“I was looking for an antenna to throw in my camping kit to give the portable radio a little more range. Typically campsites and backwoods
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100 Inexpensive Paper Clips – Will It Antenna?
The highly requested paper clip installment of Will It Antenna. Where I try and make ham radio antennas out of common household items. Today, the
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CHA MPAS LITE: CHAMELEON DESIGNS A NEW QRP COMPACT PORTABLE ANTENNA SYSTEM
The CHA MPAS LITE is the little brother of the CHA MPAS 2.0 – the most popular Modular Portable Antenna System in the WORLD! The Modular Portable Antenna System (MPAS) is a concept allowing
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How I designed the Nebula eXtreme Multiband 18m DX Commander Antenna
eXtreme Multiband 18m DX Antenna 18el 6bander – GXP Antenas – 40/20/17/15/12/10 March 29, 2016 No comments GXP Antenas 18el 6bander Bands 40/20/17/15/12/10 Gain
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The repeter antenna of the ISS
The repeter antenna of the ISS Source: URE Antenna What is a Bi-Cone Antenna ? June 15, 2015 No comments Bi-Cone Antenna he Bi-Cone Antenna
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RigExpert Stick 230 Antenna Analyzer Review & Operation
Antenna Analyzer Antenna VK5SFA Wins the April QST Cover Plaque Award April 09, 2019 No comments The winning article for the April 2019 QST Cover Plaque award
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Portable Carbon Fiber Telescopic Antenna Mast With Premium Tripod, Review/Demo
Portable Carbon Fiber Telescopic Antenna Mast With Premium Tripod, Review/Demo Antenna LOOP RX 160/80/40 September 23, 2015 No comments LOOP RX 160/80/40 Technical specifications 160m
Read moreCB Antenna TX Shootout!
Video:YouTube/104’s Outdoors Gary, 26CT104, is back with another CB antenna shootout….
Read moreOpek HCS-100 10/11m Antenna
Video:YouTube/CB Todde Live Another look an the new 10/11m antenna from OPEK and even if you don’t understand the language you should be able to
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NEW 10/11m Antenna – OPEK HCS-100
Look out folks, there’s a new 10/11m home base antenna on the block – The OPEK HCS-100 Described as being like the Antron 99
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HF PORTABLE – CHOOSING THE RIGHT ANTENNA
Antenna The Air Jupiter End Fed Co-Linear Antenna February 29, 2020 No comments launching today The Air Jupiter End Fed Co-Linear Antenna! Here’s a video,
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How To Use A Ham Radio Manual Antenna Tuner
How To Use A Ham Radio Manual Antenna Tuner Antenna Lesson 6.1 Antenna Basics December 19, 2014 No comments Antenna Basics “General Class Ham Radio
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Video:YouTube/M0OGY Dave has been busy with other things over the past few months but he’s found the time to give us an update in relation
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Ham Radio Antenna Project: Ham Sticks on a Motorcycle!
Equipment RTL-SDR BLOG V3 UNITS AND ANTENNAS BACK IN STOCK AT AMAZON May 09, 2020 No comments Just a note that our RTL-SDR Blog V3
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UltraLight Magnetic Loop Antenna – NEW Original Packaging!
VHF Anytone AT-3318UV-A VHF and UHF June 19, 2015 No comments Anytone AT-3318UV-A Features: 5 Watts VHF 4 Watts UHF RX & TX 136-174 MHz
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New RigExpert Green ZOOM Family of the antenna & cable analyzers
“New RigExpert Green ZOOM Family of the antenna & cable analyzers Dear RigExpert Followers, We are glad to present you a New RigExpert Green ZOOM
Read moreCB Antenna Shootout
Video:YouTube/104’s Outdoors With CB antennas, the longer the better is the the general rule, but top loading can make a difference. So here we have
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Shakesphere INFL8-HAM Inflatable Dual Band Antenna – Sota – Emergency – Portable
Antenna Ground Radial Wire For Vertical – Ham Radio Antenna August 15, 2015 No comments In this video I show the ground radial wire
Read morePMR446 Tests – Floureon FC200 and HB9CV Antenna
Video:YouTube/26-CT-842 An interesting video showing the fun which can be had with a PMR446 radio…..
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CrankIR from SteppIR – Portable Ham Radio Antenna
News SP3L Wins the July QST Cover Plaque Award July 07, 2020 No comments The winning article for the July 2020 QST Cover Plaque award is “A
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PMR446 Bazooka Antenna
Video:YouTube/Jason CT965 A very interesting video from Jason CT965 which shows the construction of a PMR446 Bazooka antenna. PMR446 has seen a massive increase in
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Moonraker GPA-RX HF Antenna 2 – 90 Mhz
Key Features/Specifications: Type: Aluminium Vertical with Unun matched base Frequency RX: 2.0-90MHz Impedance: 50 Ohms Base connection: SO239 Length: 6m Mast size: 25-42mm https://www.moonraker.eu/ Review How To Decode Maritime Distress Messages
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Erecting the EFHW-8010 End-fed Half Wave Antenna and Initial Testing
EFHW-8010 Multiband End Fed Half Wave Antenna 130 Feet (39.6m) long NO TUNER needed! Perfect for ALE HFLink, ARES, EMCOM … Resonant on 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10m 1kW-ICAS
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Antenna Design and Measurement Software
AnTune software assists in designing antennas and RF impedance networks. Their software runs on PC/Windows and can communicate with a Vector Network Analyzer over GPIB/USB/LAN
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How to use the NanoVNA to sweep / measure an antenna system’s SWR and optimize its tuning
This video briefly shows how to setup and use the NanoVNA to sweep an antenna system (antenna, transmission line, transmatch, etc.) to measure its VSWR,
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