homebrew rig

The 160M Homebrew Vertical - The 160M "No Excuses" Homebrew Vertical is a 27 ft. vertical antenna, made from three 10 ft. PVC sections bolted together, and half wavelength of antenna wire helically wound around the PVC sections by K6MM

137 MHZ QHF Quadrafilar APT Antenna - This version of the 135mHz quadrafilar antenna for APT reception is an adaptation from Bill Sykes and Bob Cobey's article Taming the QFH which appeared in the March 1997 RIG magazine.

Dipole for 40 meters - Shortened dipole with traps for 40 meters band in portuguese

WB7PMP 4 and 7 eleemts yagi for 50 Mhz - Original drawing and design of a 4 and 7 elements yagi antenna for 50 Mhz

F6EZX Deltaloop - F6ezx homebrewing a deltaloop antenna in French

Single Coil Z Match - Single Coil Z Match, circuit Diagram and homebrewing notes

Antenna Gain Comparison System - This device goal is to optimize homebrew antenna for the V/UHF band. This tool, is based itself on the simultaneously comparison between two antenna, directly in dB. by IK0BDO

W4JOH Cobra Antenna - The original Cobra antenna, is a multiband 160 or 80 to 10 meter, designed by W4JOH is built using standard insulated wire of about 14 gauge and fed with 450 ohm ladder line down to the shack into a tuner.

Receiving Antenna Design - Learn basic theory on antennas, and notes on homebrewing efficient shortwave antennas

Stacking Yagis - Stacking principles, with homebrew coax- and power-splitters by DK7ZB

Morse Runner - Freeware contest simulator for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Alex Shovkoplyas, VE3NEA

W9BPT Palisades ARC - This club originated in the mid 1950’s with a small break in the late 50’s early 60’s and a rebirth in the middle to late 60’s.

How to Work 6 Meter DX by W3EP - December 1998 QST World Above 50MHz copyright ARRL

Yaesu FT-817 Manual for Palm OS - Manual for the great little Yaesu rig. Requires Plucker. Written by Paul VE3UUM

NSW Emergency Service Scanning - Scanning information (frequencies and talkgroups) of the emergency services in NSW, such as the NSW Police Force, NSW Fire Brigades, NSW Rural Fire Service, NSW State Emergency Service and Ambulance Service of NSW.

APRSa4 - APRS+SA does most of the functions of the original APRS(tm) with a big difference: The maps it uses to plot the locations are Street Atlas 4.0 or 5.0 Maps. This allows great precision in locating objects and stations.

jLog - jLog is a modern Freeware Ham Log program that can run on all major platforms, e.g. Mac OS X, Mac OS, Linux/Unix, Windows, etc. It offers a nice, clean interface and allows efficient entry of QSOs. Import or Export of data using the standardized ADIF 2 format is possible to easily exchange data with any other decent Log program. Built-in CW Keyer, CAT control for many popular, rigs, DX Cluster tracking, call lookups

N9ZLE ICOM - CIV Software - IRC is a Free Radio control program for Icom radios using the CIV CT-17 or compatible interface. This program allows the use of different skins to display just about any radio from the IC746 to a secret agent watch. The program uses the new features available with the 746 and 756 to upload or save memories from your rig

IC746 control - IC-746 control It’s as simple as point and click. Left click will turn counter clockwise, and right click will turn clockwise.

Pro Key Set - This small program helps you to edit the CW memories of your Icom 756Pro, 756Pro2, 746 or 746Pro rig. On startup it reads the current memory contents and displays it. You can edit the text and store the memories individually or all 4 together

WinTick - WinTick is a utility program aiming at synchronizing the PC clock to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). It was originally developed for accurate satellite tracking, running on the taskbar while a NASA-compliant tracking program (SGP4 or SDP4) is running in the foreground.

Voice descrambler - This program descrambles band inverted encrypted transmissions, usually found on VHF/UHF. It uses a NCO (numerical controlled oscillator) to re-produce the originally inverted audio band. Use it only if legally permitted in your country. I assume no responsabilities deriving from its use. Standard disclaimer applies

ATPDEC - Atpdec is an open source program that decodes images transmitted by POES NOAA weather satellite series. These satellites transmit continuously, among other things, medium resolution images of the earth on 137Mhz. These transmissions could be easily received with an inexpensive antenna and dedicated receiver. For more information about receiving POES satellite images consult the rig site.

Homebrew FT 817 Headset - A simple circuit to homebrew your own headset for the Yaesu FT-817

PG1N's Hambrew Site - Homebrew-page of PG1N with lots of homebrew links