Receiving antennas for the radio amateur pdf download

This e-book, with its many illustrations, will supply some of the most viable HF antenna solutions for restricted spaces, and explain the pros and cons of each. The solution you opt for will involve compromises. But, at least, you will have the luxury of being able to choose.

You're in amateur radio heaven. Nothing compares to the intense satisfaction that the amateur radio operator derives from having built a fully functional homemade amateur radio HF antenna. Planning, gathering the parts, assembling, adapting, testing and, finally, making memorable contacts with your homemade antenna are priceless moments in an amateur's life.

The rewards are many, as you will see. This e-book is designed to help you reach that level of satisfaction. Lightning on the horizon? You are not worried … because you installed the lightning protection devices described in this e-book, and you have taken the preventive measures as prescribed. Your HF antenna is now transmitting more RF power, and your receiver is getting more milliwatts from your antenna system, because you learned what types of antenna tuners to avoid.

You are now using an efficient tuner, and you even know how it works. Notwithstanding, this e-book will help you decide if you still need an outboard one, and which meter will best meet your needs. Furthermore, armed with the valuable information you read here, you finally acquired the antenna analyzer to satisfy the expectations of the antenna experimenter in you. Emboldened by your recent successful acquisitions, you now have the antenna tower you were dreaming of.

You heeded the recommendations this e-book provided and, thus, avoided all the pitfalls that await the unwary. Finally, an e-book series on HF antennas would not be complete without a word on HF signal propagation. It outlines the software and online services available today which enable you to take full advantage of band openings.

Paperback Version. Thank you sooo much for your gift of keeping things simple and clear for us nuts and bolts kind of guys! The contents of this book on HF Antenna Basics are mostly aimed at the amateur radio beginner and aspiring ones.

Therefore, this book provides answers to basic questions like: What is the best HF antenna for my needs and location? What type of stand-alone antenna tuner should I use and which should I avoid? How can I hide my HF antenna from the neighbors and still get acceptable performance from it?

What about lightning protection? This book will supply immediately useful answers to the above questions and many more. A properly designed and installed amateur radio HF antenna system can potentially make the humblest ham radio equipment perform like stations worth thousands of dollars.

They are still useful today for long distance reception of AM radio stations [ Hits: Votes: 1 Rating: 2 ] 40M Delta Flag - A delta loop receiving antenna for the 40 meters band [ Hits: 81 Votes: 1 Rating: 2 ] 9 Circle RX antenna - The receiving antenna setup for the top band, made with a 9 elements vertical antenna array, remote controller and remote relais.

Made of two equal lengths of coaxial cable seems to be the easiest circularly polarized antenna to make that will cover a broad range of the rtlsdr dongles E tuners [ Hits: Votes: 2 Rating: 10 ] Broadband receiving antenna matching - This article addresses the subject of obtaining the best signal transfer from an antenna to the typical ohm receiver input over a wide frequency range, with emphasis on medium-wave - kHz , encompassing the standard AM broadcast band and the m amateur band.

These rankings are most accurate in the frequency range of AM broadcast, or 80 meter bands [ Hits: Votes: 2 Rating: 6. It is basically composed by two interconnected half delta loops and is better than a single flag or EWE, and almost as good as two phased EWE in the same space.

A small antenna capable of excellent performances on low bands, made on a copper plate and introductio to active antennas. Include schematics and info on a building the control box, preamplifier and low-pass filter [ Hits: Votes: 10 Rating: 8.

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