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It also results very precise with a small spacing of the contacts, and resulting very easy in the manipulation. Antenna design and software from g4fgq loaded many antenna. Hf antennas especially stealth models for those in an hoa. Hope you find them helpful in building your own versions of the simple radio circuits here. Many antennas have been invented simply by necessity. Portable magnetic loop antennas foothills amateur radio. Figure 3 homemade plastic single lnb mounting bracket. About this odd namegiving, pa7zee wrote in electron of nov 2003. A homebrew transmitter from the 1960s, updated for todays am a 6dq5 sweep tube modulated by four 1625s december 22, 2006, bob hansen, na7rh here is my opportunity to tell about adventures with the homebrew 6dq5 transmitter and companion 1625. To do the antenna takes a half of hour and to tune the antenna also takes a half of hour. I built the dualband jpole antenna from the article in the september 1994 new ham companion an easy dualband vhfuhf antenna, page 61, but i just cant get it to work.
Emergency amateur radio club hawaii homebrew projects. In this project, well show you how to build your own digital tv antenna from wire hangers, a piece of wood and some pipe. Buildingawindomhfantenna bridgerland amateur radio club. All amateur radiorelated projects, tips, tricks, and tools. Aug 11, 2019 how to build several easy antennas for amateur radio.
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The villages amateur radio club 2015 antenna guide for the. The two sides of the lever can be made about the same length 1. Home of the am pressexchange, the am forum the largest bbs of its kind,and the am classifieds, photos, audio, and technical information. For the first design which leaves room for improvement, a long thin piece of aluminium sheet was used 3.
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