basic components

DL9MEU Antenna projects - Basics for a good Antenna:``Only if you can hear it, you can work it!``Symmetric antennas save a lot of trouble.``No traps - no radials - no loading coils.

40 thru 10 Meter Zepp Antenna  ^pop - A modified 20 meter double zepp wire Operating Bands: 40 thru 10 meters (with tuner), basic construction and performance information.

DIY Basic Electronics and Antennas - DIY Basic Electronic Theory, Basic Antenna Theory with Antennas built from common materials. What does SWR really mean. Baluns from transmission line.

Dipoles - The simple dipole is perhaps the best antenna for consistent performance. Basic page on dipoles by G3PTO

2 Meter J-pole from 450-Ohm Ladder Line  ^pop - Great first time J-pole project. Covers most of the basics. This small and thin design also makes it good for several stealth applications.

The Lattin 5 Band antenna  ^pop - The antenna was named for W4JRW who invented it and holds a patent on the basic principle and uses quarter wave stubs, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands

Longwire antenna basics  ^pop - basic notes on building longwire antennas for medium waves

Integrated Publishing Basics - Radio wave propagation, Principles of transmission lines, Antennas

Antenna basics  ^pop - Basics by From Ian C. Purdie, VK2TIP

Basic Antenna Theory  ^pop - Basic antenna theory by sub-TV

FAQs - Basic Antenna Theory - Faqs and antenna basics

Radiation and scattering - Basic antenna theory, Antenna directivity and effective area, Antenna arrays

How to Construct a Dipole - Basic and illustrated article on building wire dipole antennas. This page is about "how to build a dipole antenna"

UK Citizens Band radio - United Kingdom CB information from beginners basics to technical data

Scottish HAM Portal - Scottish ham radio portal, basically concerns ham life in Scotland. The aims of the Portal shall be to further the interests of Scottish HAMs in all aspects of Amateur Radio.

KEYCOM Characteristic Technologies - Millimeterwave/Microwave transmission lines and components, Cryogenic temperature application transmission cables and systems, Permittivity(Dielectric rate) and Permeabillity measurement systems, Antennas, Radar systems

QRP homebrew equipment by py2ohh - py2ohh homebrewing of receivers, transmiters and Test Equipment for ham and swl, using cheap, easy to find or surplus components

Basics of Propagation by ON4SKY - Thierry LOMBRY, ON4SKY, develops in several long articles the bascis of propagation. His website includes also a French section dealing with auroras.

Solar Weather - Basic information compiled and copied from NOAA SEC explaining and showing current solar weather conditions affecting amateur radio.

AnyMHz.com - Low cost parts store, electronic components, ham radio accessories.

The Electronic Hoard - A discount component supplier. Transistors, Diodes and various SMT components are available.

Storm Products - Storm Products Company provides high-value, interconnect products, subsystems, and services to electronics, communications, and instrumentation markets worldwide. Products include Electronic and Microwave cable assemblies, components, and test products.

Smith chart calculator - linSmith is a Smith Charting program, mainly designed for educational use. It allows defining multiple load impedances (different frequencies), and adding components (discrete components and line sections) in series and parallel. It plots the impedances on the screen, shows the values in table format, and is able to generate publication quality Postscript output.

MiniLog Beta - MiniLog is a very basic electronic amateur radio contact log from palm platform. It is intended for small-scale use, such as back-packing and emergency setups.

Radio QRP - The Art of Low Power - QRP is The Art of Low Power Radio where the challenge is to operate and/or build AM radio transmitters usinga bare minimum of components, money and construction skill.