Practical Antenna Modeling

Here are the slides for a presentation given to The Valley Radio Club on May 3, 2019. The hope is … More

Revisiting the GR5V and ZS6BKW Multi-band Antennas

When I first started playing ham radio, I ran across the GR5V antenna. It seemed that a lot of folks … More

Simple pieces of wire are not the most sexy ham radio antennas, but they are probably the most ubiquitous, if … More

After a few months of pondering how to build a simple pull-up vertical collinear antenna, I think I’ve finally got … More

Here are the slides from a presentation I gave to the Valley Radio Club on August 4, 2017. Variations on … More

The IC-745, like the older ICOMs, is built very robustly with parts that you can see without a magnifying glass, … More

If you have success with any of these modifications, please drop me a note to let me know your experiences. … More

I have had a chance to use HDSDR a little more with the RTL-SDR pan-adapter for my IC-751A transceiver and have … More

The simple 20 meter pull-up vertical antenna I described last time has been working well. I’ve been putting my efforts … More

I have a nice off-center-fed dipole (OCFD) antenna that is my mainstay for multi-band HF work, but I would like to … More