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Here I try to clarify a significant cluster of ideas used in antenna work. My object is to help make the best decisions about the antennas to buy or build without imposing my own prejudices. The more we understand, the better our choices will be.

 

Antenna Ideas & Choices

  dB, dBi, and dBd   Invisible and Hidden Antennas
  Where Does the Gain Come From?   Antennas and Low Sun Spot Counts
  What Difference Does Height Make?   The Simplest 2-Element Yagi?
  The Poor Old ZL Special   Raiding the Hardware Store
  Fans and Bow Ties   Notes on 10-Meter Antenna Tuners
  Mobile Antennas for 10 Meters   Multiband vs. 10-Meter Dipoles
  EDZs: Stacked and Unstacked   Coax: The Short Story
  Antenna Noise   The Simplest 3-Element Yagi?
  A 3-Element 10-Meter Beam on an 8' Boom   A Simple 2-Element 10-Meter Quad
  The Handy Quarter-Wave Matching Section   Some Notes on Antenna Safety

Three Ways to Skin a Quad Loop
The 10-Meter L-Antenna
  When Should I Use a Vertical on 10?   A Compact Aluminum Moxon Rectangle
  Beta Coils and Hairpins   Some Larger 10-Meter Yagi Designs
  The V-Yagi   A Triangular Vertical Array
  What the Heck is a Stub?   The Cheapest 2-Element Beam?
  The Turnstile Antenna on 10   A 10-Meter, 6-Element OWA Yagi
  4- and 5-Element OWA Yagis   6- and 7-Element OWA Yagis
  Notes on Home-Brewing 10-Meter Yagis   Frequently Asked Questions
  More Frequently Asked Questions   A 10-Meter J-Pole
  A Hilltopper Portable Dipole   A Small 10-Meter Very-Wide-Band Yagi
  A Large 10-Meter Very-Wide-Band Yagi   What Should I Expect from a Yagi?
  The Persistent Vee-Beam Myth   What is a Balun, and Do I Need One?
  The Ubiquitous 4:1 Balun   The Basic 10-Meter Monopole
  Notes on Horizontal Antenna Height   The Tri-Moxon Switched Vertical Array
  Gain vs. Beamwidth   A Short-Boom Wide-Band 3-Element Yagi
  An Orientation to Reasonable Yagi Expectations   What to Expect from Multi-Band Yagis
  Some Ideas for Quad Loops in the Field   A Different Kind of 10-Meter Attic Antenna
  The Revere Theory of Vacation Antennas   Return to Cebik Collection Main Index
 

 



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