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The Impact of Current Distribution on Array Patterns - Technical Correspondence, QST, July 1990 - Why even "perfect" phased array element currents don't produce perfect patterns.

The simplest phased array feed system that works - How to calculate "phasing line" lengths that actually work.

Antenna Baluns: What they are - Baluns what do they do, in a pdf file by W7EL

RF in shack with vertical and longwire antennas - Why a vertical antenna or longwire antenna might require a balun

Installing a balun - The correct way to install a lowngwire antenna with a balun

Longwire Antenna Balun Project  ^pop - Home brew a long wire balun

The Monoband HF dipole antenna - If you are looking for an easy antenna for your favorite band, you can't go wrong with an halfwavelenght dipole, all you need is 3 insulators and some wire

Wire Antenna Life - How long should a wire antenna last? Wire antennas are not forever. Installation and quality are major factors in the useful life. Don't forget maintenance. You can avoid an untimely failure.

Antenna Feed Lines for Portable Use - Why twinlead isn't necessarily a low loss feed line.

EA6VQ - Open wire feeding and baluns - Discussion about open wire feeding and baluns took place in the Moon-Net reflector.

Homebrew Hex Wire Beam Antenna - Hombrewinf the hex beam antenna by W6OT

To Trap or Not to Trap - An interesting article on traps, pros and cons of trapping by W4RNL

CardboardHorn - Seattle Wireless - A Cardboard Horn antenna for 802.11b

Picture of a multiband dipole  ^pop - Pictures of a multiband dipole, build with simple PVC T and standard electrical wire

A tri-band 2 element portable Yagi - Additional notes and eznec file on original article of a Portable 3-Band Yagi antenna for 10-15-20 meter band made with wire elements, original article published by VE7CA

RMS power - How it's misused and misunderstood, and why it's not useful.

Installation of a Utility Pole - There are many ways to support an amateur radio antenna. Installatio of a utility pole will provide an antenna height of approximately 13 meters (40 feet) and will require no guy wires.

PringlesCantenna - Seattle Wireless - The PringlesCantenna is an ultracheap Yagi-type directional antenna that can be built for under $10. The original Pringles Yagi was designed by Andrew Clap.

SardineCanAntenna - Seattle Wireless  ^updated - Sardine Can Antenna. is a BiQuad or Bi circle - wire length each side (8 x 1/4 waves ) 31 mm

DirectionalBiQuad - Seattle Wireless - A biquad is a fairly powerful antenna which is relatively easy to construct, with impressive performance for their size. A link greater than 5 miles can be made with a pair of these as a stand-alone antenna and a Prism2 100mW card, provided you keep coax short, and your line-of-sight is clear.

MicroTV Aerial - Seattle Wireless - Yagi antenna for 2.4Ghz band

2.4GHz Cubic Quad Antenna  ^pop - The Cubic Quad antenna is a commonly homemade antenna in the range of about 150 odd MHz. Our little project was to design one of these for use in the 2.4GHz range for 802.11 wireless LANs.

Cebik antennas and limited space dipoles - An analysis of the cebik dipole and other small limited space dipoles fed with open wire ladder line.

Installing Wire Antennas - Before selecting an antenna system, you must first find a place to put it. A selection of techniques to setup antennas upon trees using pulleys or other tools

High Performance Wire Antennas - Popularity doesn't guarantee high antenna performance, disadvantages of trap antennas