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Build Your Own Bazooka Dipole: A VHF/UHF vertical dipole made from coax

Excellent guide to build your own G5RV antenna by Lombry

Cannot find the inductors you need for an antenna, a tuner or amplifier ? Build your own it is easy!

Build your own multiband W3DZZ antenna resonating on 80 40 20 15 and 10 meters band

An easy guide to "How to build your own magnetic loop" for 20 meters

Here is a high-performance hand-held beam antenna that is easy to build and guaranteed to improve your downlink from the LEO satellites over ANY rubber duck or mobile whip

Build your own delta loop antenna for 6 meters band

Build your own cobweb antenna followning M0MRR instructions and notes

Design and build your own Hf thru Vhf antennas.Contains pictures, plans, parts list of very popular ham antennas along with experimental types.

All copper J-Pole antennas for sale. 6 meter, 2 meter, 222 MHz, 440 MHz, LPFM, Marine, GMRS. Includes a construction plan in pdf format if you wish to build your own antenna.

Short guide to build your own groundplane antenna, includes radial measurements fro warc bands

Use plain water with a little salt added to build your own Dummy Load

N5IW ideas to build your own antenna in a restricted lot, or a stealth antenna. Includes PPT files of HF and VHF stealth antennas.

Several projects which will allow you to build your own RF design test equipment.

2 Meter Halo Antenna project by Mike Fedler with many detailed pictues and detailes homebrewing instructions so you can build your own

This isn’t a set of step-by-step instructions, but my info might give you some ideas for building your own antenna support.

Build your own home made Antenna Analyzer with an arduino micro, or a cheeper one with a pic processor

Hexagonal wire beams for all hf bands, technical resource, EZNEC files, tools for antenna modeling and documentation. You can also order parts to build your own antenna.

Learn a little bit about how duplexers work and building your own.

A monoband end-fed half wave for 10m, 20m or any other HF band, includes a PDF with detailed information to build your own monoband or multiband antenna

How to make your ham radio system mobilemany ham radio operators carry radios for fun, safety and public service activities. radios for both vhf and hf frequencies can easily be installed in vehicles.

Build your own multi-band mobile ham antenna with a Hamstick

An interesting Elecraft KX3 go box, for a total of 1,6 Kg 3,5 lbs with list of needed parts to build your own box by OE2ATN

How to build your own beverage antenna for 80-160 meters band by K5ZD

A balun is a MUST for dipoles or similar antennas when they are feed with coaxial cables. Many hams connect the center conductor of the coaxial cable to one side of the dipole, and the shield to the other. Wrong!

EA4EOZ home made baluns

A helpful guide to building your own beverage-type low noise receiving antenna for broadband use. Easy, do-it-yourself suggestions to optimize directional performance, even if you lack a farm to put it on.

Make your own interface, two schematics for building an interface using the RTS line by N3UR

A web site dedicated to hex beam homebrewing. The hexagonal beam has become a wildly popular antenna. It is a directional antenna that provides great performance and does not require a full scale, expensive tower.

Interesting article on how build your own field day antenna

A DIY guide to build your own compact multiband HF antenna based on the G3TXQ version using a 1:4 balun. This article includes the full part list and instructions to assembly, including the center plate.

How to make an effective RF Choke. The coiled coax choke is the easiest to make but also the least effective. This article includes some general guidelines for winding coax chokes on a 10cm PVC pipe using RG-58 or RG-213 coax cable.

You can now build and run your own ADS-B ground station that can be installed anywhere and receive real-time data directly from airplanes on your computer

Project for DXers and experimenters alike. An old article publishes by 73 Amateur Radio magazine in PDF format, where all the components required to build your own HF spectrum analyzer may be found in a well-stocked junk box.

Building a Windom HF Antenna. A PDF file presentation about homebrewing a windom antenna for the HF bands with formulas for 40 and 80 meters bands and step by step guide on making a 4:1 balun to feed the antenna.

