Ham Radio Repeaters in Italy
January 17, 2012 – 2:27 pm | One Comment

An updated and  complete list of ham radio repeaters in italy, is mantained by IK2ANE  in his website, where you can download the  italian repeaters excel file
Here is  a subset of Italian ham radio Repeaters …

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GAP Titan DX – Tuning
October 19, 2011 – 10:22 pm | No Comment
GAP Titan DX – Tuning

I had to remove the antenna last week-end due to maintenance works into the roof, so I took the occasion to play a little bit with the Titan tuing rods.
I Found this schema on the …

An Easy VHF UHF Antenna
January 16, 2011 – 11:09 am | No Comment
An Easy VHF UHF Antenna

This is a project of an easy to build dual band (UHF and VHF) j-pole antenna done with a common TV twin lead and some coax cable.
Original PDF document can be downloaded here

Eco Antenne SK
December 3, 2010 – 12:29 am | 6 Comments
Eco Antenne SK

World-wide famous antenna manufacturer has closed it’s business on 1st decembrer 2010.
This is what I’ve learned by some hams, that have been in touch with Mr. Sergio Berutti formerly Eco Antenne owner.
Causes are not public …

A Mobile Antenna Farm
November 2, 2010 – 10:27 pm | One Comment
A Mobile Antenna Farm

Last week at the Scandicci Flea Market I saw this unique mobile antenna farm. The mobile VHF UHF Arrays are mounted on a Ford Focus roof. Of course I could not ignore 6 antennas on …

The winner is: GAP Titan DX
March 12, 2010 – 7:06 pm | 3 Comments
The winner is: GAP Titan DX

After evaluating HF vertical antennas I’ve finally choosen and ordered my new vertical hf antenna.
Gap Titan DX is the choosen one.
According to characteristics and price the Titan resulted the one with the best price / …

HF Multiband vertical antenna selection
March 9, 2010 – 12:27 pm | 4 Comments
HF Multiband vertical antenna selection

After a long research on antenna makers websites I’ve produced a quick reference chart to compare most popular HF multiband vertical antennas.
This table will help me on choosing my next vertical antenna.
Populatrity of antennas has …

The 40 meter Stealth Vertical
September 19, 2007 – 11:32 pm | 10 Comments
The 40 meter Stealth Vertical

 
As published in antennex Dec. 2001
The 40 Meters band stealth vertical antenna by K7ZB
“You’re 30dB over 9 here…” So goes the consistently fine signal reports received from around the USA and beyond – on 40 …

An effective 10-20m DX antenna for deed restricted lots…
September 10, 2007 – 1:12 am | 8 Comments
An effective 10-20m DX antenna for deed restricted lots…

Original article by K7ZB

Results 
The simple 15′ vertical antenna shown mounted on the railing of our second floor deck has produced almost 200 countries worked around the world… VQ9′s in Chagos and 3B8′s on Mauritius in …

A cheap J-Pole antenna for 50 Mhz
May 28, 2007 – 10:54 pm | 6 Comments
A cheap J-Pole antenna for 50 Mhz

Need a general purpose antenna on “6 – the magic band” ?
The J-Pole is an easy-to-build and inexpensive device that provides an omni-directional vertically polarised antenna without the need for a ground plane. In technical …

Indoor antenna for 7 Mhz
January 14, 2007 – 11:11 pm | 11 Comments
Indoor antenna for 7 Mhz

I’m looking to setup a hidden / indoor antenna, and i’ve found a couple of interesting articles on hidden / stealth antennas 
This small antenna can allow hams which lack space to install an antenna for 40 meters. …