Lots of readers are into toying around with RF and ham radios. One thing that is always of concern is tuning the antenna. New equipment is never cheap, so whenever another option comes along that u… ...

Antenna tuning at HF frequencies is something that radio amateurs learn as part of their licence exam, and then hone over their time operating. A few basic instruments and an LC network antenna tun… ...

In other words, choose (cut wire) to receive a weaker signal so that the antenna tuner can successfully match. It is important to use a counterpoise with an end fed. A standard recommendation for the ...

The idea is that for a given ham band there are min and max frequencies which are easily converted to half wavelengths by the famous 468/f generally used by hams for dipole lengths. (QST, Oct 1926, ...