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End-Fed Half-Wave Antennas (EFHWAs) are analyzed for their utility in portable QRP operations, emphasizing their simplicity, efficiency, and predictable radiation patterns compared to other portable antenna types. The discussion contrasts EFHWAs with vertical antennas, random length wires, and center-fed dipoles, highlighting the common pitfalls of each, such as ground system dependency for verticals and feedline issues for dipoles. The article details the electrical half-wavelength calculation using the formula L (Ft) = 468/F(MHz) and explains how EFHWAs can be resonant on harmonic frequencies, enabling multiband operation. Various deployment configurations are presented, including the inverted L, inverted Vee, sloping wire, and vertical setups, each with specific advantages for radiation angle and polarization. For instance, a vertical EFHWA offers a low angle of radiation suitable for DX contacts without requiring an extensive ground system. The resource also addresses the counterpoise requirements, suggesting a quarter-wavelength wire or connection to a metallic structure for decoupling. A schematic diagram for a simple parallel-tuned circuit tuner, based on the _Rainbow Bridge/Tuner_ design, is provided, detailing component values for 30 and 40 meters, including a 6 microhenry toroidal inductor and a 20-100 picofarad mica compression capacitor. The tuner's adjustment process for SWR matching is also outlined.
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Measurements that show it doesn't make much difference
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Supplying Toroids, Electronic Parts and Kits to Engineers, Schools and Hobbyists. Capacitos, filters, inductors, qrp products
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Communication Coil, Inc. designs and produces custom, high reliability Filter Networks, RF Coils, Chokes, Inductors, Baluns, Toroids and Power Magnetics for communications
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The WB5RVZ Genesis Radio G40 build log documents the construction of a 5W QRP 40m SDR transceiver kit, detailing each phase of assembly from power supply to RF filtering. It provides specific component lists, parts placement diagrams, and testing procedures for stages like the local oscillator, Tayloe detector, and RX op-amps. The resource highlights discrepancies between documentation versions and offers practical advice for builders, including a "virtual build" approach to preemptively address potential ambiguities in component identification and placement. It also addresses a specific "VK6IC Fix" for early board revisions, involving trace cuts and jumper wires for improved performance. The build log presents measured voltages and expected current consumption for various stages, such as the 4.9-5.0 Vdc on the 5V rail and under 100mA for RX current. It outlines critical adjustments like image rejection tuning, a common procedure for direct conversion receivers. The resource also includes practical tips for handling components like the 2N3866 transistor and its heatsink, emphasizing pre-assembly. It details the winding of two 1.45 uH toroidal inductors on T50-6 cores with 17 turns of #20 AWG wire, crucial for the RF path.
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These band filters are based on 3 or 5 sections Butterworth band pass filters, maintaining 50 Ohm impedance, and when built around toroidal inductors, can be made very compact.
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This page describes a couple of parts box medicine bottle antennas that you can build. The ground side of the capacitor is soldered to the ground of the BNC connector. The positive side of the capacitor takes 5 turns around the toroid and is soldered back to itself. The center pin of the BNC connector takes 5 turns around the toroid and then continues on to the wire wound inductor. From there the antenna continues with an attached piece of wire.
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Manufactures Flyback, Switching, Audio, Toroidal, Current Sense & Custom Trasformer, Drumcore & PFC Inductor, Common Mode Chokes.
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A single coil Z-Match. This QRP version by G3WQW, using a T130-2 toroidal inductor and polyvaricon variable capacitors was published in Sprat 84.
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Online impedance calculators grouped by types like Wire inductances, Toroid incuctances, Plane, PAD, Strap inductances, but even Core and Coax Inductances. Air core inductances and mutual inductance groups are also availbale. All these calculators let you input specific paramenters based on the inductor selected and will calculate specific incutance and related dimensions.