An antenna for 80 meters band for those who does not have enough space to setup a halwave wire dipole that is aprox 130ft or 40 meters. The antenna is an open-wire-fed shortened dipole
An interesting article on basics about Baluns, intoducing the skin effects on radio frequency currents and its effects on receiving and trasmitting article by VE7FO
The MiniTioune receiver project, developed by Jean-Pierre F6DZP, consists of the home constructed MiniTiouner hardware which interfaces via a standard USB 2.0 port to a Windows PC running the MiniTioune software. It can be used to receive satellite broadcasts transmissions making it ideal for use on Q-oscar 100 Es hail-2 without any external frequency converters.
Available worldwide can be used as Arduino Shield or plug it in to you PC , or with a bluetooth adapter connect to Android. With a highly optimized software, KAI200 brings you: a. Antenna analyzer form 1 up to 200 Mhz; b. WSPR transmiter (set up by serial terminal); c. Square Wave Signal generator KAI200 is all you need for your radio whatever it is Yaesu, Icom, Kenwood or Drake and DIY projects.
The MMDVM is a device that interfaces PC to radios, can be used with a raspberry pi, turning a normal analog radios into a digital node connected to the internet or very simply as a digital repeater.
This is a great project to learn about the basics of electronics, batteries, and renewable energy. The finished project can charge a phone or tablet, light up a camp-site, and provide for whatever other small electric needs you have.
Undertanding the velocity factor in coax cable feed lines. Meaning of the veolcity factor index related to the RF speed of a signal inside the coax cable.
The QCX 5W CW Transceiver From QRP Labs, a detailed article describing from the unboxing of the component to the final assembly of the CW QRP Transceiver
Transverter for 13 cm 23 cmd and 33 cmd band. 23 cm RF power amplifier, RF power amplifier for 2.4 GHz for the QO-100 satellite. Popular for the 1296 MHz transverter
Dipole antennas are some of the simplest antennas to build in addition to being very efficient and solid performers. I wanted to make a simple dipole antenna for QRP portable operation that could be used on multiple bands.
A review of the Yaesu FT-8900r 29/50/144/430 MHz FM Transceiver, providing 50 Watts of power output on the 29/50/144 MHz Amateur bands, and 35 Watts on the 430 MHz band.
Coax cable nomenclature, the RG Family, line loss explained, importance of shieding on coax cables, velocity factor explained, and differences among stranded vs solid wire
rpitx is a general radio frequency transmitter for Raspberry Pi which doesn’t require any other hardware unless filter to avoid intererence. It can handle frequencies from 5 KHz up to 1500 MHz.
A Primer On Mics For Ham Radio. Difference between dynamic and condenser microphones, microphone plugs and differences in kind of microphones available on the market
A 3.2m EME dish project that provides a better performance on 1296 MHz (10+dB sun noise vs. 6dB with my 432 array) and an even better performance on 2304 MHz
Pass Recorder is a small application that records audio from satellite passes based on tracking data it receives from the commonly used SatPC32 application
Run Morse Runner on Apple MacOSX computers using Wineskin. Morse Runner is a popular MS Windows morse code contest simulator. You can do this by yourself or just download the ready-made dmg and use it on your apple mac.
A simple portable dipole antenna for the 40 meter band using a total lenght of 18 meter. It can be used for 80 to 10 meters coverage using a antenna tuner.
Free to download PDF book about operating The VHF/UHF bands written in the early to mid-1990s by a team of experienced VHF/UHF DXers and equipment developers, in an effort to pass on their knowledge and stimulate further developments.
With this tool it is possible to create QSO maps overlay on Google maps there each QSO get a line from the home location to each DX location. An EDI logbook file is used as input. The creation will only use complete locator in the 6 characters format.
How to protect your receiver when operating in SO2R and using beverage antennas. A custom protection box made with two resistors and 2 stack of diodes.
Upload an ADIF fiel and plot all worked grids in an online map. Support filtering by band, year and can export the output directly into a google map, or a google earth KML file
A collection of audio recordings of some DX Peditions used as case studies to evaluate dxspedition operatios behaviour and calling stations. These audio files are excerpts from real pileups recorded directly off the air in MP3 format
This antenna is designed for stations having a difficult time putting a decent signal on 160M from small or CC&R d lots. It is a 24.5 ft. vertical antenna, made from three 10 ft. PVC sections bolted together, and half wavelength of antenna wire helically wound around the PVC sections.
