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Ionic Fluid Antenna - Ionic Liquid Antenna (ILA) by MW0GKX from original articles by N9ZRT

Low-cost half wave Dipole for HF QRP rigs - An economical dipole for simple QRP HF homebrew rigs

Adjusting HF Antenna Lengths - Find out how much to adjust the length of a quarter wave whip or a half wave dipole rather than the outright cut-and-try method.

The Original "Slim Jim" Antenna Article - The 2BCX Slim Jim by F.C. JUDD, G2BCX.

Appalachian Trail Award - This award program is to promote hiking on the Appalachian Trail with your QRP rigs

Olympix - Performance RFI Filters that work right at the noise sources, ferrite cores.

Your First Rig - Recommendations on choosing your first rig

Vintage QSL Collection - This website was originally inspired by the discovery of a number of QSL (radio reception report) cards dating from the 1920s and is intended to make images of the cards available to as many people as possible.

KENWOOD TS-480 Series In-Depth Manual - This document contains a great deal of information regarding the engineering intentions, design and technical information pertaining to the exceptional TS-480 series (TS-480SAT and TS-480HX) rigs

RemoteRig for TS-480 - Remote usage solution for Kenwood TS-480

fldigi and Kenwood TS-590S - TS-590S XML Rig definition file for use with fldigi by W1HKJ

Some HF Transceivers to Consider - So, you finally upgraded and are ready to jump into HF. Here are some HF transceivers you might look at.

Some HF Antennas to Consider - Choosing HF antennas for beginners

Kenwood TH-D7E - Back from the USA - Returning a TH-D7E to its original European configuration.

Kenwood TM-241E - TM-241E Picture and specifications

Ontario Surplus - Located in Upstate New York, specialize in unusual surplus equipment, mostly of military origin.

Ham Radio on a Linux Workstation - How to Operate Ham Radio on a Linux Workstation

Selecting the Right Tube - Selecting a tube around which to build a linear amplifier.

An Accurate Power Meter For QRP Ops - A circuit using two junkbox transistors and a garden variety op-amp that will let you accurately measure your rig\'s flea power down to milliwatts.

40 meters QRP CW RTX Priority listing - This is the schematic of asolid-state 7 MHz QRP CW transmitter by VU2NAN

MOuSeFET CW Transmitter Page - Original article was in December, 1986 QST

Heathkit signal generator - Heathkit signal generator with original paper manual for download

How to solder - This guide focuses on soldering for the beginner and explains how you can solder a variety of components using a few different techniques - from the classy to the downright caveman.

PC to Rig Interfacing Information - Connecting the computer to your RTX for using ham radio software programs

UHF on a VHF Rig - This circuit enables fair copy of strong 444 MHz signals, off a local repeater, using a 2m rig and a 1/4λ 70 cm indoor ground plane antenna.