Sometimes after giving my station report, another operator will comment on my claim of a ‘modified‘ IC-7300 and/or “average PEP to the antenna is 130 to 140 Watts”— and ask…
Category: Practices
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…
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…
