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HF Copper Loop  ^pop - A small transmitting loop antenna for 14MHz and 21MHz. This is an antenna you might consider if you have limited space, by Lloyd Butler VK5BR Based on material originally published in Amateur Radio, 11 1991

VK2ABQ Wire Beams - The VK2ABQ wire beam is described in Les Moxon's HF Antennas for all Locations which also contains the original references, but they are rather difficult to find. The VK2ABQ antenna is a planar wire beam that can be constructed from a single hub and four spreaders.

VHF TX Loop - VHF Antenna in a lunchbox. The magnetic loop on two metres band Lloyd Butler VK5BR

W6OAV'S LOOP - Bill Rinker, W6OAV, handcrafted this compact magnetic HF loop from copper and pvc plumbing supplies, a 12 volt motor, and some teflon sheets. He's had great reports with it.

Portable Loop Antenna  ^pop - This loop it is small and light enough to carry while operating, it disassembles into small but rugged pieces that fit easily in a backpack or gym bag, and it can be tuned from 14 MHz to 30 MHz. This tunable magnetic loop antenna is my contribution to the well established art of amateur loop making. Can be tuned from 14 MHz to 30 MHz.

A Portable Multi-Band Magnetic Loop Antenna  ^pop - Described here is a simple multi-band magnetic loop antenna designed for 20, 30 and 40 metres, but by changing the overall length of the wire coverage of other bands is feasible

Cbdomain.com - A web page for uhf & hf cb operators & scanner hobbtists

HB0 - DXpdition 2004 - HB0 on most HF bands from 12 Sept 2004 to 19 Sept. 2004. HB0/ON7TQ and HB0/ON6UQ Qsl via home call Buro or direct.

VK4HF Rental Shack in Australia - This is the ham radio station of VK4HF near Brisbane Australia which is available for Ham Radio Holidays.

East Tennessee DX Association - A club dedicated to DXing (HF as well as VHF/UHF) and contesting.

HFRadio.org Discussion Forums - Discussion groups for Shortwave Listening, Propagation, Amateur Radio, and related topics.

Radio Audio and sound files - Some tens of very special audio files recorded during amateur radio activities like aurora traffic, meteor scatter, communications with ISS crew and the sound of various transmission modes that you can hear on HF and VHF bands

Integrated Tower Systems-ITS - Premier OEM of portable tower systems, Communication-Site-on-Wheels (COWs), heavy-duty fixed foundation telescopic structures commercial and military, worldwide sales and leasing

How to select an amplifier - Thierry LOMBRY, ON4SKY, develops in three long articles all you need to know about amplification, and how to seletc an HF and a solid-state amplifier, with pictures.

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

G0ISW VHF/UHF DX - Ultimate VHF/UHF DX resource site

HF - VHF Radiowave Propagation Center - High frequecy and VHF radio propagation data, solar and geomagnetic real-time and historic data, as well as forecasts. A comprehensive propagation resource compiled by Tomas Hood, editor of the propagation columns of CQ, CQ VHF, Popular Communications, and Monitoring Times magazines. Solar Weather, Geomagnetic, Aurora, Ionospheric reports via eAlerts and webpage. WAP phone access. Live and educational resources, and more.

Funkshop.com - German Ham radio dealer for hf radios by Icom Yaesu Kenwood Alinco and Alan

Azimuth - The AZIMUTH program plots a world map in either azimuth (beam heading) or Mercator projections. If you specify your home location in latitude and longitude, the azimuth projection is centred on your location. The Azimuth map program can display Maidenhead grids - this is useful for 6m, 2m, and UHF DX communication display. Various features of the map are: Azimuth or Mercator projections , Maidenhead grid display, Simple map zooming, Print maps with adequate resolution up to one meter sized map

SP5GJN - HF Power Amplifiers  ^pop - HF home meade power amplifiers by SP5GJN

An Advanced VHF Wattmeter - A few modifications greatly increase the utility of a popular QST projec

W7IUV HF Preamplifier - Schematic and pictures of a W7IUV preamplifier

2m Band VHF antenna pre-amplifier - Homebrew pre-amp for 144-146 MHz amateur band and OSCAR Satellites, using BF981 Dual-gate MosFet. Gain ~15 dB, NF=1dB.

VHF UHF preamp - ON6MU project for a vhf uhf preamplifier

Garex VHF preamp - It is available for spot frequencies in the range 40 - 250MHz, where a typical gain of 26dB can be achieved