Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

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...

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...

A few days ago I mentioned that my HF antenna (a Par end-fed) had blown down. Sadly these days I need help with antennas as my ladder skills...

In the very near future, I have to get a tree surgeon in to trim my silver birch tree. This is the support for the end of my 35W Par antenna...

Well, here is a summary of my (intermittent) QRP WSPR beaconing tests since I erected my X80 vertical at lunchtime today: Bands tried 80, 4...

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...