tuning radials

DL9MEU Antenna projects - Basics for a good Antenna:``Only if you can hear it, you can work it!``Symmetric antennas save a lot of trouble.``No traps - no radials - no loading coils.

Tenna Dipper Kit - The "Tenna Dipper" is a low power antenna analyzer and ATU tuning aid. With this handy accessory, you can determine the 50 Ohm resonance frequency of antennas or you can adjust your antenna tuner for a 50 Ohm match without generating QRM

K2YWE's Compact 160m Lazy-U Antenna - This compact 160m antenna is a half-wave dipole with a vertical section. It requires no radials and has worked well for me.

7Mhz Vertical antenna  ^pop - The secret with this antenna is to install as many radials as you can around the base of the antenna, they can be anything from 1/8 wave or longer.

Dual Band Vertical On Autopilot - A good 20 & 40 meter dual band vertical using a novel tuning method that provides automatic band switching.

How to make an end-fed antenna work  ^pop - Here is a sure fire way to make end-fed halfwave antennas fed with a 50 ohm coupler work - without long radials, grounds, chokes, voodoo.

SWR: Maximum allowable VSWR - VSWR (voltage-standing-wave-ratio) represents the degree with which an antenna is "matched" to the system impedance. Most modern antennas do not require any tuning for optimum performance. VSWR is one of the easiest parameters to measure and VSWR meters are becoming very popular antenna installation tools

Transmission Lines - Articles on SWR measurements and feed lines tuning.

Antenna Transmatch Tips - Tips on tuning antennas using Antenna Tuning Units also called ATU. This article explains the functions and ills of tuners, along with some guide- lines for building an ATU.

Detuning Towers - The goal of detuning is not to avoid resonance, but rather to minimize re-radiation and/or current in the interfering structure.

J-Pole theory  ^pop - The J-Pole antenna is an omnidirectional antenna that can be used for base, mobile and field day stations. It does not need a ground plane, radials or a complicated matching system. The J-Pole can be cheaply, simply and quickly constructed using a variety of techniques, some of which are discussed in this article.

Remote Loop Tuning - Lyle Koehler's article on remote use of LF loop antennas for receiving purposes.

Antenna Tuning - Tuning mobile and base antennas, measuring SWR.

M1IOS - Wonder Whip antenna and tuner Priority listing - M1IOS Wonder Whip antenna - The M1IOS Wonder Whip A 10 dollars QRP Portable Multiband Antenna for HF, VHF and UHF A variation on the Miracle Whip and Wander Wand. This antenna tuning unit will get your SWR really low on telescopic whips, mobile 3/8th antenna and long wires. A remarkable little tuner that really works!

How to build a tuned loop antenna  ^pop - How can you vastly improve your Medium Wave reception? its quite simple really, all you need is 120 foot of wire, a few lengths of timber and an old tuning capacitor with which you can build the answer to every DX'ers prayers, a tuned loop antenna.

Quarter Wave with radials - VHF quarter wave antenna mainly for scanner usage, The quarter wave antenna is an easily designed and constructed antenna for whatever frequency you want, although with the following design, you may to limit it to the VHF and UHF bands due to the physical size.

The KO6YD Screwdriver Antenna Memory - The Screwdriver Antenna Memory (SAM) product is designed to enhance the mobile antenna commonly called the "Screw Driver". It replaces your current control unit and provides an automated memory feature that eliminates the visual coil tuning method commonly used.

VLF-LF And the Loop Aerial - The article discusses the theory of loop aerials for receiving and how they reduce the level of local noise. A Loop Aerial is described suitable for use on the LF and VLF bands together with a circuit of an interface loop tuner and preamplifier. The discussion extends to the problems of amplifier noise and the advantages of tuning the loop.

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!

An HF Packet Tuning Indicator - This article describes the use of a PSK31 soundcard program's "waterfall" display as great tuning indicator for any HF packet TNC

Sparkys cb shack - CB and 10 Meter Amateur Radio Sales and Service. Free Custom Tuning. Free Shipping. Home of the Sparktune Modulator. Give your radio that Blazing Modulation We stock Galaxy, Cobra, magnum, Connex, General,Uniden, Workman, Dosy, Hustler, Turner

FT736 - Tuning control of the Yaesu FT-736R multiband VHF/UHF transceiver.

EZSSTV - Freeware SSTV program by WB2OSZ, Automatic Calibration, Automatic Fine Tuning, Widest Variety of File Types

Amplifiers and Vacuum Tubes Tuning Loading and Arcing - Page on amplification topics. From vacuum tubes to various components, discussion on stability and arcin causes.

Tunekit - Filter Tuning Kit for Windows is a electronic filter synthesis program and a practical filter tuning aid for actually designing and building a working filter