Friday, November 16, 2018

A 100 watt Compact Z-Match Antenna Tuner By Phil Salas AD5X

 A 100 watt Compact Z-Match Antenna Tuner By Phil Salas AD5X

http://www.ad5x.com/images/Articles/Ztuner%20RevA.pdf

Z-match Tuner with Updates by Charlie,W6JJZ

An old thread on the Z-match

http://www.seboldt.net/k0jd/z-match.html

Sunday, November 11, 2018

New Transceiver Prices (11/11/2018)

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New Transceiver Prices (Less Tax)
11/11/2018
One Big Box Store but I imagine all have
prices that are comparable. Free shipping
usually at these price levels.
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FT-450D: $720
FTDX-1000: $849
FTDX-101D: Unknown, Not Available
FTDX-3000D: $1330
IC-7100: $920
IC-718: $600
IC-7300: $980
IC-7610: $3030
IC-7700: $5860
IC-7851: $12215
TS-590G: $1350
TS-890S: $4000
TS-990S: $6800
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Thursday, November 8, 2018

Some good articles on wire antennas by K9AUB

Some good articles on wire antennas by K9AUB:

5/8 Wave Vertical Antenna (K9AUB)    
A High-Performance 1-Wire DX Antenna

Multi-band Wire Antennas (K9AUB)    
Multi-band Wire Antennas

Variations of a Half Wave Dipole (K9AUB)    
Variations of a Half Wave Dipole 

Choosing Feed Line (K9AUB)    
Choosing the Proper Feed Line for Antennas

Practical Antennas (K9AUB)    
Practical Antennas for Practical Ham

http://www.k9mce.org/articles.html

Saturday, November 3, 2018

EFHW matching kit for QRP operation, via QRPGuys


Here is  a simple yet rugged EFHW matching kit for QRP operation, rated at 10 watts and under. I built one, takes less than an hour and works quite well for me.

I am using it for 30 meters, but it will work on other bands by changing wire length.

QRPGuys Portable No Tune End Fed Half Wave Antenna – $15

https://qrpguys.com/qrpguys-end-fed-wire-antenna