Founded 1933
National Radio Club, Inc.
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Aurora, CO 80047-3251 USA
Founded 1933 |
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ANTENNAS
Many articles formerly in this section are in the Loop and Beverage Manuals.
| A ZERO SHARPENING
DEVICE FOR A BCB LOOP By T. Holmes. If you're having trouble obtaining sharp nulls with a standard loop, this simple device may help. (1) Reprint A2 |
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| A VERSATILE
LONGWIRE ANTENNA COUPLER By R. Foxworth. How to get the maximum mount of signal from your longwire. (3) Reprint A3 |
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| DOWN TO EARTH
GROUNDS. By G. P. Nelson. How to make low resistance ground connections for terminating a Beverage (2) Reprint A9 |
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| A CALIFORNIA
BEVERAGE. By Fr. Jack Pejza. Results obtained at this Beverage site. (2) Reprint A10 |
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| THE VERTICAL PICKUP
PATTERN OF THE MW LOOP ANTENNA By G. P. Nelson. Information for those doing horizon blockage experiments with a loop antenna. (4) Reprint A12 |
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| USING TWO ANTENNAS
TO GENERATE ASYMMETRICAL RECEIVING PATTERN By M. Levintow. Shows a simple way to skew your loop's pattern to effect a null that will permit reception of a station impossible to receive on a figure-8 loop antenna by itself. Reprints A5 and A6 are a requirement for understanding this technique. (3) Reprint A13 |
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| A NEW MEDICAL
BREAKTHROUGH FOR LONGWAVE TA'S By C. Clayton. Instructions on how to build an inexpensive loop antenna for LW. (1) Reprint A14 |
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| REVIEW OF THE DYMEK
DA-3 ANTENNA. By Pete Taylor, with notes by R. J. Edmunds. Evaluation of this MW antenna. (4) Reprint A15 |
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| MORE ON BEVERAGE
ANTENNAS. By Wes Boyd. Beverage antenna theory and application. (2) Reprint A16 |
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| MORE FERRITE LOOP
ANTENNA INFO By Dallas Lankford. Inconsistencies in ferrite-core loop antenna theory. (3) Reprint A17 |
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| NEBE: THE NEBRASKA
BEVERAGE. By D. Fischer, C. Dabelstein, R. Mitchell. Results at the Nebraska Beverage site. (7) Reprint A19 |
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| THE LSCA-1 By Ron Schatz. Construction plans for the Loop Sense Cardioid Array. Should yield a unidirectional receiving pattern when operated properly. (10) Reprint A20 |
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| A Large Aperture Ferrite Core Loop Antenna for LW and MW Reception By J. Hagan. Details and theory for the construction of this DX Antenna (14) Reprint A24 |
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| A NOVEL APPROACH TO
BUILDING YOUR OWN BCB LOOP By M. Maloney. Ideas for improvements in operation and sturdiness of loop antennas. (4) Reprint A25 |
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| SEVEN PASSIVE
TUNERS. By Mark Connelly. This article will introduce you to many different tuner designs and how they are used (10) Reprint A27 |
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| REMOTELY-
CONTROLLED ANTENNA TUNER RT-1. By Mark Connelly. An introduction to the design of remote tuning for loop or wire antennas from distances of 50 feet or more. Use w/ A43 (7) Reprint A29 |
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| REMOTELY TUNED
DIRECTIONAL LOOP ANTENNA. By E. L. Cummins. Loops ideas for building where interior mounted loops will not work. (11) Reprint A30 |
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| SIMPLE CHEAP AND
EFFECTIVE PRESELECTOR LONGWIRE TUNER-AMPLIFIER By B. Sherwood. Schematic and brief instructions are given. (3) Reprint A31 |
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| ANTENNAS FOR AM
BROADCASTING By Steve Kennedy. A brief history of early and current station antenna systems. (4) Reprint A33 |
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| SOME ANTENNA
EXPERIMENTS - PART 1 By W.R. McIntosh. Ever heard of a Helical longwire? This article deals with compact antennas for use where space is limited. (3) Reprint A34 |
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| THE PHASE ONE - A
Delay Line Phasing Unit By Gerry Thomas Description of an improved phasing unit design that can be built or is available in kit form. (3) Reprint A35 |
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| LOOP-LONGWIRE
COMBINED ANTENNA By P. Swain. "Sensing" antennas for DX'ing and direction finding. (3) Reprint A36 |
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| EXTREMELY LINEAR
ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE ACTIVE RECEIVING ANTENNA. By Hopf and Lindenmeier. Technical discussion of an antenna system that is the optimum solution towards allowing undisturbed reception near transmitters. (5) Reprint A38 |
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| SIMPLE PASSIVE
LONGWIRE TUNER By Mark Connelly. A basic tuner that can eliminate mixing spurs caused by strong locals. (2) Reprint A39 |
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| AMPLIFIED PHASED
