Pattern and Match

Extending masts far above the top of a tower raises questions about safety. Simplified tower ratings for wind load make strict assumptions o...

For those interested in why I chose to go with a delta loop for 40 meters please refer back to this earlier article on vertically-polarized ...

Finally the weather broke and I had a few hours to construct and raise the delta loop for 40 meters. Cutting to the chase, it works. However...

I have gone as far as I will go for the present with multi-band tuning of the TH1vn trap dipole with its 17 meters addition. First I will fi...

My feeble modelling attempts to add a parallel 17 meters dipole onto the TH1vn tri-band dipole were not as conclusive as I'd have liked...

I've been remiss on blogging recently due to a combination of travel and other matters. As mentioned in my previous article I had to tak...

This is the season for colds and other virus infections. Such is my plight. One of the downsides is disturbed sleep cycles. But, as they say...

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...