Directional antennas do have their strengths such as power over distance but sometimes you may need to use a good omnidirectional antenna to produce 360 degrees of coverage over a smaller area.
So this video is a different take on the traditional biquad antenna and I will show you how to make an omnidirectional biquad for 2.4 GHz.
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2022 saw the return of the Dayton Hamvention and also celebrated the 70th anniversary of the world’s largest ham radio trade show. Ham Radio Outlet went to the show, of course and spoke to many of the vendors. In this video, your Ham Radio Sensei, Julian Frost (N3JF) spoke with John Kruk (K9UPC) of Yaesu […] Read more
There are a number of ways to add dB gain to your transmitted signal. But how much difference does 3dB or 6dB make? Is it worth the effort! Peter G3OJV demonstrates using calibrated audio tracks. In this video I deliberately started with a difficult to hear signal that represented 0dB gain and might be ne […] Read more
To support amateur self-training in radiocommunications including improving amateur operating skills, conducting technical investigations, and intercommunicating with other amateurs around the world, especially IARU member society headquarters stations, using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands. Dates: The second full weekend of July (July 9-10, 2022). Contest Period: Begins 1200 UTC Saturday and runs […] Read more
My Holiday Ham Radio Antenna. NOTE: I used a Classic Stay-Up kit as an experiment. These are not normally supplied but I was away for 2-weeks and was running some tests with a number of different clamps. TWO are normally supplied with the DX Commander Expedition Kit as at June 2022. Price for the Expedition […] Read more
2022 ARRL Field Day wrapped up nearly a week ago, and ARRL Headquarters has already received over 2,400 entries submitted via the online Field Day Entry web application. Early analysis reveals that most of the entrants participated as Class D — home stations, and Class E — home stations using emergency power. As of June 29, the breakdown […] Read more
I demonstrate an improved ground radial system for the Wolf River Coil Silver Bullet 1000 Read more
C4HQ After many years of inactivity, a number of CARS members will be activating the C4HQ callsign during the upcoming IARU HF Championship to be held during the second weekend of the month, 9-10 July 2022. The CARS headquarter station will be comprised by about 8 operators dispersed all over the island, namely Paphos, Nicosia, […] Read more
PicoAPRS V4 VHF radio 1W TX pwr Bluetooth Wifi Microphone& speaker for voice com. USB-C on the side Color IPS screen 5 way button+PTT PicoAPRS V4. I think, APRS Over LoRa in 433MHz ISM band can used from everyone with 10mW TX pwr. Like a car keyfob! 10mW is a lot on LoRa. Even without […] Read more
Tony DeWitte AD0DQ, joins me to explain when it is legal for you to transmit outside of your radio privileges to save life or protect property, ALSO, when it is NOT legal. Read more
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