Beginners’ Corner
last updated 28 February 2025.
Sometimes I get carried away with technical details in my articles, so I’m collecting useful links for beginners on this page, and adding Beginners’ Guides in an attempt to provide context and a more gentle introduction to some of the material.
Useful background:
How to read an antenna article
Effective antennas
Beginners’ guides:
A Beginners’ Guide to Field Day
A Beginners’ Guide to Antenna Tuners
how to adjust a manual antenna tuner
Tuning an antenna with an antenna analyzer
but it doesn’t look like the drawing in the book
Simple construction articles: