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Home base VHF / UHF |
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Mobile |
Transceivers
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Portable (VHF / UHF or HF) |
Transceivers
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HF |
Transceivers
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Other stuff |
Power
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Er1
, simultaneously press the F and CLR buttons while turning on the power
Baofeng UV-5R, UV-5RA, GT-3, BF-F8, BF-F9
(graphical version
and
poster)
Baofeng UV-82, UV-82HP, UV-82L, UV-82C, UV-82X, UV-89 (and poster) Baofeng UV-B5, UV-B6 Icom IC-V85, IC-V80 Kenwood TH-F6A Quansheng TG-UV2 Realistic / RadioShack HTX-202 Wouxun KG-816 Wouxun KG-UV8D Yaesu FT-60R (and poster) Yaesu VX-7R Yaesu FT-2900R Icom IC-2720H, IC-2710H |
![]() Programming the UV-82 YouTube™ video (4:19) |
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Baofeng BF-F8 |
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Baofeng BF-F8HP |
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Baofeng GT-3 |
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Baofeng GT-3TP |
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Baofeng GT-5R |
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Baofeng UV-3R |
IMG
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Baofeng UV-5R |
IMG
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Baofeng UV-5XP
(use Baofeng BF-F8HP) |
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Baofeng UV-6R |
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Baofeng UV-82 |
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Baofeng UV-82HP |
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Baofeng UV-9R |
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Baofeng UV-B5 |
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BTech UV-5X3 |
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Retevis RT85 |
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TYT TH-UV88 |
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TYT TTH-7800 |
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Wouxun KG-816 |
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Wouxun KG-UV8E |
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Yaesu FT-4XR |
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Yaesu FT-60R |
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Yaesu VX-7R |
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Yaesu VX-8R |
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Yaesu FT-8800R |
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Other |
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Radios
FM "BBG" transmitter bug / spy / surveillance (2 m, 500 mW, more info) QRP Transceiver (40 m, SSB/CW, QST, Aug 2008) [PDF] More robust QRP Transceiver (160-80-60-40-30 m, SSB/CW, ambitious) 2-meter / 70-cm antennas
Also made a 4-radial version, which I currently use in my basement for both 2 m and 70 cm
Collection of copper "cactus" J-poles (2 m / 70 cm) Twin-lead roll-up J-pole (2 m, 1.55 dBd gain) Simple 1/4-wave vertical dipole (2 m) Simple 5/8-wave vertical (2 m, 1.5 dBd gain) [PDF] Simple 3/4-wave slingshot (2 m) Simple J-pole (2 m / 70 cm, 2.85 dBd gain) [PDF] Yagi beam (2 m, 9.3 to 14.9 dBd) Tape Measure Yagi (2 m, 7.3 dBd gain) [also by NT1K] [PDF on ARRL] [PDF by DW Hawke]
With Reuben KI7AEU, presented this at a DIY table in the GSL Hamfest 2016 prior to a foxhunt Re-presented this at a DIY table in the Rocky Mountain Division Convention 2019 Simple V and mini-Yagi (2 m) Powerful 7-element Yagi beam (2 m, 11 dBd gain) Collinear (vertical dipole) (2 m, two-element half-wave, 6.0 dBd gain) Collinear (vertical dipole) (2 m, two-element half-wave, 6.0 dBd gain) 5/8-wave collinear J-pole (2 m, 6.0 dBd gain) [also by IW5EDI]
Indoor VHF Delta Loop (2 m, 0.0 dBd gain) The Tiny 2 (2 m beam, 4.0 dBd gain) 1.25-meter folded dipole antenna (by Noji) The Hentenna bidirectional rectangular (2 m, 0.0 dBd gain) Recycle an old TV aerial (2 m, 7.5 dBd gain, ARRL 1996) [PDF] 6-meter antennas
Inverted-V Dipole
Simple copper J-pole (0.85 dBd, perhaps the best omnidirectional design) [also by IW5EDI]
