TX antenna

HF Allband Antenna (160-6 meters) with Selectable Polarization and Auto-tuning

4 min read

• AllBand
• antenna
• Dipole
• G5RV
• Ground Plane
• HF
• Ladder line
• Low Bands
• Matching
• NVIS
• TX antenna

HF Allband Antenna (160-6 meters) with Selectable Polarization and Auto-tuning

IK0VVE 6 February 2026

From the original post in Italian dated 8 December...

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“Pills of Technique”: Understanding SWR – Is your antenna resonant?

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• antenna
• DIY
• Pills of Technique
• SWR
• TX antenna

“Pills of Technique”: Understanding SWR – Is your antenna resonant?

IK0VVE 12 January 2026

After building your dipole and adding a Balun, it’s...

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“Pills of Technique”: The Balun – The Bridge for your Antenna

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• antenna
• Balun
• DIY
• Pills of Technique
• TX antenna

“Pills of Technique”: The Balun – The Bridge for your Antenna

IK0VVE 5 January 2026

Welcome to “Pills of Technique”. In the previous post...

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My DIY Magnetic Loop Antenna (the Korean Loop)

5 min read

• 10m
• 20m
• 30m
• antenna
• Contest
• CW
• TX antenna

My DIY Magnetic Loop Antenna (the Korean Loop)

IK0VVE 30 May 2024

The Magnetic Loop antenna has always been a fascinating...

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My G5RV Special

1 min read

• 10m
• 20m
• 30m
• 40 80
• 6m
• antenna
• CW
• Dipole
• G5RV
• Ladder line
• Low Bands
• tuner
• TX antenna

My G5RV Special

IK0VVE 28 October 2020

After a couple of years I completely rebuilt my...

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MF TX season started!

7 min read

• 630m
• antenna
• Low Bands
• Matching
• MF
• tuner
• TX antenna
• WSPR

MF TX season started!

IK0VVE 4 October 2017

Last night I’ve been transmitting for the first time...

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My first TA MF!

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• 630m
• Low Bands
• MF
• TX antenna
• WD2XSH/17
• WSPR

My first TA MF!

IK0VVE 27 September 2016 2

Timestamp Call MHz SNR Drift Grid Pwr Reporter RGrid...

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136 kHz… finally!

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• 136 kHz
• 2200 m
• 630m
• antenna
• LF
• Matching
• MF
• Opera32
• TX antenna

136 kHz… finally!

IK0VVE 13 September 2016

Last night was my second “serious” TX test on...

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Increasing TX antenna capacitance

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• 136 kHz
• 2200 m
• 630m
• antenna
• LF
• Low Bands
• MF
• TX antenna

Increasing TX antenna capacitance

IK0VVE 2 August 2016

This is my umpteenth upgrade to the TX antenna...

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Toroid matching for LF/MF

2 min read

• 136 kHz
• 2200 m
• 630m
• antenna
• LF
• Matching
• MF
• Toroid
• tuner
• TX antenna

Toroid matching for LF/MF

IK0VVE 26 July 2016

Since my antenna was born as monoband for 630...

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