Pattern and Match

by VE3VN

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Beverage Lightning Protection

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Beverage receive antennas are very susceptible to lightning. They are long wires that at close to the ground and grounded at both ends. Whil...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Cutting Small Tubes With Hand Tools

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While working on a few antenna projects recently I cut a lot of ⅝", ½" and ⅜" aluminum tubes. This is a subject I touched on ...
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Thursday, September 14, 2023

New Operating Desk

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Widely spaced blog articles are due to me being very busy and a lot of partially complete projects that are not ready to become blog materia...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Singing Isn't Just About the Element

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Many owners of HF yagis are familiar with the "singing" phenomenon. When the wind blows the elements vibrate. Not always, since it...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Snipe on a Tower

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There is a limited ability to achieving mechanical leverage when you are working on a tower. You can only "push" against the tower...
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Thursday, August 17, 2023

Preparing for Fall Antenna Work

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This is what I call transition season. The 6 meter sporadic E season is effectively over and the fall tower and antenna season is a few week...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Contest Flare

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This will be a short article about a short subject: dealing with solar flares in a contest. The goal is to briefly describe the effects of ...
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Ron Schwartz
Licensed since 1972. My main interests are CW DX & contests, on HF and VHF. Having fun is more important to me than winning. I build and design towers and antennas, create hardware and software devices to run my large station. I often play with QRP. I am a firm believer in lifelong learning. My hope is that others will enjoy the blog as much as I enjoy writing it.
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