On today’s episode of “Will It Antenna?”, designs and tests an antenna made entirely of tape, and spoiler alert — it...
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The real action in the world of ham radio is generally in the high frequency bands. Despite the name, these...
Years ago, ham radio operators more often than not had land, and usually there weren’t any restrictions on what kind...
Dipole antennas are easy, right? Just follow the formula, cut two pieces of wire, attach your feedline, and you’re on...
A word of advice: If you see an old direct satellite TV dish put out to the curb, grab it...
If you want to simulate a tic-tac-toe game, that’s easy. You can evaluate every possible move in a reasonable amount...
For those of us licensed in other countries it comes as something of a surprise to find that American radio...
Sometimes antennas can seem like black magic. However, when you see things like a dish antenna, it sort of makes...
Release Date: April 1, 2023 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
With a UHF antenna, it is easy to rotate a directional antenna to find the bearing to a transmitter. But...
For all their supposed benefits, homeowner’s associations (HOAs) have a reputation of quickly turning otherwise quaint neighborhoods into a sort...
It was the type of surprise not felt since a few decades back when Crayola had the bright idea to...
he microstrip antenna is a convenient, planar, easy-to-fabricate antenna with some attractive attributes and features, as well as some distinct...
Software-defined radio is all the rage these days, and for good reason. It eliminates or drastically reduces the amount of...
The world of microwave RF design appears to the uninitiated to be full of unimaginably exotic devices, as engineers harness...
It’s a skill that radio amateurs pick up over years but which it sometimes comes as a surprise to find...
Release Date: October 1, 2022 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's...
Electronics Notes describes how to build an HF dipole antenna for the amateur radio bands It is easy to build,...
It stands to reason, that should you wish to communicate with a satellite, whatever antenna you use should point at...
Amateur radio operators have played a longstanding game of “Will It Antenna?” If there’s something even marginally conductive and remotely...
There are many ways to test HF antennas ranging from simulation to various antenna analyzers and bridges. However, nothing can...
Stephan Schmid HB9EAJ has made available a PDF (in English) describing his portable 7-band End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW) antenna This document is...
, DL1DN, is an Amateur Radio enthusiast with a penchant for low-power (QRP) portable operations. Recently he was out and about,...
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Board of Commissioners decided during their work session on Monday to bring forward...
The Branch County 911 Communications Board recommended to the Board of Commissioners on Wednesday that a bill for over $4,900...
