A new wire antenna on my roof for the 40 meters band, and on the field comparison with the GAP Titan DX.
Category: Equipment
Amateur radio equipment reviews. Based on my direct experience or taken from other sources
Kenwood TS-2000
General overview From a functional standpoint, the TS-2000 is two transceivers in one box. It is an HF transceiver that incorporates many of the features of the TS-570 and the TS-870 (while adding a few of its own), as well as a variation of the multifaceted TM-D700A. Its delineation is not quite that simplistic, however….
GAP Titan DX Maintenance
GAP Titan DX maintenance and SWR fixes.
Wonder Whip Antenna
A £10 QRP Portable Multiband Antenna for HF, VHF and UHF
The gamma match
The Gamma match is the most used matching device used for yagi beams. What it does is: A Yagi almost never has an impedance of 50 ohms. In other chapters i told that Gain, bandwith, F/B etc. all relate to eachother these figures are never all high at one point. A well designed yagi has…
2m crossed yagi antenna
This 2m yagi uses design data from DK72B’s excellent yagi website. The element to boom mounting used here may be of use to some as it does not use any polamid mounting / insulating clamps at a cost of 2 euro each ( this is a 7 el crossed Yagi so twelve clamps would be…
Windom Antenna 10-80
A windom antenna for 10 to 80 meters band – a design by PU1LHP
A 40m Vertical Antenna
A Vertical Antenna for 7 HMz
The Grid Yagi
The Grid Yagi (or Grid Quad) is a high performance yagi antenna that can be built with readily obtainable inexpensive materials. Described here is a 6 element 2 meter version with a boom length of about 1 wavelength. The boom is made of 11?2 inch pvc pipe, although any suitable material can be used, such…
Quickie Vertical
Quickie Vertical Hear I am sitting in front of the rig listening to everyone working CQ World Wide, and I don’t really have time for this, but I hear a few interesting stations on 20 meters and try to call them. Trying to bust the pile up with 100 watts and my hustler dipole is…