KI5OEB: My Third Outing with the Xiegu G90
by James (KI5OEB) This is the account of the third time out using the Xiegu G90 to hunt and...
Category: Antennas
QRP DX?! Testing the “Just OK Mini” Antenna with Just One Watt
by Thomas (K4SWL) On Wednesday, February 25, 2025, I had a busy day ahead of me. Most of the...
My You Can Think of the Darndest Things While in a Hospital Bed…
Listeners to the ICQ Podcast where I appear monthly as a Presenter probably heard me say that I was...
G3ZDQ
Episode 532 – Ian Flemming – G3ZDQ Ian Flemming, G3ZDQ, grew up tuning mysterious signals on his grandfather’s radio...
Steve’s New Portable Vertical Antenna System
by Steve (VA3FLF/NC4SR) Vertical antennas are now extremely popular for portable operations. The market has exploded with assorted brands...
KI5OEB: Putting the IC-705—and Two Antennas—to Work at Salt Plains State Park
by James (KI5OEB) Today I went to my favorite park bench again! The activation had a little prep and...
EiffelTenna is in Practical Wireless
My bespoke portable HF antenna, called the EiffelTenna, is featured in the October issue of Practical Wireless. I was...
N0LX
Episode 529 – Jake Groenhof – N0LX Jake Groenhof, N0LX, discovered amateur radio in the 1960s thanks to his...
K6VHF
Episode 528 – Alex Nersesian – K6VHF Alex Nersesian K6VHF is a US immigration success story. Hailing from the...
Get a load of this…
Ground-mounted verticals are all the rage these days in portable HF operations. This is particularly true in POTA activations....
W2ARP
Episode 526 – Bob Pantazes – W2ARP In this episode of QSO Today, Eric Guth 4Z1UG returns from a...
A 171-Meter Loop Skywire Antenna
An “eHam Classic” by KB8VIP and KC8SXL
Five-band HF Linked Dipole [updated January 2025]
An improved buildThis antenna was first described in the November-December 2023 Communicator. After a year of using it, I’ve...
10 Meter Hex Beam
A detailed look at this antenna
Vertical Antenna Taller Than the Empire State Building!
A brief history of the Hawes Radio Tower
Via the RSGB: GB2RS News Script for 24 November 2024
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via Hackaday: Schooling ChatGPT on Antenna Theory Misconceptions
We’re not very far into the AI revolution at this point, but we’re far enough…
Indoor Attic Antennas — Always Surprise Me!
An “eHam Classic” by N2LK
Sherlock Investigates: Baofeng Rubber Duck Whip Failure
Has anyone else had a cold solder joint fail on their HT?
Revolutionary Approach to Amateur Radio Explored in New Book: Jesus, Faith, & Antennas
Combining the often separated worlds of faith and technology, the newly released book Jesus, Faith, &…
Re-Inventing the Tape Dipole
An “eHam Classic” by N2DE
Via AMSAT: ANS-245 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
ANS is a weekly news service provided by AMSAT. Visit them at AMSAT.org
PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1319 – Full Version
Release Date: June 8, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week…
Remote Baluns:
An “eHam Classic” by KE4ZHN
via HACKADAY: A Tiny Tuner For The Low Power Ham
Something that all radio amateurs encounter sooner or later is the subject of impedance matching….