Author: Johnson Francis

My new CW (Morse Code) paddles arrived by courier yesterday from Aaram Ham Radio Shop. (NOT a promotional affiliate link, just for information to CW lovers out there!) As

I read about an operating award for 60 m on QRZ forum a few days back. Time window for the award is supposed to end today. Had a

During an online discussion I came across a ‘Lazy inverted V antenna’ for 160 m with apex at 18 m. This prompted a search for the “Lazy Inverted

Heavy band noise is a problem faced by all radio amateurs operating from the cities and some from rural areas as well. There is a huge and ever

Five Eighths Wavelength or 5/8 Lambda Vertical Antenna is said to have highest gain among the vertical antennas with 3 dB gain over a quarter wave vertical antenna.

Last few days, I have been trying to improve the performance of my newly purchased End Fed Half Wave antenna for 40, 20,15 and10 m by trying out

Peformance of my End Fed Half Wave antenna was below par on 40 m, though I had 1:1 VSWR at the upper end of 20 m band. I

Performance of the EFHW which I had installed recently was suboptimal on 40 m, though it was good on 20 m and 10 m. After getting a lot

Through out my nearly four decades of Ham Radio, I have never used an End Fed Half Wave Antenna. As it is difficult to route multiple coaxial cables

I did not put a balun at the feedpoint of my 20 m inverted V dipole antenna as I did not have the raw materials to make one.