Do you want to measure antenna impedance at resonance? With this Antenna Scope, you have a simple RF Bridge for getting started in an exciting part of Ham Radio, building your own Antennas that work well

A funny online application that lets you build your own QSL cards based on templates. You can choose background text aligment and text to be printed on your card.

Build and run your own ADS-B receiver for 100 USD with a Raspberry Pi

The page provides a detailed guide on how to build your own NOAA weather satellite receiving station, covering hardware, antenna, computer setup, and software installation. It offers a straightforward explanation suitable for beginners and serves as an educational project. The content includes step-by-step instructions and tips for observing satellites in the night sky.

Plans for building your own 3-element beam for use on 6m.

Utility-Driven Tradeoff Analysis, if you want to geto on the microwave bands , you will have to choose the proper antenna for your operating conditions. How to decide is not always easy, and you may also decide to build your own antenna.

The N0QBH QRSS project page, a couple of projects using available kits for improved frequency and timing stability. A configurable DDS VFO 100mW transmitter with LCD display and a modified Hans Sommers 40m 100mW transmitter

Constructing an End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW) antenna offers a practical solution for HF operators seeking a multiband wire antenna without the need for extensive radial systems. This design typically employs a high-impedance transformer at the feed point, matching the antenna's inherent high impedance to a 50-ohm coaxial feedline. The article specifically details a 2012 approach, focusing on a transformer with a 49:1 turns ratio, which is a common configuration for EFHW antennas. The resource outlines the construction of a wire element cut for a half-wavelength on the lowest desired band, with specific coil arrangements enabling operation on harmonically related bands such as 40m, 20m, and 10m. It discusses the physical dimensions and winding details for the matching transformer, often utilizing a ferrite toroid core to achieve the necessary impedance transformation. The content provides insights into the operational principles and practical considerations for deploying such an antenna, including methods for tuning and optimizing performance across multiple amateur radio bands. While acknowledging that the presented information from 2012 may be superseded by newer insights, it serves as a foundational reference for understanding EFHW antenna theory and construction.

Online antenna calculator for homemade double biquad antenna for UMTS 3G 4G WiMAX WiFi frequencies. Article includes also a simple biquad antenna for 4g

A balun is a MUST for dipoles or similar antennas when they are feed with coaxial cable. From the RF point of view, the shield can be modeled as two conductors, the internal shield (the real shield, this is, ground) and the external shield, who is really far to be ground. In this way, your dipole has 3 arms, the two from the dipole and the coaxial cable shield (external face)

This type of antenna is a popular antenna design as the performance is very good across the HF bands and requires little or no tuning. It’s a dipole fed off center with a 4:1 balun at the offset feed point. The antenna shown covers 80, 40, 20 and 10 meters. The formula can also be used to adjust the overall length to cover more or fewer bands and the resulting overall length. 160-10m, 80-10m or 40-10 meters depending on your available space. Other bands will require a tuner.

F5NPV explores the construction of a cost-effective 1KW dummy load for radio enthusiasts. Purchasing a commercial dummy load can be expensive, but with basic materials such as a metal can, resistors, mineral oil, and a heat dissipator, you can build your own. The article provides a simple guide to assembling the load, including the importance of testing for inductance. The DIY dummy load yields impressive performance, with an SWR of 1.2:1 across multiple bands and the ability to handle up to 1KW of power. This budget-friendly solution is a valuable addition to any radio shack.

If you want to build your own common mode choke, this article explains how to measure the efficiecy of your choke before using it. In the examples has been used Amidon FT240-31 toroids.

A j-pole antenna plan with drawings and dimensions that can help you on building your own j-pole antenna for the six meters band

The CobWebb antenna project is a compact, multiband HF solution ideal for amateur radio operators. Covering 14-28 MHz, it features a square dipole array with near-omnidirectional coverage and unity gain. This guide details a DIY approach, using a 1:4 current balun for impedance matching. Construction involves aluminum and fiberglass tubing, with optimized element tuning for SWR performance. Weather resistance improvements and resonance shift considerations are also discussed. Build your own CobWebb antenna for an efficient, space-saving HF experience.