Can be used with reduced efficiency up to 150 MHz Principle of operation: Usual internal tuners or external tuner only have a limited impedance range. The matching of a short wire (short in comparison to the wavelength) with it’s high impedance is usually not possible. Further the wire is usually outdoors, the tuner sets in…
WD6CMU wrote: Field Day 2003 was the testing ground for the third generation tennis ball launcher, dubbed “Trident”. Two legs and the apex of a 400′ vee beam were hoisted with three shots, a fourth shot was used to pull a messenger line over the beam to pull it loose from tree snags — a…
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One of my favorite ham radio activities is making contacts on satellites. It’s really fun to know that you’re controlling something that’s receiving and sending communications from space. But communicating with satellites means carrying a big Yagi antenna around. So, I decided to use my fashion sewing skills to make a collapsible fabric Yagi antenna…