Amateur Radio is a technical hobby. It’s a communications hobby. It’s a hobby that allows you to interact with like-minded people. It even allows you to have disagreements with other Hams on the radio+internet.
Whatever you’re in the hobby for, you may find yourself wanting to build something or find out more on a particular “thing”, so here’s a list of the aerial projects and technical content I have – the links below will take you to the relevant page:
- 2m Slim-Jim
What is the best /P VHF aerial ever? This one! - 40m Linear-Loaded Dipole
40m into 50ft DOES go! An easy way to get a 40m Dipole into a small(ish) garden - 80m “Cobra” Doublet
Yet another way to get a low HF band into a garden-variety garden - 1:1 Choke Balun
Simple and effective choke for use with a Doublet or G5RV - 4:1 Current Balun
For use with off-centre-fed Dipole/Windom or Doublet - Baluns / UnUns
Balanced to Unbalanced, the Whats, Wheres, Whens and Whys - Bandpass Filters
Useful boxes for close-group working, perhaps when /P - CHIRP’ing a Baofeng
The easy way to put memories into your handheld - CobWeb Aerial
5 bands, 1 square – and it looks like a clothes line. What’s not to like? - Copper-Pipe Drive-On Base
Home-brew solution to the infamous drive-on aerial base - Datamodes Interface for JT65, PSK and RTTY
Getting your (older) radio ready for datamodes - FT-857 Porta-Frame
A transportable “man-pack” for radio, ATU and battery - HF Linked Dipole
Be resonant with a few bits of wire and some crocodile-clips - Icom IC-7300 Notes
Newbie-notes on the 7300 - Mains Filter
Uses the 31-mix “Problem-Solver” ferrite to clean up your Shack - Marconi “T” Switch for your Doublet/G5RV
Get 160m and/or 80m from your “wet string” - Morse Mouse
A fun way to demo Morse Code at club events and public places - Multi-Band “Fan” Dipole
Several bands, a few wires – 1 feeder
If you’re having trouble finding something – please use the search box…