Radials or Not?
Joe, NE1JT, has a vertical dipole antenna and has a very simple question about it, and antennas in general....
Category: Antenna
How close can I mount two antennas?
A viewer asks: “I am running three UHF and four VHF radios. They are all on different frequencies. What...
Wolf River Coil vs End Fed Half Wave: Brunet Island State Park, WI POTA K-1442
You asked for it, here it is: a live A/B test of the Wolf River Coil vs the Chameleon...
Phasing Antennas for Directionality
Jared, N0SPC, is the only ham in his country, and he has a question regarding phasing. He wants to...
Chameleon CHA-MPAS 2.0 Portable Ham Radio Antenna System
The Chameleon CHA-MPAS 2.0 just might be the best portable Ham Radio antenna that you can get today, due...
Using FT8 to demonstrate Antenna Orientations
One man’s observation of different radiation patterns that evolved from choosing different antenna installation orientations. What are your thoughts?...
Improving Suburban HF Vertical Antennas
HF verticals are very popular for the smaller suburban gardens. How do they perform and are there any improvements...
Reduce Common Mode Current (CMC) with a Easy to Build Choke
Common Mode Current can really mess with RFI and cause interference in the shack. In addition, you could also...
Building the BuddiHex Hexbeam | Best Portable Ham Radio Antenna
Today I go through all of the steps and pieces for building the BuddiHex Hexbeam antenna from Buddpole. This...
Stretching Antenna Bandwidths
Often on the HF bands, we find that the quoted antenna frequency bandwidth is not wide enough to cover...