They say if it didn’t blow down it was not big enough, this one was big enough and it did blow, not off but up and over the top of the tower like an umbrella one very windy day in January 1974. I was at work and the XYL called and said the “thing” blew
Wound on a 3 foot length of PVC pipe, the long loopstick antenna was an experiment to try to improve AM radio reception without using a long wire or ground. It works fairly well and greatly improved reception of a weak station 130 miles away. A longer rod antenna will probably work better if space
Low profile operating — SMALL LOOP ANTENNAS Magnetic loops are very effective small antennas. these 3 to 3 1/2+ foot antennas perform close to and in some cases (low mounting heights for one) better than even a small beam. The reason is that a magnetic field is much more concentrated than an electrical one, for
The MFJ-940 VERSA TUNER II is a useful little antenna tuner for the HF-bands. However it suffers from a minor design error, which can be easily rectified.As other antenna tuners may show the same kind of “weakness”, the modification described here can be used to improve other types. The connection between the components in the
The advent of new, affordable MF/HF/VHF radios in the last few months from virtually all the major manufacturers, has spurred a migration by more and more Hams to the Six Meter band. I’m often asked, “What antennas are best for Six Meters?”. Before answering a question like this, I must first ask the Ham what
This article was obtained from VE3GK experiences, constructing and designing full size, single band stacked yagi antenna arrays, special rotating, electric powered, telescoping towers and rotators. All the test results are from first hand experiments. VE3GK kept a record of these experiments and construction details and offer them for your interest. HISTORY I started out
W7TDC article on restoration of the AL-80A RF amplifier. The Ameritron AL-80A uses a single 3-500Z triode to produce over 1KW of power with only 65 watts of drive. I purchased it in the beggining of July 2003. It had several problems when I got it. The tube was bad, a VHF parastitic had occurred,
An AM loop antenna is one of the true marvels of electronics. Requiring no power, it takes advantage of the resonant properties of aninductor and a capacitor connected in parallel to receive weak AM stations. The “loop” part of the antenna is the inductor, and thetuning capacitor makes it resonate at a desired frequency.
The following are construction details of a 5 element 20 meter monobander antenna originally published by VE3GK. However, this particular yagi was run through a computer program and performed very well. It was also scaled to 70 cm on a test range by the late VE3UD, Bud Punchard and the results compared with the computer
G3SYC designed this antenna in about 1990. The antenna works best between 15 and 20 feet off the ground, and can be worked some nice dx with it. The antenna is easily folded up and stored away when not in use, and has a minimal impact when erected . SPACING Inches ELEMENT LENGTH (Inches)