Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

My 2m big wheel antenna has arrived. I now need to find a kind local to help erect it. It needs 2 brackets fixing and the coax attaching. ...

Well, I have ordered one (yes I know I could have made one although not in my present state) so I hope this can be erected in the next few...

Next winter I want to replace my hand rotated beams for 70cm and 2m with a big wheel stack for either 2m or 70cm. I was going to erect a...

Big Wheel for 2m A good 2m antenna for horizontal polarisation is the big wheel . Quite a few beacons use these as they require no rotat...

The 2m beacon ON0VHF seems to be copyable at all times at a distance of just over 350km.  It is located just the far side of Brussels. Im...

Just wondering if anyone has checked what a horizontally polarised 2m big-wheel antenna looks like (gain, match, directivity, polarisation...

When looking around for possible homebrew designs I saw an article that appeared in QST back in 2008.  Looking at this approach I am not con...

www.wimo.com big wheel When I move to my new (higher) QTH on top of our local East Anglian "hill" next year I'll have to ...

There was a time when a small rotator capable of turning a modest 2m yagi could be bought for around £40 but there appears to be little av...