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DL6WU Yagi Antennas for 1200 MHz - Dubus article about DL6WU long yagi antennas for 23 cm band Article is both in german and english. Yagi antennas are valid alternative to dishes for troposcatter operations. This article explains design and mechanical data for 1296 MHz Yagi Antennas
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The Arrow Antenna Portable VHF antenna - This article is about a 4 element yagi VHF antenna designed to be easy to be assembled and suited for portable operations
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Make your own 2 metre 5/8 whip antenna - This article is about a home made project of a whip antenna for 2 meters band. Includes lenght of whip for all frequencies from 140 MHz to 151 MHz both in mm and inches
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Advanced Antenna Modeling Book by ON5AU - A new book about modeling antennas with EZNEC and in particular in conjunction with the AutoEZ application for a total of 584 pages. The book include more than 3000 accompanied downloadable EZNEC model files
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The Wave Antenna for 200-Meter Reception - A QST Article published in November 1922 is about the origin of Beverage antennas, an unidirectional antenna type that was discovered and experimented for the first time in that period. This article is the introduction to beverage antenna theory, by the homonimous autho H. H. Beverage.
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About The Beverage Antennas - Receiving Antennas - An article about the Beverage antennas, super long wire receiving antennas thar are unidirectional and have a very low noise that makes this antenna excellent for low band dxing. By Thomas R. Sundstrom W2XQ, 73, June 1981, 73 Magazine
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The Standard Horizontal Dipole Characteristics - Discussion about the Standard Horizontal, Center-fed dipole and effects of elevation of the antenna on antenna radiation pattern.
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End-Fed antenna for 17 and 12 meters - Article about an end-fed anntenna for the 17 and 12 WARC Bands. 30 meters is not included in this project. This antenna includes a 14 windings unun impedance transformer using a FT-140-43 ferrite toroid, that should be enought for a 100W PEP.
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Shortened EFHW Antenna 80-10m ^updated - A shortened multiband antenna, about 23m long, for 80m - 10m bands with a low SWR (<1.3) on 80m and 40m, and <3 till 10m. Bandwith on 80m is 300kHz
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The End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna - Presentation - A very well done presentation about End-Fed Half-Wave antennas. This PDF document contains a summary of experiences in how to build custom EFHW antennas. Includes an interesting comparison table of UnUn configurations with recommended toroids, Wire size, turns and capacitors. An useful recap on common errors in building homebrew EFHW Ununs completes the document.
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J-Pole and Expanded Super J-Pole - The standard J-Pole antenna is a end fed 1/2 wavelength antenna, in this article is explained also how to build an expanded Super J Pole that provides about 4.5 dbd gain. These antennas can be built from EMT electric conduit pipe
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The Lindenblad Antenna - Presentation - This is a presentation used at OVARC on the LindenBlad antenna construction. The presentation cover several topics about this antenna, from the basic antenna design, to the guide on how to contruct a custom lindenblad antenna for the 2 meters band and and 70 centimenters band.
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Magnetic Loop for the 2m band - Such kind of omnidirectional antenna gives the possibility to be QRV with horizontal polarisation, as commonly used for the CW and SSB section of the 2m band. This actual design shows a 1.3:1 bandwidth of about 150kHz, centered to 144.200MHz.
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Practical Antenna Modeling with 4NEC2 - Presentation about Practical Antenna Modeling Using the NEC Codes with examples of HF wire antennas and 4NEC2. How to define and edit the models, Running the simulations, Work some examples, Variables usage, Deal with Feed Lines and ground
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Verticals - About vertical antennas - Experiments on vertical antennas for HF bands.
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Homebrew 5/8 Wave HF Vertical Antennas - The advantage of 5/8 wave antenna is that it has the lowest angle of radiation and has about 1dB more gain when compared to 1/4 and 1/2 verticals. So the 5/8 should be the favourite choice for DX.
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Revisiting the Rybakov 806 Vertical Antenna - An article about the Rybakov 806 Vertical antenna. The classic Rybakov configuration is a 7.6m or 8m ( aprox 25 or 26 feet) wire fed through a 4:1 UNUN
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Build your own Windom Antenna - Building a Windom HF Antenna. A PDF file presentation about homebrewing a windom antenna for the HF bands with formulas for 40 and 80 meters bands and step by step guide on making a 4:1 balun to feed the antenna.
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Ham Census - What do amateur radio operators worldwide, think of their passion? What do we wish for? What are we frustrated about? How many of us are active, versus those that are taking a break? Do we have favorite radios, antennas, or even favorite cw paddles? Do we prefer one contest over another? The best way to find out is if we all participate in Ham Census. Join in and let all amateur radio operators know your thoughts "share your views" then you can find out what everyone else is thinking, in real time. Help shape the future of ham radio by participating in the world's most complete survey of amateur radio.
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Radio N9SKN /P QRP Field Operations - Personal web site by N9SKN about portable QRP operations with pictures of several portable setups and antenna solutions.
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