W5ALT Indoor Vertical Antenna
A small home made indor vertical antenna for HF bands
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Home-brewing your own NOAA weather satellite receiving station.
Introduction: There are many excellent publications which describe how to construct one’s own weather satellite receiving station, and with the different choices of receiver, antenna, computer and software, there are many ways in which it can be assembled. As a guide to an aspiring builder, the following notes describe how we put together our particular
Building Lindenblad Antenna for 137MHz.
The CobbWeb Antenna
G3TPW CobWebb Antenna for the 14, 18, 21, 24 and 28 MHz Bands Author and source: http://www.g3tpw.co.uk/ The main advantages of the CobWebb over other 5 band 14 to 28 MHz antennas are that it is small, lightweight, strong (made from fibre glass), only requires a single support, needs no rotator, gives full size dipole
Home build a Kenwood PG-5G cable.
Parts List P1 9 pin D socket with shroud.P2 8 pin mini DIN plug.Some 4 or 5 core shielded cable. Making Up Following the pictorial guide (right), solder wires between the relevant pins on each plug, not forgetting to slide the Mini DIN plug casing onto the cable before you start. The diagram is colour
Home build a Kenwood PG-5A cable
This lead is the audio data cable for some of the Kenwood Mobile transceivers. It is also available as part of the PG-5H kit where it is supplied along with a PG-5G lead. Parts List P1 & P2 3.5mm stereo jack plugs.P2 6 pin mini DIN plug.Some “figure 8” shielded cable or similar 2 core
The $4.00 Ham Radio Satellite Antenna
Simple, inexpensive ham radio satellite antenna project
DXSpotter by YO8SAW
DXSpottere free DXSpot cluster application for windows.
The Hentenna
Hentenna project for the six meter band
A Cost Effective Current-mode 1:1 Balun
describes a 1:1 balun. Introduction A cost effective current-mode 1:1 balun can be constructed from a length of coax and a rod typically used for a broadcast antenna loop-stick, some electrical tape, cable ties, a length of PVC water-pipe and some connectors. The balun is formed by winding several turns of coax on the ferrite