Simple Ham Radio Antennas

If you're have trouble viewing this video, please enter the following URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/i87Ur4skMYo.  An excellent tutorial on how to build a portable ground plane vertical antenna that covers 20 through 10 meters.  The video takes you step by step through the procedure.  If these three young radio amateurs can do it, so can you.  Good luck! For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed.  Thanks for joining us today!  Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM)--along the Hamakua Coast of Hawaii Island. Related articles Amateur Radio Licenses Class Registration fee imposed on Dutch Radio Hams This Spewed Out of the Internet #31 #vuc558 - Software-defined Radio Prepping 101: TEN BUCKS - Worldwide All Band Radio Scanner

Advancing Ham Radio.. different ideas: Research an Old License or Callsign : Advancing Ham Radio.. different ideas. Experimentation seems lost in the hobby. This is my attempt to spread some new ideas and help enable those who want to explore something new.. Saturday, October 3, 2015. Research an Old License or Callsign. Source:  http://kb9mwr.blogspot.com/2015/10/research-old-license-or-callsign.html. Recently my local ham club celebrated its 75th anniversary. I took up a small project of trying to trace some of the clubs history. A large portion of that entailed looking up old callsigns, to help piece things together. QRZ 's notes give the history of FCC records and the dilemma. Basically they didn't start to use computers for keeping records till the 1980's. Prior everything was kept on paper. The only publicly searchable database is the 1993 one that QRZ has. Hamcall.net has obviously been transscribing old flying horse callbooks. They have a resonably priced...

If you're having trouble viewing this video, please insert this URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/O8RmNpFXFzA.   Slinky antennas are fun to work with.  I've used full sized slinkys to make helically wound dipoles for 40 and 20 meters.  They work fine as a temporary or portable antenna.  In this video, Andy (G7TKK) demonstrates his small, fold-up slinky loop at the Sandford Mill, the site of the Chemsford Amateur Radio Society ( UK ) outdoor display.  Interesting and curious antenna.  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed.  Thanks for joining us today!  Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Related articles Skills Night Monday Sept. 21 ARISS-Europe Chairman Retires, Successor Elected 4×1 WiFi Wireless Antenna Switch Building a Simpl...

If you have trouble viewing this video, please insert this URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/mA74d1_XFKA. A basic tutorial on the 2 meter Amateur Radio band from "HamRadioConcepts."  This video covers most of the knowledge needed to use a repeater , how to set up your HT for repeater operations, and how to communicate effectively over a repeater system.  This video focuses on the needs of newly licensed Technician Class Amateur Radio operators and contains practical information for all classes of Amateur Radio license .  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed. Thanks for joining us today!  Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Related articles Ham radio numbers fall in Korea Antenna Systems Ham radio classes begin Tuesday First Appalachian Robotics High A...

ps:// If you're having trouble viewing this video, please insert this URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/PPnVp1kasJ4.  A basic half square antenna tutorial from  Vince Loschiavo.  This antenna fires broadside to the two vertical elements and offers some directivity .  Basically, the antenna consists of two vertical 1/4 wavelength elements joined at the top by a 1/2 wavelength phasing section.  The antenna is fed at one of the top corners of the antenna.  Vince outlines several combinations for 40, 20, and 15 meters.  He also supplies the appropriate EZNEC plots to provide basic performance data.  I've built several half square antennas for 15 and 20 meters and was impressed how well they performed.  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog ...

If you can't see this video, please insert this URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/a6sa4d5omuuw.  Here's an excellent reference source for those into antenna design.  The explanations are clear and the mathematics understandable.  An useful tutorial for antenna builders.  For the latest Amateur Radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily.  You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed.  Thanks for joining us today!  Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Related articles Bijection URL shortening (New) Get Wikipedia URLs (sitelinks) in Wikidata SPARQL query SEO friendly URLs Automatic Configuration of URL Rewrite Rules in Netsparker Web Application Security Scanners Security Concerns Force Google to Change Google Calendar URL

.be If you're having trouble viewing this video, please insert this URL into your browser search box: https://youtu.be/LQxSVxAWekI. The beautiful antenna installation from Larry, the "Radio Ham Guy" (WD0AKX) probably doesn't qualify as a "simple" antenna installation, but it does show what a little time, effort, and planning can do for a compact multi-band DX antenna.  Larry's antennas range from a triband beam to fan dipoles and from 2 meter beams to an 11-meter CB whip.  A very nicely designed antenna "farm" using a single 40-foot/12.19 meters Rohn 25-G tower.  For the latest amateur radio news and events, please check out the blog sidebars.  These news feeds are updated daily. You can follow our blog community with a free e-mail subscription or by tapping into the blog RSS feed. Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRM). Related articles Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite Launch Now Scheduled for September 18 IARU emcomm display at ITU WRC-15...