 and one on 40 but we always back down to one radio due to the fact of one radio...
I recently had my Discovery in the garage for an engine swap. When it came out again, the 7000 would rx fine, but shut itself off after a few...
My MFJ-931 self-destructed and I had continuous problems with the switches in it from the beginning. Anyone got a homebrew ground...
I recently picked up an mfj artificial ground tuner. Instructions for the unit were typical MFJ, not really enough info. Eventually I figured out...
I thought I would post this here given the sticky threads on grounding above... I have a (new) second floor station. I currently have a dipole...
Hello, Can we consider the ground a patch and the patch a ground in UWB antenna? Thank you Kawther
Hello all! I see lots of discussions on similar antennas - resistor-terminated end-fed directional (vertical half rhombic) - bottom or side fed...
This may seem like an offbeat question, but many physics questions seem that way, so please bear with me: A radio wave strikes a simple copper...
Greetings, One of the weird problems I have been having with my HF set up since I got it is that with 10 through 17m I have a weird SWR problem:...
