Ham Radio

Oct 4, 2020
8 min

Trapped 20/30/40 Meter EFHW Antenna

An End Fed Half Wave (EFHW) antenna for operation on 20, 30 and 40 meters was built for SOTA operation. By using traps, the antenna...

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Big Font Clock Update: Dimmer-Interface PCB and Setup Instructions.

Dan Koellen AI6XG

Jun 29, 2020
7 min

Big Font Clock Update: Dimmer-Interface PCB and Setup Instructions.

A prior post described the development and build of a clock to display time and date for UTC and Local. The clock characters are large,...

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End Fed Half Wave Antennas: More About the Primary Capacitor

Dan Koellen AI6XG

Jun 6, 2020
4 min

End Fed Half Wave Antennas: More About the Primary Capacitor

I recently posted a blog claiming that a capacitor in the primary of the matching transformer is not needed for end fed half wave (EFHW)...

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End Fed Half Wave Antennas: Is a Primary Capacitor Really Needed?

Dan Koellen AI6XG

May 27, 2020
3 min

End Fed Half Wave Antennas: Is a Primary Capacitor Really Needed?

In my research on End Fed Half Wave (EFHW) antennas I found that nearly all have a capacitor in the primary (rig) side of the transformer....

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Dan Koellen AI6XG

Feb 9, 2020
9 min

Big Font Clock - Relieve for Old Eyes

Recently the Maker Space that I frequent received a number of 4 line 40 character (4 x 40) LCD displays. They asked me to figure out how...

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