Slick Six 6-meter dipole (0 dBd gain) Vertical dipole (0 dBd gain) HF antennas
20-meter rollup dipole (by Noji) Copper pipe 1/4-wave HF vertical on YouTube (20-17-15-12-10 m, 3.0 dBd) OCF dipole antenna (80-40-20-10 m, by Noji) Simple C-pole for HF (10-12-15-17-20 m, 0.0 dBd, allegedly no tuner needed) [PDF] New Carolina Windom (40-20-15-10 m, no tuner needed, 0 dBd) Your first 40-meter dipole (40 m, by Dave Casler KEØOG, 0 dBd) The best first 40-meter dipole (40 m, 0 dBd) 40-meter dipole antenna (plus 80 meters, by Noji) Dual-band parallel dipole antenna (40-20 m, by Noji) $4 special double-Zepp (80 m to 10 m, requires a tuner) So you want to tackle a cubical quad? (15-10 m, 5.1 dBd) 4-band fan dipole (80-40-20-10 m, by Noji) Fan dipole (40-20-10 m, 0 dBd) Fence fan dipole (80-40-20-10 m, 0 dBd)
As an added bonus, I discovered that it tunes up well on 15 meters and 10 meters Inverted-L sloper (all-band, 0 dBd) Magnetic loop (20-10 m, 0 dBd) Skywire loop (aka horizontal loop or loop skywire) full-wave loop / rhombic (160-80-40-20 / 10 m, 0 dBd) Cross NVIS (40 m day / 80 m night) [DXE, patterned after the military AS-2259/GR antenna] Simple NVIS (40 m day / 80 m night) Simple NVIS (80 m) [1/20-wave high, many good notes] 2-element 20-meter beam (20 m, by Noji, 7.1 dBi) [also by N4SPP] and source info (WB3JZO) [PDF] DK3 Screwdriver 80 m to 10 m 1/4-wave mobile screwdriver whip (see reviews) 100 W Inverted-V regular and fan dipole series by Dave Tadlock KGØZZ on YouTube™ (39:05) Cat's Whiskers 10 m to 20 m fan loop 100 W 160-meter short vertical (by Noji) End-fed half-wave 40 m to 6 m, including 9:1 unun 100 W 80-10 end-fed half-wave 80 m to 10 m, including 49:1 unun (by Noji) 5-element 10-meter beam (10 m, by Pop YU7EF, 7.6 dBd) Satellite antennas
Dual-band satellite Yagi antenna (by Noji) Oddball and controversial antennas
(Tom Rauch W8JI) More EH Antenna projects Grasswire Antenna (K3MT) Other DIY (not just antennas)
W2GT Pneumatic Antenna Launcher on YouTube™ (7:30) Pneumatic antenna launcher (by Noji) PVC Antenna Launcher (and accompanying instructions [PDF] Antennas in the Attic on YouTube™ (6:12) ideas The Ugly Balun [poorly written article, but good building instructions...see photos below] (1:1 HF air-core RF choke) 4:1 voltage balun on YouTube™ (3 MHz to 30 MHz, 200 W)
49:1 unun (by Noji) Choke Cookbook (detailed for #31 toroid, by James Brown, K9YC) [PDF] 80-meter vertical and inverted sloper (shortened end-fed half-wave) HF coax traps The Ugly Bandpass Filter Bandpass Filter (Lew Gordon K4VX) 12 V ATX power supply
Simple shortwave antennas How to make a dummy antenna (not a dummy load) for testing receiver input by a signal generator TinySWR Meter QRP LED SWR meter and power indicator Diplexer and components list Make your own ladder line Ladder line (by Noji) How to design an RF power amplifier on YouTube™ (12:34) [very technical — Class A FET amplifier] Coax continuity tester (by Noji) Build your own 'pecker' for tube amplifier tuning (by John Tait) Make your own rotator on YouTube (18:25) |
![]() ![]() Carl's Joystick [the Pockrus J-pole] |
Tips to keep in mind when venturing into DIY
Install Anderson™ Powerpole connectors on YouTube™ (9:40) Mobile radio installation considerations [PPT] How to install the Pockrus J-pole (shopping list, tools, instructions by Noji) Install a PL-259 connector on coax (by Noji) Mobile radio installation considerations (technical, by Jim Aspinwall NO1PC) Mods (equipment modifications)
Modify your Baofeng microphone on YouTube™ (18:38) Modify your Yaesu FT-60R (MARS/CAP) on YouTube™ (15:21) Modify your Icom IC-5100 (MARS/CAP) Modify your Icom IC-7100 (MARS/CAP) Online calculators
Dipole and vertical cut too long or too short calculator (by MØMCX) [VBA app for Excel] Dipole trap calculator (ZIP by Tony Fields VE6YP) |
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Transceivers
Antennas
ON6MU Homebrew page (mostly VHF / UHF) AA5TB Homebrew page (Steve Yates) MØMTJ Homebrew page ARRL Homebrew Antenna page DK7ZB Homebrew page (Martin Steyer, Germany) VA3IUL Homebrew page (Iulian Rosu, mostly diagrams of numerous antenna types) Other
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