Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Steve G1KQH recently sent me an email with some useful links on how to make 1/2 wave verticals. I am sharing it with you in case this gives ...

Somewhere, I have a Sandpiper vertical made some years ago. I think it is an X80. It is hardly used. It has been up briefly years ago. As I ...

There are several examples of wideband verticals. These are often designed to work without an ATU but performance is compromised. Martin, G8...

This is a diagram showing the arrangement of my 160m loft-mounted antenna. The ground connection is made to a hot water tank (copper) next...

SRC X80 multi-band vertical This next weekend is, I believe, the big ARRL DX contest and, if 10m is open, a good chance to work some tran...

ATU for 136kHz. Antenna connected to top of ferrite rod Disappointing results yesterday with a very short Marconi vertical tuned using a...

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...