Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

This antenna has just come to my attention. Like all things ICOM it is expensive. It is meant to cover all HF bands (maybe with a tuner on s...

These are end-fed antennas for HF usually. Commercial versions are available.  Some years ago I bought one from SRC in Wales. Although I bel...

At the end of a long wire, the impedance is usual high. With a 49:1 transformer, the SWR is usually well within range of auto-tuners found i...

I bought this about 10 years ago, but apart from a few weeks it was not used and is in perfect condition.  For those unfamiliar with Rybakov...

In the garage I have a virtually unused SRC X80 end-fed vertical antenna. This was very briefly erected in about 2011 and has remained unus...

Some years ago I bought an x80 vertical antenna. These are basically Rybakov vertical antennas. I erected mine briefly at the old QTH, but h...

The basic idea of Rybakov antennas is to feed these at the high impedance end via a transformer so the impedance is brought down to the rang...

In the garage I have an SRC X80 multi-band HF vertical. I used this briefly (before my stroke) at the old QTH. It blows around in the wind, ...

Well, I'm very impressed with how quickly Snowdonia Radio Company despatched my X80 multi-band Rybakov HF vertical : it arrived on my do...

The Snowdonia Radio Company is offering the SRC X80 , a 5.8m long multi-band HF vertical matched via a 9:1 unun matching box. This sells fo...

For those looking for a simple vertical antenna that can cover a wide range of HF bands you might want to try the Rybakov antenna. This is w...