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
Field Antenna Workshop on Saturday 13 August, 2022
On Saturday 13 August 2022, I am presenting a Field Antenna Workshop in Hillsboro, Oregon, for the Washington County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES®). Hillsboro is a western suburb of Portland, Oregon (airport code PDX). This workshop is open to others who are interested, although there may be some space limitations. If you are interested […] →Read more
13 June 2022: added Field Day Checklist, improved rope tensioner method.
Added a Field Day Checklist to the Field Day Antennas page. Added an improved method of using a traditional rope tensioner in the Alternatives to Knots page. →Read more
25 May 2020: added Field Day Wire Length Table
Added a table of wire lengths for some common antennas to the Field Day page. →Read more
3 May 2022 – added double loops, bisquare, Johnson Matchbox
Added double loops and bisquare to the Loop Antenna Designs and Field Day Antenna Selection page, and the Johnson Matchbox to the Feeding the Antenna section. →Read more
8 March 2022 – added Field Day Antenna Selection Guide, multiband dipoles, wire yagis and quads
Along with the Field Day Antenna Selection Guide, there are new articles on multiband dipoles, wire yagis, wire quads, and wideband fan dipoles. And watch for more Field Day related articles to come soon! →Read more