The magnetic loop, thus named by the use of the magnetic component of the electromagnetic field, is a parallel circuit LC. In this article a sample project to home made a custom antenna. The circular form is often met on the commercial models but this antenna can be hexagonal, octagonal or square.
The Maria Maluca HF multiband antenna as designed in 1957 by PY2BBP is a directive antenna for 15 meter and a passive element that works as director and reflector in different bands
Schematic diagram circuit to build a RS232 serial interface for the Yaesu FT 1000D, works also as CW Keyer control with Log-EQF software. May be used with other Yaesu HF Transceivers.
Isotron antennas are antennas of reduced size, without tuning. On 40 and 80m band, it is made of two plates into v whose angles are connected by a coil. In this article the description of a home made realization for the 40m band.
Some useful information for tuning mobile antennas gained the hard way. A collection of useful tips and hints on adjusting and matching a mobile antenna and methods of feeding a mobile antenna
A collection of some electronics hobby projects by KC6QHP that includes microwave transverters for several radio frequencies such as 79 GHz, 47 GHz 24 GHz and 10 GHz. All projects includes detailed pictures of components, like voltage regulator boards, RF Decks, sequencer and protector board and receiver details.
With the view to establish a quick and easy multi-band antenna deployment for portable and camping operations a simple long wire antenna with an earth or earth plus counterpoise arrangement with a 9:1 voltage unun including a tuner or simply with a tuner is one possible solution. With the 9:1 voltage unun and wire lengths suggested in the below tables the antenna should present non extreme impedances for all HF amateur band frequencies. This page is far from complete and represents the ongoing investigation into this type of antenna. Experiments to date seem to have raised more questions than obvious answers.
PD9Z reviews the ICOM new IC-7610 with a list of surprising features he has found on this transceiver. Signal reception performances are one the mosto valuable features found on this high-end RTX by ICOM. Along to his review you can access several other resources related to the IC-7610 including manuals, tips and tricks, videos, and configuration settings to be implemented in order to be used with Heil Sound headsets.
TelTad is a Polish amateur radio dealer with an online shop. Products offered includes all major ham radio brands, Yaesu Icom Kenwood, Alpin, OM Power, VPA systems Antennas
The Adalm Pluto by Analog Devices is a Portable self-contained RF learning module, based on Analog Devices AD9363–Highly Integrated RF Agile Transceiver and Xilinx® Zynq Z-7010 FPGA. Includes one transmitter and one receiver, half or full duplex and cover 325 MHz to 3.8 GHz
DX-HOLIDAY is a DX holiday and DXpedition holiday-style dedicated website which provides excellent information on a range of pertinent topics such as: organize a DX-holiday in remote area, organize DXpedition holiday-style with your family, booking and negotiating with hotels, obtaining a foreign amateur radio license, rent a radio shack and antennas during your holiday, travel documentation & money matters, health, emergency, and weather issues
How to make an effective RF Choke. The coiled coax choke is the easiest to make but also the least effective. This article includes some general guidelines for winding coax chokes on a 10cm PVC pipe using RG-58 or RG-213 coax cable.
Article about an end-fed anntenna for the 17 and 12 WARC Bands. 30 meters is not included in this project. This antenna includes a 14 windings unun impedance transformer using a FT-140-43 ferrite toroid, that should be enought for a 100W PEP.
A monoband delta loop antenna for the 7 MHz. This vertically polarized DX Antenna is a full wavelength sngle side antenna and has a total length of 42.3 meters (137,1 inch) Can be easily setup with a flag pole or fishing pole as center top mast. For optimal performance lower side should be at 2 meter above the ground. This antenna offers a low radiation angle and 1 DB Gain.
On-line shop for coax cables, RF connectors, Lightning protectors, Create antenna rotators, antenna masts and mounts, amateur antennas by FlexaYagi, Tonna F9FT, ANjo-Antennen and M2 Antennas based in Eggolsheim Germany
A weekly net for new and returning hams, runs every Saturday from 00:00 – 01:00 UTC and can be heard across the world. During the weekly F-troop there are mentions of software, websites and solutions that are worth taking note of. This website attempts to document them.
