2:1 wire wound balun

80M Vertical antenna with capacitance hat  ^pop - Simple wire antenna cheap to make, using readily available materials, Low angle radiation, with rejection of high angle signals Wide bandwidth, with resonance at the 80M DX window (3.790-3.800 MHz); and Maximum height is 40 feet

Transmission Lines - Whenever you choose a coax feedline, the frequency of operation is a very important consideration. Over the operating bandwidth of the coax the VSWR is low, typically 1.2:1 or better. Insertion loss is also an important parameter. It is usually specified in dB/foot and is a linear relationship.

SWR: Maximum allowable VSWR - VSWR (voltage-standing-wave-ratio) represents the degree with which an antenna is "matched" to the system impedance. Most modern antennas do not require any tuning for optimum performance. VSWR is one of the easiest parameters to measure and VSWR meters are becoming very popular antenna installation tools

Wireman-J-Poles for 2m-40m  ^{updated  pop} - J-Poles with Wireman-cables for the quarterwave matching section

A $20 HF mobile antenna - A few hours of fun with PVC and wire and you’ve got yourself a respectable road radiator. The antenna consists of little more than some PVC pipe topped by a RadioShack replacement whip antenna and a couple of coils made from a small roll of #14 house wire.

The 5 Bands Wire-Beam - This wire-beam has one radiator-element, feeded with 450-Ohm-Wireman-twinlead and needs an antenna-tuner. For the bands 6m, 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m and 20m bended reflector-elements are used. The support is a cross of 4 fibreglass-fishing-rods

Modified Buddipole for 40 to 10 Meters - This is modified version of buddipole antenna, using vertical wires instead of telescopic ends by ks7j

Long Loopstick Antenna - Wound on a 3 foot length of PVC pipe, the long loopstick antenna was an experiment to try to improve AM radio reception without using a long wire or ground.

Antenna Selection Made Easy - This page will help you answer important questions about antenna selection before you talk to a supplier. After reading this paper, you should be able to better determine the most important parameters you need to know for your antenna selection criteria.

Antenna Polarization notes - Antenna polarization is a very important consideration when choosing and installing an antenna. Most communications systems use either vertical, horizontal or circular polarization. Knowing the difference between polarizations and how to maximize their benefit is very important to the antenna user.

Antennas basics  ^pop - An antenna study guide by NZART, cover basic topics like dipoles, wave lenght calculation, baluns, beams, dummy loads, and measurements.

All HF Band Antennas - F6ITV consideration on HF Antennas, from trap wired anternnas, to center feed antennas.

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Star Antenna - Communication Electronic designs, manufactures and markets antennas for fixed wireless and mobile wireless applications in a wide range of frequency bands.

Comp Cable, Inc. - The Complete Cable Source. - Comp Cable, Inc. consistently meets the complex wire and cable requirements of businesses and government agencies worldwide.

RACOM - Radio modems - RACOM is a Czech company specialized in design and production of radio modems and other devices for wireless data networks for radio channels from 140 to 900 MHz. RACOM radio data networks are suitable for data transfer in telemetry & SCADA applications, transaction networks, security systems, IP networks and firts of all mobile tracking and fleet management.

CAP Wireless Amplifiers - Design and manufacture application specific microwave and RF amplifiers, upconverters, downconverters and multifunction assemblies.

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XLZIZL by AC6LA - XLZIZL is an Excel application that analyzes the components of an antenna feed system, including transmission lines, stubs, baluns, and tuners. Calculations include impedance transforms, SWR and reflection coefficient, power loss, voltage and current standing waves, stress on tuner components, network attenuation (S21), and return loss Analysis results are available in worksheet format and in five different chart formats, including Smith charts.

Spectra SDR Software Defined Radio - Power Tools, communications architecture wireless mobile middleware tool

AA5TB Antenna Coupler / SWR Bridge - Wire antennas requires a special coupling network to properly couple my 50 ohm coax to the antenna's high impedance (5000 ohms)

About Lightning Protection - What You Should Know About Lightning Protection by Joseph H. Reisert

CB Mic Wiring  ^{updated  pop} - Excellent resource for microphones wiring including old make of cb radios. Microphone wiring can be a real pain if you arent sure how to work out which wire goes where. On this page i will try to explain the basics and also give you the wiring positions for most CB radio's

A 80/40m Direct Conversion HF Receiver with DDS VFO - Juha (OH2NLT) and Matti (OH7SV) have designed JUMA-RX1, an award winning 80/40m direct conversion HF receiver with highly accurate direct digital synthesis VFO. The receiver is very compact, because it constructed using surface mount components. No coils need to be wound to construct this receiver!

SDR - Software Defined Radio - Forum - SDR Forum - organization dedicated to promoting the development, deployment and use of software defined radio technologies for advanced wireless systems.