Some DIY builds in ham radio are really professional and beautiful. This build is not that! This is what I refer to as a “guerilla” build - it’s very practical but not very polished. It’s an ultra-...

The Vertically Polarized 2 Element antenna is a monobander developed by HB9SL (SK). Lauded as a portable antenna solution, it has a comparatively low deployment height (~14’) for the 20M version. A...

An antenna that isn’t resonant on any amateur radio band?! How can that work? How Does It Work? As the biggest misnomer in Amateur Radio, the ‘Random Wire’ Antenna is really anything but random...

At Winter Field Day 2025, I got to witness exactly what happens when you don’t choke coax. We had our newly made VA6AM band pass filters and triplexer setup and ready for their inaugural use. We w...

The Rybakov antenna is a great choice for a portable vertical antenna. Rybakov is Russian for ‘fisherman’ - a connection to this ‘random wire’ being around 8m long, able to be deployed on a fishing...

UPDATED: 20250425 The End Fed Half Wave antenna is the King of portable antennas. Truly it is a near perfect match between portability and performance. They are extremely quick to setup and extrem...

I have compiled some study notes and video resources to help people get licensed. You can view the study notes at this link. 73 de VE5REV

Welcome Greetings HamFam. This site has been created as “build notes” for amateur radio. There are so many opinions, falsehoods and bad information on the internet about pretty much every topic, b...