short wave listening

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

2 meter 1/4 wave Ground Plane - 146 Mhz quarter wave antenna plan

Shortened dipole for 80-40 meters - A shortened dipole for 80 and 40 meters band in spansih

Dual Loop 80 and 40 Meter  ^pop - A dual loop antenna, ZZ Wave Net HF Wire Antenna Project by VE6VIS. The antenna is basically a full wave 80 meter loop on top and a 40 meter loop on the bottom all supported from a 64 foot center support

6 Meter 5/8 Wave Vertical Antenna - The G3JVL 6 Meter ground plane vertical is a compact antenna that is ideal for portable operations. If needed, it can be disassembled into a very small bundle no longer than the longest element.

Half wave collinear copper jpole - Two meters collinear j-pole antennas made with riggid copper pipe

5/8 Collinear antenna  ^pop - A 5/8 wave stacked j-pole antenna plan

KB1DIG's 5/8th Wave Colinear - Pictures of a PVC 2 meter j-pole antenna

Inverted Vee monoband antenna - This project will enable you to build a monoband long wire inverted vee with 3/4 wave length sides that will have a bit of gain

Better Feedline Loss Measurements with Antenna Analyzers - Various publications through the years have shown how the SWR measured on a shorted (or open) feed line can be used to calculate feed line attenuation

SWL Receiving Antenna Ideas - Shortwave radio receiving antenna experiments, on 30 and 40 meters band with pictures, schematics and descriptions.

The FD4 (FD3) Windom Antenna  ^pop - The 4-band Fritzel model FD4 is a special version of a Windom antenna. It is a half-wave long on the lowest frequency, and is fed from a coax cable through a transformer inserted in the wire at one-third from one end

Oldradios.co.nz - A new zealand radio servicemans personal tribute to old 'boatanchor' valve communications receivers, dx listening posts of the 1950's, early radio literature, vacuum tube (valves) collection, early tube testers, unusual

AIRWAVES:Wayne's Vintage Radio's - Old radios collection, vintage radios, sale trade and wanted

Grundigsw.com - Shortwave Radios from Germany & Worldwide!

Bermuda Contest Rules - Rules for contestants

GM4CXM Ray - Home page of the Amateur Radio station of GM4CXM located near Glasgow in Scotland. Dedicated to VHF and microwave operations

I2NDT QRSS listenings - pictures and description of QRSS activity

Free Radio Nova - Free radio nova on Shortwave

Printable SWL QSL log template - Free printable template for QSL log reports. Mainly for shortwave listening. Pdf file by Mike Chambers

ChirpPix - ChirpPix converts a bitmap image to a wave file, which can then be sent by a SSB transmitter and received on spectrogram waterfall displays Image Transmission using ChirpPix and ChirpHell

Morse Tone Encoder - Generates Morse tones using the Soundcard. A neat tool for sending out short sequences of Morse tones.

PalmProp - PalmProp is a software for PalmOs dedicated to the forcast of HF radiowave propagation by f5hla

DTMF encoder - Generates dial tones using the Soundcard. A neat tool for sending out short sequences of DTMF tones.

A Power Supply on the Cheap - Need a variable power supply that is short circuit protected and over voltage protected; Here is a good one that can be built cheap by VE3IVJ