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A Stealthy 75 meter antenna - The 75 meter dipole at K7ZB was put up to meet the need for making contacts with friends in the Southwest and Southern California. As usual, it had to be put up so no one can see it from the surrounding neighborhood.

W5QJR Antenna Revisited - This antenna combines the features of a horizontal and a vertical antenna to provide constant signal level to all stations from near-in to more than 1,000 miles It is the optimum antenna for rag chewing and net operation on 40, 80 and 160 meters

The Optimized Wide Band Antenna - Yagis for 20 15 10 meters band by Nathan A. Miller

Portable yagi antennas - A 3 and 5 element portable yagi antennas for 2 meter band

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

Stealth Multiband Vertical  ^pop - A vertical antenna for 40 and 80 meters band, using a telescoping fiberglass fishing pole.

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

Squalo 6M horizontal omni antenna - An almost Omni directional horizontal antenna for six meters by G8UBJ

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.

AA3RL Transmission Line Calculator  ^updated - Excel spreasheet that calculate virtually every transmission line parameter that one may need. Include Length conversions, Reactance and Length of Stubs

The G5RV antenna by WB2VUO - This is from a posting on the BARK PBBS Keith, WB2VUO

Ultimate Portable HF Vertical Antenna - A light and compact antenna that is easy to build, and easy to find parts for. Band coverage is 60 through 10 meters.

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

Speedometers SWR Meters and Smith Charts - Have wondered why a Smith chart has such strange grid lines. Believe it or not, there is a logical progression from Speedometers to Smith charts that will make the Smith grid crystal clear.

Main Page - RadioCanadaDXGroup - The Radio Canada DX Group is a non-profit, 11-meter, Citizens Band Radio Group, established in 1969.

CQ Contests Rules and Awards - CQ Contests rules, CQ World Wide 160-meter Contest CQ World Wide WPX Contest CQ World Wide RTTY Contest CQ World Wide RTTY WPX Contest CQ World Wide DX Contest CQ World Wide VHF Contest

KC0TKS/B 10 Meter Beacon - Central missouri ham radio beacon

WAFAR - Western Area FM Amateur Repeater Club - The main WAFAR transmitter site is on the roof of the Civic Opera House in Downtown Chicago, and sends our 2-meter and 440 MHz. repeater signals all over Northeast Illinois.

W4JPL - W4JPL John personalpage and the W4JPL 10 meter Beacon

Gateway Electronics - Amateur radio kits, cw keyers, vhf mini receivers, 2 meter preamplifier and more audio related kits, based in St. louis, Mo and San diego, ca USA

ARDF transmitter for 80 meters - The 80m TX described here is the well known ON7YD ATX-80 and timer, combined and re-engineered to fit a readily available enclosure by G3ZOI

Meter Mate - SWR Graph Software - Meter Mate is a companion utility for your directional watt meter that allows you to calculate the SWR reading when the forward and reflected power readings are measured. In addition to calculating the antenna system SWR Meter Mate will also plot the SWR curves of all of your antennas onto graphs that may be printed out.

Parabolic - This program calculates geometry, gain, losses, efficiency, directivity pattern and other parameters of primary fed and offset parabolic antennas.

Coax Switch 160-10 meter - Cheap and Dirty Coax Switch by Glen E. Zook, K9STH

A Homebrew SSB Transceiver for 60 Meters - Description of the design and building of a homebrew phasing-type ssb transceiver for the 60 meter band by Paul Alexander WB9IPA