Balanced Feed Line
Dave Marling VE1VQ has an interesting article online about balanced feed line. Looks fairly easy to make using old plastic clothes hangers. Thanks Dave for posting this interesting article.
73, Al
KI6SN T-FR Single-Lever CW Paddle
If you are interested in building a trail-friendly single-lever CW paddle, check out the November 2010 article in Worldradio Online magazine, or go to this link for an online article by KI6SN.
73, Al
Radio Canada International
This is a picture of the antennas at Radio Canada International at Sackville, NB, Canada, located just east of Sackville on the Trans Canada Highway. Picture was taken through the vehicle window on our return from Halifax this past summer.
73, Al
The Venerable Dipole Antenna
One of the simplest antennas you can use to get on the air with is the dipole. Here is an article which shows you the simplicity of the antenna and outlines how you can put one up and use it on any frequency.
73, Al
The End Fed Half Wave Antenna
One of the major resources on the web for the EFHW antenna is AA5TB’s site. I have included many links to articles on his site but also have some others. If you are interested in the EFHW antenna, check them out.
Links
- AA5TB – introduction
- AA5TB – How To Make It Work
- AA5TB – QRP Coupler 30m-17m
- AA5TB – Mini Coupler 40m-17m
- AA5TB – QRO 20m-40m Coupler
- M5FRA – 3-Band Portable Wire Antenna
- M5FRA – 20m Vertical Half Wave Antenna
- WA5BDU – The End Fed Half Wave Antenna
- KC2UHB Diana Eng – Makezine – How to Make a Multi-Band EFHW Antenna
- N0LX – EFHW Antenna and Coupling Unit
- KI6SN – Trail Friendly Antenna and Coupling Unit
73, Al