Archive for the ‘antenna’ Category

Surfin’: Looping Into the 21st Century

Monday, March 24th, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, read all about new loop antennas we can use to chase DX. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

Surfin’: Thrown For a Loop

Monday, March 17th, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, read all about those loop antennas we use to chase broadcast band DX. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

Surfin’: Splat That Path Online

Friday, March 7th, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, read about a Web site that determines how well your signal gets from here to there. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

Surfin’: Real Low Banding on 600 Meters

Friday, February 15th, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, read all about the ARRL 600 meters/500 kHz experiment on the abandoned maritime band. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

Surfin’: VNA in Your Future

Friday, February 1st, 2008

In this week’s Surfin’, discover how you can obtain an excellent piece of test gear for the ham shack. Then come back here to post your comments, if any.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

Surfin’: RTTY, NEC, Verbs, and Nouns

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

This week, Surfin’ covers a number of topics including RTTY contesting, antenna simulation software, verbs, and nouns. After you read this week’s Surfin’, come back here to leave your comments, if any.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb features Web sites related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

new antenna design software for the Mac OS X

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Today, Chen, W7AY, released cocoaNEC 2.0, an antenna design and modeling program for Mac OS X. It is free and is available for downloading from Chen’s web site.

Surfin’: Looking for Log Periodics of the VHF/UHF Variety

Friday, September 28th, 2007

This week, Stan searches for a tree guy and some new aluminum to replace the old. Read all about it in this week’s Surfin’. After you read Surfin’, you can leave your comments back here.

By the way, Surfin’ is a weekly column published on ARRLWeb that finds and features Web sites that are related to Amateur Radio, specifically, and radio, in general. If you have any suggestions for Surfin’, please contact WA1LOU using the e-mail link to the right.

maintenance

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

I was up on the roof this morning (before it got too hot) checking out the weather station and radio station installations.

I replaced some tie wraps that broke off a couple of cables.

The 2-meter APRS digipeater vertical Diamond antenna has a noticeable lean towards Europe, so I checked it out. I tightened the bolt that is supposed to prevent the lean and it improved it a bit. The base of the antenna is still a little loose, so I will have to revisit the problem on a cooler day.