SHORTWIRES. By Mark Connelly. Construction article. Utilizing an SM-2, phasing unit and short wire antenna. (8) Reprint A40 |
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| THE KOWALSKI
LOOP. By Neal Perdue with comments from Paul Kowalski. A first-hand account of this ferrite core loop antenna. A non- technical review, with comparisons to the SM-2. (2) Reprint A41 |
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| THE MWT-1 FAMILY OF
ANTENNA TUNERS By Mark Connelly. Construction plans for the MWT-1, Mini MWT-1A, 1B and 1C antenna tuners (28) Reprint A42 |
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| RT-1 REMOTELY-TUNED
ANTENNA TUNER By Mark Connelly. Description and construction plans. (10) Reprint A43 |
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| THE MINI MWDX-3 A
simple, Effective Phasing Unit By Mark Connelly. Construction plans for a one-box phasing unit. Order also A55. (21) Reprint A44 |
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| THE MWDX-4 FAMILY OF
PHASING UNITS By Mark Connelly. Construction and use of two similar series of phasing units. (25) Reprint A45 |
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| WIND A COMPLETE-
COVERAGE COIL FOR THE RADIO WEST LOOP By Fritz Mellberg. Eliminate the need to change coils during tuning of the entire MW band on this antenna. (1) Reprint A46 |
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| TEST OF THE MITCHELL
LEE LOOP AMPLIFIER. By Mark Connelly. A new low impedance input, 3-transistor amplifier used with series tuned loops is detailed, along with improvement ideas. (6) Reprint A47 |
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| YAD ANTENNA
GIZMO By Jerry Starr. A simple-to-build antenna switching device. Will ground the antenna not in use while using the other; designed for 2 antennas and 1 receiver. (1) Reprint A48 |
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| COMPUTER-AIDED
ANTENNA TUNER DESIGN By Mark Connelly. This BASIC computer program determines which component values are used in your antenna tuner. Tuner schematics included. (7) Reprint A52 |
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| IMPORTANT LOOP
TUNER AND PHASER DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS "Q" DEMYSTIFIED) By Mark Connelly. Technical article. The importance of “Q” and a BASIC program to find antenna tuner component values in light of the "Q" (7) Reprint A53 |
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| THE MITCHELL LEE
AMPLIFIER: TWO TUNER IMPLEMENTATIONS. By Mark Connelly. Technical article. Tuner circuits using this amplifier. Reference also A47. (5) Reprint A54 |
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| HOTRODDING THE
MINI-MWDX-3 PHASING UNIT By Mark Connelly. Technical article. More on the Mini-MWDX-3. Requires reprint A44. (3) Reprint A55 |
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| MICRO-MWDX-4A LOOP
VS WIRE PHASER By Mark Connelly. Connelly. Technical Construction Article. (11) Reprint A57 |
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| LIL-1 By Dallas Lankford. Construction plans for a new circuit for combining a loop and inverted L antenna to generate a cardioid pattern. (3) Reprint A59 |
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| MEDIUM WAVE, A
PRACTICAL APPROACH. By Graham Maynard This is a consolidation of articles that were first published by the Medium Wave Circle of England. It outlines the authors construction of his MW DX receiving set-up. (12) Reprint A60 |
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| MWDX-5 PHASING
UNIT. By Mark Connelly. Another in the series of Phasing Units. Construction article. (11) Reprint A61 |
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| MINI-MWDX-5. A SIMPLE
PHASING UNIT. By Mark Connelly. Construction article. Similar to the MWDX-5 but simpler. A61 recommended (3) Reprint A62 |
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| RIBBON CABLE
LOOPS By Mark Connelly. A new loop concept. (5) Reprint A63 |
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| QUANTUM LOOP By Gerry Thomas & Mark Connelly. A new ferrite core loop. Reviewed and modified. (9) Reprint A64 |
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| SUPER BOOSTER
BAR. By Gerry Thomas. For portable receivers. (2) Reprint A66 |
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| BUF-A
AMPLIFIER. By Mark Connelly. A building block for many Connelly construction projects. (9) Reprint A67 |
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| HIGH PERFORMANCE
LOOP AMPLIFIER By Dallas Lankford (6) Reprint A68 |
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| NOISE &
INTERFERENCE REDUCING ANTENNAS. By Wraight, Lankford & Connelly. (10) Reprint A69 |
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| REMOTELY TUNED
LOOP RTL-1 & RTL-1A By Mark Connelly. Also Contains the BBA-C1 Amplifier Card. (20) Reprint A70 |
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| THE MWT-2
REGENERATIVE TUNER By Mark Connelly (21) Reprint A73 |
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| BEVMATCHER By Mark Connelly A broadband Antenna Matching and combing Unit (8) Reprint A75 |
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| The RTU-1 By Mark Connelly. A remote tuning unit for active antennas. (11) Reprint A77 |