Everyone knows that in order to reduce the amount of common mode current running on your coax line after being connected to a dipole or other balanced transmission line, you...
Continue reading...Toms Notes Ideas from the Ham Radio shack of VE6ARG
Should Ham Radio Be at Street Wheelers?
Street Wheelers is an event held every summer for a few days in July in Lethbridge AB. It includes a great parade of beautiful vehicles on display at the Galt...
Continue reading...Building Baluns and Ununs:
New and even some experienced hams are sometimes confused by devices called baluns. Because their purpose is not readily apparent, they seem to be magical and therefore some hams are...
Continue reading...Use Microsoft Excel for Laying Out Your Antennas
Laying out your antennas on the property you have available is easy to do when you use some of the tools available in software. Tony VE6ABO showed me an excellent...
Continue reading...An Antenna From Down Under
I Bought a Bushcomm Antenna at the Flea Market:I bought a near new Bushcomm Horizon 6.7 HF rotatable dipole and got it up this past week while the winds were...
Continue reading...The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
This information has been sent along to all Canadian amateur radio operators from rac.ca Special Call Signs Available in Honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Available from May 15 to...
Continue reading...A Better Window Connector
When I originally built my thru window panel insert many years ago, I made it too small and it was inconvenient to attach PL-259’s to it. The spacing for the...
Continue reading...Is This the End?
As many of you know, a number of years ago I began this blurb in order to keep people informed every week about a breakfast that we in the local...
Continue reading...Building a 40M Loop
Building a 40M Loop Antenna:The satisfaction of being able to build and test and operate your own equipment, antennas, test jigs, etc. is enormous. It gives you an ability to...
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