Onno podcasts and interviews. Foundations of Amateur Radio – a weekly podcast about Amateur Radio. It continues on from “What use is an F-call?” and discusses the various concepts that make up the 1000 hobbies that Amateur Radio represents.
The RasHAWK team has used a Raspberry Pi as the basis for a networked RF sensor capable of supporting spectrum monitoring, signal intercept and direction finding (DF) operations.
Super Simple APRS Position Reporter. This project idea has been in response to the more hardware heavy Raspberry Pi projects that involve extra TNC hardware, additional sound cards, and custom cabling. This APRS position reporter is done using a Raspberry Pi B+, USB GPS receiver, Baofeng UV-5R, and a mono 3.5mm audio cable between the Pi and HT.
Since 2011, crkits offer radio kits that you cannot find on eBay or AliExpress. Includes HT-1A 20/40m Dual Band CW Transceiver Kit, D4D DSB Transceiver Kit for Digital Mode, R3500D ARDF Receiver, CW Transceiver Kit
RF Feedline (Coax and Ladder-Line) Loss and ERP Calculators made with Javascript. This complex feddline loss calculator has already several line types paramenters for most common coaxial cables from Belden, Time LMR, Wireman and other common products. Result will give Matches loss, SWR loss, dB and Watts power loss.
An on-line coaxial cable attenuation and total power handling calculator, with a lot of cable properties already configured to give the Nominal Attenuation, Maximum Cable Assembly Insertion Loss, Average Power, Cable Vg anf Nominal Td
EU099 – The Minkies Islands DX Pedition. Les Minquiers Islands (eu099) are a group of islands and rocks, about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Jersey and will be activated by ON5HC – ON7PQ – ON4KZ – ON5DZ – ON8A.
VHF weather beacon based on raspberry pi. speed and direction of the wind, temperature, atmospheric pressure, are transmitted in voice every 15 minutes. In French
The information in this article has come from many amateur sources, the most notable was from WA6TEY (sk 1985) Ray Frost, who was a pioneer of VHF Quad designs and one of the best Southern California Transmitter Hunters. Ray built hundreds two meter quads in single and paired configurations as well as his famous mobile radio direction finding quad.
An excellent guide to operating FT8 mode available in English, German and Czech that cover several aspects of the FT8 operations. Includes and exaustive guide to how configure FT8 software, how to conducto a QSO and how to operate DXPeditions in FT8 F/H mode. Covers aspects of FT4 contesting operations and interfacing with logging programs
Home made 40 meter transceiver project. The receiver is a Progressive Receiver with a few modifications. The Transmitter is a modified MFJ Cub circuit. Includes schematic and circuit diagrams for Receive Input Filter, 3-Pole 500 Hz Cohn Filter and 7 MHz Double Tuned Bandpass Filter
The RFzero is a multi function signal platform developed for radio amateurs who wants to extend the Arduino skills in combination with RF. The RFzero board is largely compatible with the Arduino Zero and Arduino M0 boards, however, it has been carefully designed for flexible use in RF applications and with attention to the frequency spectrum and stability performance.
A simplified Guide to the FT8. Dxpedition mode. By Stefano IK2HKT – Rel. 2.0.0 – January 2019. This document explains how to configure WSJT to work on F/H mode DXPedtions, how to operate and make a call to a dxpedition calling CQ in FT8 Fox Mode.
Ham shack located in a caravan and run by solar power. This page describes VK5SW experience of converting an old, disused and rundown caravan, to a fully functional solar powered Ham Radio shack.
Frequency agile 80 metre CW QRP transmitter. Ceramic resonators vary in the frequency shift obtainable. The one in the prototype of this article gave 3.525 to 3.558 MHz coverage.
A Quick start guide to NPR New Packet Radio on 70 cm band by the NPR author Guillaume F4HDK. This presentation introducte basic concepts of this niew digital protocol, and guide the user to the first modem configuration both of client and master modems. Includes a final recap of commands.
