11 December 2024: new article on Doublet antennas.
11 December 2024: added new article on simple doublet antennas →Read more
30 November 2024: new articles, videos
Finally got my computer issues resolved, and getting material posted. More articles in the works… 5 new pages: unconventional link dipole for 20/30/40m Beginner’s guide to antenna tuners Field Antenna support photos Loop antenna photos Bipod antenna support 2 new videos: vertically polarized delta loop 3 simple wire portable wire antennas →Read more
29 November 2023: RF Exposure evaluation, Ten-Tec AC5 balanced antenna tuner
29 November 2023 Added RF exposure evaluation page and worksheet. All US amateurs are now required to perform this evaluation of their station under the new rules. Added a page for the Ten-Tec AC5 balanced QRP antenna tuner. In addition, I have been adding more internal and external links to my pages. This will continue […] →Read more
5 May 2023 – added Link Dipole article and more alternatives to knots
5 May 2023 – added Link Dipole article and more alternatives to knots. →Read more
26 March 2023: Added Beginners’ Corner, and Beginners’ Guide to NVIS
26 March 2023: added a new Beginners’ Corner, along with a Beginners’ Guide to NVIS. This is intended to help for those who aren’t yet ready for some of the more technical articles. I’ll be adding to it over time. →Read more
9 February 2023: Field Day updates
9 February 2023: A few updates to Field Day Antennas, including a new Beginner’s Guide to Field Day. →Read more
8 February 2023: updates to throwing buckets
8 February 2023: I updated the page on throwing buckets with two new photos of smaller “buckets”, and a suggested rope to use. →Read more
30 January 2023 – more NVIS updates
30 January 2023. I added some tables of expected vertical radiation angles to the NVIS page, as well as a plot of the relative signal strength pattern of a dipole overlaid on a map. →Read more
09 Jan 2023: Update to NVIS article, and more to come…
Now that we are recovering from an episode of “Real Life”, I’ve updated the main NVIS article with a discussion on effective ionosphere height, and the impact on vertical angle vs. distance. This supports some other work that is ongoing… →Read more
18 August 2022: added 4 videos on setting up a portable dipole
Added 4 videos to my “videos” page, and to the “dipole designs” index page. These videos show my typical methods of setting up portable dipoles. →Read more