Homebrew 144 MHz Coaxial Dipole Antenna
Homebrew 144 MHz Coaxial Dipole Antenna Portable 2m 144 MHz vertical 1/2 wave Coaxial Dipole antenna for QTH, SOTA & portable field operations/WICEN exercises. Materials: 7m length of 50 ohm … Read more
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N2CX 40-30-20m Portable Tri-Band Vertical Antenna
N2CX 40-30-20m Portable Tri-Band Vertical Antenna Joe Everheart N2CX can probably best described as a “QRP Guru”. Joe’s tips regularly appear in issues of “QRP Quarterly” published by the QRP-ARCI. … Read more
Rolf’s PL-680 modification allows external antenna on LW and MW
The Tecsun PL-680 Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rolf Snijder, who writes: I did a modification today on the Tecsun PL-680 [which allows for an] external antenna on LW and MW. The … Read more
SteppIR SDA 2000 Antenna Optimizer
SteppIR SDA 2000 Antenna Optimizer Oct 20, 2017 Introducing the SDA 2000 OptimizIR SteppIR Communication Systems, a global provider of communication products and services, today announced at PACIFICON 2017 the … Read more
V-Dipole antenna bracket 3D
V-Dipole antenna bracket 3D This is a little piece that can be used to make a V-Dipole Antenna. It makes the antenna more ridged and guarantees a 120° angle between … Read more
EU1KY antenna analyzer
EU1KY antenna analyzer The EU1KY antenna analyzer V3 is an open source project to build your own, reasonably cheap but very functional antenna analyzer that is a handful tool for … Read more
Cobweb Antenna
Cobweb Antenna During recent range testing of a hexbeam I needed a horizontally-polarised resonant antenna covering 20m thru 10m which could be assembled and disassembled quickly and easily. The cobweb … Read more
Paradan Antenna Disconnect
Paradan Antenna Disconnect THE INEXPENSIVE WAY TO PROTECT YOUR VALUABLE RADIO FROM LIGHTNING SURGES Reduce the chance of station damage from lightning. The Antenna Disconnect is made up of the … Read more
BazookaStick Handmade CB antennas
BazookaStick Handmade CB antennas Handmade CB radio antennas “Made in Germany” The “BazookaStick” is an end-fed vertical half-wave dipole. The antenna is not industrially produced mass product. Rather, each antenna … Read more
Sirio Performer P2000 3/8 Trucker Antenna
Sirio Performer P2000 3/8 Trucker Antenna News came in overnight from the USA for a EXCLUSIVE USA sold antenna for the truckers made by Sirio Antennas in Italy. Boy she … Read more
Bill’s simple Sony SRF-59 passive loop antenna modification
In reference to our previous posts about the Sony SRF-59 ultralight receiver, SWLing Post reader, Bill Mead, writes: “As someone who doesn’t normally open the backs of radios, this is … Read more
Building a PVC Water Pipe 2M Slim Jim
Building a PVC Water Pipe 2M Slim Jim Below is a 2M Slim Jim built from a five foot scrap of 1/2 Inch Schedule 40 PVC Pipe and #14 AWG … Read more
2m Half-Wave antenna
2m Half-Wave antenna Half-Wave Flower Pot Antenna The diagram below shows the basic arrangement of the 2m Half-Wave version of the antenna. To construct the antenna, first select a suitable … Read more