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7 element Yagi for 70MHz - Build a 7 Element 4M (70MHz) Beam By Paul Graver, M1CCZ

50MHz J-Pole Antenna  ^pop - Need a general purpose antenna on the magic band? The J-Pole is an easy-to-build and inexpensive device that provides an omni-directional vertically polarised antenna without the need for a ground plane. In technical terms, it is an end fed vertical 1/2 wave which is fed via a 1/4 wave matching stub.

J Pole antennas variations on a theme - Twin lead jpole, ladder line jpole, copper cactus j pole, material list to build your own jpole antenna and a brief history of Jpole antennas.

Easy J-pole antenna  ^pop - Everybody says keep one in your bag, nobody seems to make one work right. Here's the straight scoop on why the J-pole is not an easy antenna to duplicate!

Some J-Poles That I Have Known - The varieties of twinlead J-Poles and some performance standards, L. B. Cebik, W4RNL

Plumbers Delight J Pole Antenna Project - This article was reprinted to assist new hams at building their own 2 metre antenna. This design is very rugged and can be built for a few dollars with most of the parts available at your local Home Depot.

Small Loop Antennas by AA5TB - Also known as Magnetic Loop Antennas, by AA5TB, construction tips and tecniques of a Small Loop antenna

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

The Daily DX - The Daily DX is the pre-eminent Internet DX bulletin. You will receive DX news that is instantaneous and unreliant on the US Postal service. Your DX news will be automatically delivered to your home or office by e-mail Monday through Friday, 50 weeks per year. Unlike other bulletins which may take 2-5 days to reach you, The Daily DX news arrives before the information is out-of-date.

K9YA Telegraph - FREE ham radio newsletter The K9YA Telegraph is in full-color and delivered to your computer each month as a PDF.

Two Meter FM Simplex - Two meter fm simplex ham radio list.

ARTRA QRP Kits - Lots of homebrew kits, you can buy kits or download as free, Association des Réalisation et Techniques RadioAmateurs. Transceivers, filters, converters, frequency meters, antenna analyzers, ATV receivers, interfaces

MixW RigExpert - USB INterface - MixW RigExpert integrates sound card with CAT, PTT, CW and FSK functions in a single box with USB connection to your desktop or notebook computer for operating phone, CW, and digital modes.

How ham radio works - How Ham Radio Works, by Gary Brown, Ham radio can be very portable and affordable. In this article, we will look at ham radio and show you how to get started in this wireless world

VLF Loop Antenna - A project on building a VLF loop antenna

Timewave manuals - Timewave Documents for User Download, PK-900 Multimode Data Controller, PK-232 Multimode Data Controller, DSP-232 Multimode Data Controller, DSP-9 Noise Reduction and Bandpass Filter, Audio Signal Processor and Noise Reduction Filter, Audio Signal Processor and Noise Reduction Filter for Yaesu SP-5 and SP-6 Speakers

J Pole calculator  ^pop - Enter the operating frequency and calculate dimensions of your jpole antenna

AZMap - Azimuthal maps generator - AZMap is a freeware Windows program for the Windows PC which will generate, display, and print an Azimuthal-Equidistance (A-E) map of the world, centered at any point on the surface of the earth (except very near the poles). The A-E map is also known as a Great Circle map since straight lines from the center point to any other point always fall along a great circle path and represent the shortest distance between the center and that point

SH5 Contest Log Analysis - SH5 is an easy to use ham radio contest logs analyzer which creates a variety of statistics in HTML format from the Cabrillo format log. Run under Windows and is free to download, by the makers of TR4W

WiNRADiO for Mac - WiNRADiO for Mac, WiNRADiO provides Apple Macintosh support for our most popular receiver, the WR-1550e, a medium-range external receiver with frequency range 150 kHz to 1.5 GHz

Morse test - If you're one of the many hams whose principal operating mode is SSB, then the easiest way to increase your enjoyment of the hobby is to use CW. If you disagree with that statement, then there's a good chance, if you're honest with yourself, that the reason is because you have never been good enough at Morse to make using it an enjoyable experience

50MHz frequency counter, V-meter - Circuit schematic PCB and photo documentation on building a 50 Mhz frequency counter

Motorola Micor Highband Preamp - Make 150.8 - 174 Mcs. RF Preamp properly tune the Two Meter ham band.

GaAs FET preamps - Build a good GaAs FET preamp for 2 meters, 222 or 440 Mhz

6m SSB/CW transceiver - Building a SSB & CW QRP transceiver for 50 Mhz