Ham Radio Tech Pages & Downloads

May 2026 – Phenomenal Data Transfer Rates
Feb 2026 – Receive Antennas 
Feb 2026 – Ref and Bibliography 
Feb 2023 – Understanding Antennas …and the Antenna System
Mar 2023 – Antennas You’ve Never Heard Of (probably) Part II 
Apr 2023 – Antenna Measurement Tools & Accs.
May 2023 – A Random Thought
Jun 2023 – Get Ready for WRTC
Jul 2023 – Effective Aperture Ramblings
Aug 2023 – Madison Electronics Supply
Sep 2023 – Conductors for Grounding
Oct 2023 – Gain – An Observation
Nov 2023 – A Case for Dayton Amateur Radio Nirvana
Dec 2023 –FT8 – A Change of Attitude
Jan 2022 – The EFHW – Things to Consider
Feb 2022 – Re-learning Something Old – Baluns and Chokes
Mar 2022 – Advances in Antenna Technology
Apr 2022 – Two Silent Keys – Silent Too Soon
Jun 2022 – Tesla – Mobile Install
Aug 2022 – 486
Sep 2022 – WSPR – A Whisper into Aether
Oct 2022 – A Gander at Coax Connectors
Nov 2022 – Antenna Development Challenge – A Heads Up
Dec 2022 – Antenna Guru’s
Jan 2021 – A Brief Look, Way Back, in Amateur Radio
Feb 2021 – Before the Nano VNA….
Mar 2021 – Return Loss(?)
Apt 2021 – NEC and The Smith Chart
May 2021 – SWR — Last Gas For Cycle 25 – A plea for more 5%’ers
Jun 2021 – The Donut Hole — Explaining the Propagation during the Rag Chew Net
Jul 2021 – – Software Tools for your Feedline (Repeat of Feb 2016)
Aug 2021 – Ground – Friend or Foe ?
Sep 2021 – The Fun of Troubleshooting
Oct 2021 – SWR – Scary Watt Readings ……..Hey, it’s Halloween. So, trick or treat!
Nov 2021 – Easy(and Free) HF Waterfall Display
Dec 2021 – The Radio Hotel – A Complete Index — 2014 thru 2021
Jan 2020 – Antenna Efficiency Repeat June 2016???
Feb 2020 – Working with Aluminum ……using an element to build elements
Mar 2020 – Wire – Simply Wire
Apr 2020 – Amazing Things We Take for Granted
May 2020 – Antenna Insulators — The Work Horse of Different Colors
Jun 2020 – A Lesson Learned (and Well Taught)–EFHW
Jul 2020 – A Fool for the (noisy) City — A cursory look at ‘receive only’ antennas
Aug 2020 – The Amazing Depths of Radio and……Dedicating yourself to your hobby
Sep 2020 – SWR – The Coax Z to Antenna Z Disparity
Oct 2020 – (NP) the Path to Radial-less Verticals
Nov 2020 – Chokes, Baluns and Transmission Line Transformers
Dec 2020 – Looking back at 2020
Jan 2019 – Dissecting Series #3 Coax Elements Part 2
Feb 2019 – Small Antennas – Mag Loops Part 1
May 2019 – Small Antennas – Mag Loops Part 2
Jun 2019 – Field Day — A Curious, Ham Radio Confluence Field Day Antennas and Rigs
Jul 2019 – KK5W Field Day Antennas
Aug 2019 – Designing a Coil-Loaded (short) Dipole Part 1
Sep 2019 – Building a Coil-Loaded (short) Dipole Part 2
Oct 2019 – Multi-banding Methods
Nov 2019 – Dissecting Series #4 What’s Inside the SteppIR Vertical?
Dec 2019 – All I want for Christmas…..
Jan 2018 – Patented Antennas
Feb 2018 – The Saga of the Full Wave loop Part 1
Apr 2018 – Part 2 — Rectangular and Square Loops – The Quad
May 2018 – Part 3 – Triangular Loops – The Delta Loop (Note: Part 4 not Published)
Jun 2018 – Part 5 – Esoteric Loops of Various Shapes and Sizes – Series Summary
Jul 2018 – The CCD Antenna Controlling Standing Wave Current
Aug 2018 – The Impedance of Space
Sep 2018 – The Illusive Wet Noodle and 200 Degrees
Oct 2018 – Antennas-“Where the Rubber Meets the Road”
Nov 2018 – Gain – The Final Frontier
Dec 2018 – Dissecting Series #3 Coax Specs Part 1
Jan 2017 – Diversity – A Deployable Advantage
Feb 2017 – Dissecting Series #1 – Inside Those Tri-band Yagi Traps
Mar 2017 – Two Antennas – What’s Old is New Again – The Hexbeam and the Moxon
Apr 2017 – AA0ST and Antennas Thru the Looking Glass
May 2017 – K3LR Tim Duffy
Jun 2017 – Tools for the Antenna Information Junkie
Jul 2017 – Dissecting Series # 2 – Inside the Cushcraft R Series Verticals Black Box
Aug 2017 – What Makes the Best Antenna?
Sep 2017 – HF Receiver Basics – S9 Band Noise
Oct 2017 – Broad-banding – Nittany Lions Style
Nov 2017 – Recent Trends in Yagi-Uda Design
Dec 2017 – Life’s Standing Wave
Jan 2016 – Hooking Up with RF Connectors
Feb 2016 – Software Tools for your Feedline
Mar 2016 – Antenna Origins Part 1
Apr 2016 – Antenna Origins Part 2 The Audion Tube
May 2016 – Antenna Origins Part 3 Yagi and Uda and Beverage, Oh My!
Jun 2016 – Antenna Efficiency – KD5QPX
Jul 2016 – What’s in QST? – Antenna Wise
Aug 2016 – 50 Ohm, Direct Fed Yagi’s
Sep 2016 – VHF Antennas from Thumbtacks and Wires
Oct 2016 – Antennas for the 3910 Rag Chew Net
Nov 2016 – The Skinny on Wire
Dec 2016 – Antennas You’ve Never Heard of (probably)
Jan 2015 – Your Ham Radio Hobby – What to Do in 2015
Feb 2015 – The Antenna Part 1 – The Introduction
Mar 2015 – The Antenna Part 2 – The Recipe
May 2015 – The Antenna Part 3 – Resonance and Standing Waves and Feed Z (Oh My)
Jun 2015 – The Antenna Part 4 – Polarization and Height Above Ground
Jul 2015 – The Antenna Part 5 – Gain, angles and Patterns – It’s So E-Z
Aug 2015 – The Antenna Part 6 – Verticals – How Low (angle) Can You Go?
Sep 2015 – The Antenna Part 7 – Antennas Shortening – Let’s Get Loaded
Oct 2015 – The Antenna Part 8 – Getting all Choked Up About Feeding
Nov 2015 – The Antenna Part 9– C’est Tout! References for Learning More
Dec 2015 – Analyzing Antenna Analyzers
Apr 2014 – Four Whys of our Antenna Systems
May 2014 – The Standing Wave- Part 1
Jun 2014 – The Standing Wave Ratio-Part 2
Jul 2014 – Measuring SWR-Part 3
Sep 2014 – Antenna Bandwidth and SWR-Part 4
Oct 2014 – Matching within the Antenna System-Part 5
Nov 2014 – Reflected Reflections-Part 6
Dec 2014 – SWR/Matching and Learning-Part 7