“A viewer asks: What size of gauge of wire should I use for my portable End Fed Half Wave EFHW antenna. 16 gauge wire seems to be bending my mast. Dave and I talk more about wire and good choices for portable antennas.”
Antenna
APARTMENT ANTENNA, HF, 40M-2M – MFJ-1622
The MFJ-1622 Apartment Antenna covers 40 through 2 Meters, mounts outdoor to windows, balconies, railings, and works great indoors mounted to d… Read more
M2 DRIVEN ELEMENT SCHEMATIC & TROUBLE SHOOTING
To check internal driven element block connections, remove balun, shorting bars, and feed coax/ phasing line. Test Steps: 1.Continuity: between block… Read more
Building a 40 Meter Rotatable Dipole
40 Meter Dipole “I enjoyed putting these pieces together from MFJ Hy Gain, MFJ Cushcraft, Texas Towers, M2 and our local hardware store t… Read more
Status QUAD: 2/4/5 StQ 7- 2 elements 40/30 – 4 elements 20/17/15 – 5 elements 12/10
Horizontal and elements rod kit On the models with 4 and more elements, we use an horizontal tie-rods kit, to prevent bending in the horizontal plane…. Read more
EAntenna 3BMOX 7 el. Yagi 10/15/20m band
EAntenna 7 el. Yagi 10/15/20m band Full coverage bandwidth in the three bands Awesome gain in lower 3,2m boom leght … Read more
Review
Is Ham Radio Dead? Is Ham Radio Doomed?
“Lots of speculation and knee-jerk reactions exist on social media about whether or not Ham Radio is Dead. I wonder what the statistics say? Let… Read more
Retired Librarian Who Was Maine’s First Woman Radio Amateur Turns 108
Mary Cousins, ex-W1GSC, who was the first woman in Maine to obtain an Amateur Radio license, celebrated her 108th birthday on September 20. Now a resi… Read more
SWR , How To Measure And Is it Important
SWR W6LG, Jim, shows the loss in RG8X in a simple demonstration without using Algebra and Smith Charts. Read more
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Introduction to the IC-7610 SDR HF Transceiver [ Video ]
Icom Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka-shi Hirano Ward, President: Tsutomu Fukui) will release the HF + 50 MHz fixed amateur radio transceiver IC-7610 fr… Read more
Equipment
PowerPlus – Rugged Portable DC Power Management System
DESCRIPTION Rugged Portable DC Power Management System with built-in High-Efficiency Battery Charger! > High contrast OLED display > Power man… Read more
X-Series Signal Analyzers – UXA Signal Analyzer, 3 Hz to 50 GHz
X-Series Signal Analyzers See the real performance of your design with wider (to 1 GHz), deeper views of the most challenging signals Measure the spec… Read more
Yaesu FT 100
Features 160-2 meters +440 Electronic Keyer 200 Memories DSP BR, Notch 100 Watts HF Output 50 Watts 2 Meter Output 20 Watts 440 MHz Ou… Read more
1 KW SSPA for 1.8-54 MHz
It’s been a while since I built an amp for HF; I’d have to go back to the 60’s and a pair of the venerable 3-500z tubes that I put t… Read more
IC-705 QRP SDR Transceiver Update, Available in Japan around April 2020
IC-705 There has been massive interest around the world about the new IC-705 QRP SDR transceiver since a concept model was shown at the Tokyo Hamfair… Read more
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