Antennas, whether the building of them or what happens afterward, has always been one of my great interests and adventures in ham radio–and even many decades before with other sorts…
Category: Antennas
An 80/20 OCF Dipole for 8 Band Coverage
As I began planning my most recent ‘antenna farm’ adventure, the first criteria was set in that any horizontal wire design must cover at least 5 bands, with a native…
Antenna Farm Plan for My QTH
Antenna systems generally emerge organically–constrained by property boundaries and the position of trees or other elements to elevate them. Fifteen years ago my choice was simple, to stretch along some…
ChatGPT for Antenna Design Advice?
In years past, one of my favorite performers has been the venerable 134′ doublet. While the dipole is easy to construct, some issues and compromises emerge concerning various lengths of…
Is Your Balun Big Enough?
I was going through some old shack photos, and ran across this “Magic Smoke Moment” from 2012. The 4:1 current balun on the left was wound on an FT240-31 ring–I…