NPR (New Packet Radio) is a custom amateur radio digital protocol, designed by F4HDK to transport bidirectional IP trafic over radio links on the 70cm band. This IP protocol is optimized for point-to-multipoint topology, with the help of managed-TDMA. Bitrate is up to 500kbps. Home Made modem has a built-in ethernet port to connect to PC. To boost power a DMR amplifier is required to reach 20W. This project is an extension of HSMM – Hamnet – AREDN networks
An introduction to NPR by Daniel Estevez. In this blog article Daniel EA4GPZ / M0HXM, introduce the new IP communication protocol over the 70 cm amateur radio band. Daniel is an experienced operator on IP on 430 MHz with CC1101 and Beaglebone black project and makes a good comparison of the two projects.
As the name suggests, it is simply a dipole with the tips folded towards each other. In this case, a full-wave dipole. The span of a standard folded dipole is aprox 0,5 lambda
A collection of antenna projects by W4RNL L.B. Cebik collected in a single link page by ON5AU. Includes ARRL QST, Modeling and Understanding Small Beams and books
Article based on ROHN engineering specification that will guide on proper guying heights and guy lengths when guying ham radio antenna masts. It will help you determine ahead of time the proper length of guy wires and the distance from the base of the mast to the anchor points
A page describing how to home made a custom 9:1 balun for a common portable wire antenna. The author suggest to use 4C65 or FT140-61 toroids instead of the common Amidon T200-2
A multiple page article about assembling the antenna system, this section includes informations on constructing of the concrete tower base, starting from setting up correctly the foundations in relation to the antenna height.
Specialist for vertically adjustable supporting frameworks including telescopic masts and telescopic towers for ham radio systems, lighting systems, measurement techniques, observation systems. Located in Gnaschwitz Germany
Makers of QRP HF General Coverage Transceiver you can build. The Home of BITX transceivers, µBITX General Coverage Receiver-Transmitter. . A general coverage, 10 watts HF SSB/CW transceiver kit with features you NEED for operating ease, convenience and versatility. It works from 3 MHz to 30 MHz, with up to 10 watts on SSB and CW, with a very sensitive receiver.
The prototype for this amplifier was originally designed for 70cm and was used on the 2004 3B9C Dx-pedition to Rodriguez Island for satellite and EME. It had a noise figure of 0.49dB with an associated gain of 20dB.
An home made vertical dipole antenna made with simple material. The antenna has a total length of aproximately 16 feet. In this article appeared on June QST 2019, the author explain how he reached the optimal confirugation changing and adjusting the lower part of the antenna, trimming and spacing correctly the copper wire. PDF File to downloas
This wire antenna for 40 and 20 meter band feature a good SWR. Horizontal side of the antenna is placed at two meters above the ground. Impedance of the antenna are depending by the height of the base from the ground and conditions of the ground
R3KBO is an amateur radio club producing and developing amateur radio kits and assembled products including HF VHF Power Amplifiers or RF Power Kits and amplifier parts, low pass filfers, band pass filters, sourge protections, splitters and combiners, antenna switches
A solutiom for the Ameritron AL-811(H) RF power amplifier, burnt panel meter lights. A common failure with the Ameritron AL-811 and similar amplifiers is that the panel meter lights burn out prematurely. These bulbs are usually integrated into the actual panel meter. The solution for this is to provide the meter backlighting with LEDs.
About Amateur Radio Direction Finding events, sprint and Fox-Oring spcialities. Sprints are intended to bring ARDF nearer to the public and to attract potential sponsors and new athletes to ARDF. Foxoring encourages ARDF enthusiasts to improve their orienteering skills.
An air-wound balun made with coaxial cable can not become saturated because no powder iron or ferrite core is present. In this article author explains and compare coax baluns to ferrite baluns with comparison tables and detailed pictures
An homemade antenna tuner project that should be small, easy to build and cheap. This automatic antenna tuner can work as locale or as remote. The tuner has EEPROM memory for store settings for faster tunning and four interfaces
Antenna Analyzer plus 500 is a multifunctional measuring instrument, very useful for amateur radio activity. Its size allows you to easily take it for relocation as well. Frequency range: 100KHz – 500MHz. Access directly via WiFi. Includes a dual-channel signal generator
An example of a remote station setup. Author give a few hints and tricks on how to setup a remote amateur radio station using standard commercial equipment and a Kenwood TS-480SAT
If you ever asked if you need an Unun or a Balun this article is for you. The right question should be do I need a feed line choke or an impedance transformer whose output is configured as balanced or as unbalanced. An impedance transformer can be configured as a voltage transformer or as a current transformer.
