Pattern and Match

It's been almost 2 weeks since I put up the multi-band inverted vee , so now is a good time to summarize my impressions of its performan...

This past weekend, shortly after erecting and tuning the new multi-band inverted vee , it rained. A lot. Rain affects antennas, sometimes in...

Following on from my previous article I can now report that I have built, erected and tuned the planned multi-band inverted vee antenna on m...

With the contractors gone I have to catch up to 2 weeks of lost time. That is, time not spent on antenna work. Although work on the antennas...

In my previous article I described the antenna mast and feed/pulley system I installed at Site-B. As mentioned at the time I did get someth...

Earlier this year I enumerated my antenna siting options , discussing their relative merits, and showing each on a diagram. Since that tim...

I lied. I'm not done yet with that 20 meters delta loop versus dipole comparison. The reason is that I was not satisfied that I'd pr...

Antennas that are smaller (shorter) than λ/2 tend toward poor performance. Not only does the SWR increase -- increasing transmission line an...

Antennas come down easier than they go up. It took all of 45 minutes from the time I picked up the ladder until the 20 meters delta loop ant...