hf propagation

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.

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.

Whitton Amateur Radio Group - If you find yourself in London then please do visit. The club operates a HF station with the call sign GX0MIN, Friday evenings. We have held the contest call sign M2W since 2000, and regularly participate in HF contests. CQWW SSB is a favourite and the group has operated the October event from Whitton using M2W and from DX locations during the years, with the calls 9H0WW, ZC4DX, C56DX, A45ZN.

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

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

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.

DOMINO - new MFSK mode - A new MFSK mode with IFK by ZL1BPU and ZL2AFP.It is a simple Amateur Radio mode for keyboard QSOs. domino provides digital chat-mode operation on the HF bands, using the well respected sound card technique. Domino will handle TX/RX offsets and mistuning of 200Hz with ease, and will provide perfect copy of drifting signals up to 200Hz/minute!

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

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.

Montreal's MediumWave, FM, SW and TV DX - Information of propagation in and around montreal Canada for shortwave, am , fm and TV dxing, loggings section, propagation forecast and Sporadic E alerts, QSl page, updated frequently

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

DX ToolBox - DX Toolbox searches the web for you, gathering information on solar and geomagnetic conditions that affect radio propagation. It's ideal for the ham radio operator, shortwave listener, or other radio enthusiast.

RadioLink Propagation Prediction - Calculate path losses of a point-to-point radio link. Create terrain profiles using digital elevation models.

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

Radio-Electronics.Com - Information and tutorials about all aspects of radio and electronics including propagation, ham radio, electronics, radio history, etc

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