Author: Johnson Francis

I had posted a comparison of the performance of my setup as assessed by pick up at CW skimmers on Reverse Beacon Network. Repeated the same test in

Half square antenna consists of two vertical quarter wave elements and a horizontal half wave element which acts as the phasing line between the two vertical elements. The

Had a comparison of pickups on CW at Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) skimmers today morning around 7 am local time between low power and full power of my

You may be aware that a genetic antenna is one produced by computer modelling and testing of multiple exotic versions and finally choosing the best option. Genetic antennas

That was S79VU from Seychelles, coming here 5,9+20 dB, thanks to his hexbeam towards VU and his solid state homebrew 600 Watts linear amplifier. Previous day I had

Oblong antenna, also known as oblong loop has a rectangular shape. When mounted in the vertical plane, it has a horizontal polarization, with signals along the broadside of

Those who have followed my blog or YouTube channel would very well know that I have been struggling with my 80/20m loaded coil dipole antenna. After a lot

Just as the name implies, it is a dipole antenna which can be rotated so as to optimise the direction of transmission and reception. We know that a

What you are seeing in the infographics is the 160m propagation taken from Reverse Beacon Network over the past one year. It is obvious that most of the

Switched on my radio at around 5.30 pm and I could see the 20m band booming with activity. Few stations from North India were coming in very strong.