Pictures of the restructuring of the ham shack starting from an existing garage. Changes includes isolation of walls and roof and rebuilding of the radio table.
World Wide Digi DX Contest 2019 The contest will occur over 24 hours on August 31 and September 1, 2019 using the FT4 and FT8 modes on the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10-meter bands.
How to build a Coax Balun 1:4 and 1:1, An Automatic Antenna Tuner , HG7AN Antenna Analyzer, F5RDS remote station setup, Unun vs Balun – Configurations and differences, G0HWC New Ham Shack, World Wide Digi DX Contest,
An home made remote antenna tuner project that with a 6 meter random wire and two radials of about the same length, can tune from 40 to 10 meters without any issue.
Basic magnetic loop antenna examples and loop aerials theory explained. This article inclued some interesting tricks on building magnetic loop antennas and an usefull excell sheet to help compute magneti loop antennas calculating power efficiency from 10 to 40 meters band
Online NOS electronic parts shop for QRP-QRPp radio constructors, to vintage radio and electrical measuring equipment restaurators. Many Germanium diodes, transistors and RF parts, semiconductors.
A new SDR radio concept developed by N6QW as an experimental 5W SDR transceiver for the 40 meter bands. Radio and Rig (RADIG) is a term conied by the author.
This article includes an online calculator for a 3 element Yagi Antenna. The formula and basics theory of Yagi Antenna are also explained with examples.
Distributing contest scores in real time to online scoreboards. he score distributor automatically forwards any score data it receives from contest logging software to the following online scoreboards: Contest Online ScoreBoard (COSB by VA2WA,K2BB,K5ZD) Live Contest Score Server (by R4WW)
An excellent guide to homebrewing multi band end-fed antennas. The article, embed several drawings including diagrams and detailed pictures, illustrating the basic funcionality of end-fed antennas. The author gives some basic hints on how to build a half size antenna for 80 40 to 10 meters and a 6 meter to 40 meter configuration. It is also well described how to build the impedance transformer and the loading coils for lower bands.
A very well done presentation about End-Fed Half-Wave antennas. This PDF document contains a summary of experiences in how to build custom EFHW antennas. Includes an interesting comparison table of UnUn configurations with recommended toroids, Wire size, turns and capacitors. An useful recap on common errors in building homebrew EFHW Ununs completes the document.
The program can be used to calculate inductors (coils) and their number of turns on ferrite cores, ferrite shells and air coils. These can be used for baluns, Ununs, bandpass filters, low pass filters, resonant circuits, and more. The technical specifications of the cores are already integrated in the program. Application is free and runs on Windows 32 bit versions only. To make it run on Windows 10 64 bit need to be unzipped in a single folder.
Excel spreadsheet that help calculating dimensions of a high efficiency magnetic loop antenna for HF bands. Giving in input the loop perimeter, loop diameter and loop conductor will calculate electric characteristics, bandwidth, and efficiency
The antenna handles 250 watts and covers 40 through 10 meters, with an optional add on coil for 80 and 60 meters. The author in this pages includes an interesting video in which describes the antenna setup, and the importance of the shunting coil on lower bands like 40 and 80 meters. SWR curves diagrams are also included and demonstrate the influence on resonating frequency of the shunting coil.
This unique online tool helps Ham Radio operators to choose the right rotator for medium and large HF antenna systems. The algorithm implemented in this calculator is the result of 40 years of experience in the HF Antenna sector. Given the Wind Speed, the total antenna square area, and the boom length, it will return the calculated torque value.
A tutorial on how to setup a receiver capable to decode SSTV signals with a small RaspberryPi version 2 and a RTL-SDR dongle. The author explains how to install the needed software to interface the RTL-SDR and a step by step guide to install the QSSTV software used to decode the signals.
