air wound balun

W1ZY 40 meter moxon antenna - W1ZY's 40 Meter MOXON is the product of 9 months of experimentation. The final array is reversible and constructed from No. 12 insulated wire fed through two RF current baluns

Making a simple current balun - Baluns using ferrite rod and ferrite ring by M0SCG

TH6 balun replacement project - VE7AVV replace balun on a TH6 antenna

A Cost Effective Current-mode 1:1 Balun - A cost effective current-mode 1:1 balun can be constructed from a length of coax and a rod typically used for a broadcast antenna loop-stick, some electrical tape, cable ties, a length of PVC water-pipe and some connectors.

Low cost 1:1 balun - A balun don't depend on use of ferrite beads, but use steel wool to attenuate any RF on the outer braid

The Guanella 1:4 balun - A cost effective current-mode 1:4 balun can be constructed from two lengths of coax, two ferrite rods, some electrical tape, cable ties, a length of PVC water-pipe and some connectors. This form of 1:4 current-mode balun is named after G. Guanella.

Build a HB 4:1 voltage BALUN for 1KW - In depth detail with photos on how to build your own HB 4:1 voltage BALUN that will run 1KW. Inexpensive and fun to build.

Feeding an End-Fed Antenna  ^pop - End-Fed antennas are NOT balanced systems; but neither are verticals, ground planes, discones, windoms, zepps, Marconis, half-slopers, et al. Additionally, the low-impedance antenna port of your transmitter/receiver is not balanced.

Windom for 80-40-20-10 m - A windom multiband antenna for 80 40 20 and 10 meters band. Include picture for a 1:6 Balun. In french

Windom Antenna with 4:1 balun - The Windom is an Off-center wire multiband Antenna. The old version was fed just by a single-wire connected on 1/3 of antenna's overall length or with an open-line feeder (later versions). Here is another model with coaxial feeder, which is compatible with Solid States - 50 Ohm output transceivers .

Resoration and Repair Tips - These are Boat Anchor related restoration and repair tips from various sources.

Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ - This site features Samuel M. Goldwasser's latest and greatest "Notes on the Troubleshooting and Repair of..." series of comprehensive repair guides for consumer electronics equipment and other household devices.

Antique Mall Books - We have a large selection of PHOTOFACT, repair manuals as well as some Perpetual Troubleshooter's Manuals. New ones are added almost daily.

STØRY - Sudan DXpedition March 2003 - On March 20, 2003, we brought Sudan, one of the most needed and top-ranking DXCC entities, on the air with the call sign STØRY (Sierra Tango Zero Radio Yankee). After some 48,000 QSOs, STØRY became hiSTORY on March 31, 2003.

IW3FZQ/B - 28,227.5 MHz, from JN55VF first "IW" prefix beacon "ON THE AIR" activated from Italy

World Lighthouse On The Air - Site officiel du world lighthouse on the air award - official web site for wlota award

Mackenzie Highway Network - The Mackenzie Regional ARC currently Operates the VE6PRR (146.82- ) repeater. It's located approximately 15 Km North of Peace River. It is linked to the SARA system via Grande Prairie. We are currently in the process of expanding the coverage by adding number of repeater sites through out the area.

WB7TJD Superstition Amateur Radio Club - Superstition Amateur Radio Club: Ham Radio events and activities of the Superstition ARC include promotion of amateur radio amongst the public via licensing classes and radio communication demonstrations, on-air nets and discussion, and the December Hamfest in Mesa, Arizona

Rhode Island area scanner - Woonsocket Rhode Island area scanner traffic, a mix of Police, Fire, Ambulance and even some aircraft

Boatanchors on the air - Here you can find Boatanchors on the air.

6-Meter Ham Frequencies - Alan Muir, VE7BEU, on behalf of the Westcoast Amateur Radio Association,(Victoria) is assembling and submitting the 6-meter Repeater pairs in use to the BC Amateur Radio Coordination Council.

Natural Radio Listening: Streaming Audio - A page about fascinating Very Low Frequency and natural radio, with lots of streaming audio links from remote receivers. Some experimental stereo pairs around the world.

PlanePlotter - PlanePlotter receives and decodes live digital position reports from aircraft and plots them on a chart. Using PlanePlotter, you can see a radar-like display of all those aircraft around you that are transmitting the appropriate digital messages including ACARS, ADS-B and HFDL.

ACARS Analyser - Designed to work with all the major ACARS data capturing programs and enable users to get a complete picture of all the aircraft in there database, where they go and what they have done in the past.

PSK31 Interface - Fairly simple way to interface a computer soundcard to an HF rig to operate PSK31. This interface also works for SSTV & RTTY, and has been tested with a Kenwood TS-140.