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X-Beam antennas - Two element X-Beam is a high-performance broad-band antenna that is ideal for Ham radio operators with limited space. X-Beams are inexpensive and easy to build. The performance of the simple X-beam is amazingly similar to larger, more conventional antennas by 4S7NR

Petlowany Three-Band Burner Antenna - The Petlowany Three-Band Burner is a simple, low-cost, trapless short vertical antenna which amazingly works on three HF bands (20, 15 and 10 meters). This web page contains pictures, performance data, and enough construction details so you can homebrew your own.

Is this ewe for you - A really simple receiving antenna for 80 and 160 meter dxing by WA2WVL

A wideband 80 meter dipole  ^pop - This worthy antenna is so simple and inexpensive you will want more than one by N6LF

Broadbanding the half-square on 80 meters - N6LF discusses a simple way to broadband the classic half-square antenna to operate in both the CW and SSB DX windows on 80/75 meters.

80 meters Short Dipole - The best antenna is the simple Dipole. If you have height, you even can put up a quarter wave vertical or an inverted, but sometimes you may need shorten version by 4S7NR

Bruce arrays for 80 and 160m - Antennas with gain and bandwidth for 80 and 160 meters band. Simple wire antenna capable of considerable gain

Rotatable Dipole for 40m-6m - This article describes a simple, inexpensive, dipole antenna that will rival the performance of a ten-meter beam.

"Halfer" End-Fed Halfwave Antenna  ^pop - End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna for the 7 or 10 MHZ amateur bands intended to provide a very simple to erect yet effective portable QRP antenna.

144/430 dualband J-Pole antenna - A simple and cheap dualband j-pole antenna for 144 and 430 MHz

Freebanders antenna systems - Yagi Quad's and Verticals simple explanations about freebanders antenna systems

W4RYZ Panama City Amateur Radio Club - Founded in the 1950s, the Panama City Amateur Radio Club is a warm, relaxing haven for Bay County amateur radio operators to meet, chat, and eyeball folk they talk to on simplex and local repeaters during the week.

The KISS Protocol - The KISS TNC provides direct computer to TNC communication using a simple protocol. KISS is a simple Host-to-TNC communications protocol

Kenwood manuals - Many of Kenwood’s instruction manuals are available for download. Manuals are in PDF.

Two Kenwood TS850 modifications - Here are two simple modifications / repairs for the Kenwood TS850 HF transceiver, dual receiver mod, and battery pack replacement

ExpressPCB - Free PCB software is a snap to learn and use. For the first time, designing circuit boards is simple for the beginner and efficient for the professional.

Grig Radio Control - Grig is a freeware simple Ham Radio control (CAT) program based on the Ham Radio Control Libraries (Hamlib). It is intended to be highly generic presenting the user to the same graphical user interface regardless of which radio is being controlled. Grig supports the most commonly used CAT commands that are implemented by Hamlib, and integrates well with other ham radio programs like Xlog and gMFSK. Grig has been developed on Linux, but has been ported on Mac and Windows OS.

MiniLog - MiniLog - /P Logging Software, a simple logging application that run under WindowsCE, XP and Vista for use on a cheap netbook by M0PZT

HugeIcom - This is a very simple program which helps visually handicapped people to see the frequency and mode of the rig. Or maybe it's useful for demos, trade shows or similiar. It will work with any Icom except the IC-735.

SCAN505 - A simple freeware scanner program for the Kachina DSP505. The software does NOT control the radio thru the interface port - it works in conjuction with the Kachina control software using the file interface

G0UPL 30m QRSS Junkbox Beacon - This simple 30m QRSS beacon is built entirely out of junkbox parts, the only component purchased specifically for this project was the 10,140kHz crystal.

Cheap and simple HF dummy load - This is the report of a MFJ-259B analysis of two 100 ohm / 5 watts resistors in parallel partially in italian

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

DC to DC (12 to 24 V) Voltage Converter - This page describes a DC to DC voltage converter, pretty simple, for currents up to 500 mA by sv1bsx

External Keypad for FT-817 - An external keypad for FT-817(ND), for the serious portable/field-day contester/operator. Homebrew it with the free firmware and public circuit diagram. The circuit is very simple and takes power supply from the ACC port of the radio