HF AERIALS
Coax fed HF aerials
HF dipole aerials
Long wire antennas
HF Fan dipole aerials
End-fed aerials
Insulators for wire aerials
End-fed wire for top band 160 metres V*
The Beverage aerial
The Carolina Windom
The grounded loop aerial
The Delta Match aerial
The doublet aerial V*
The end fed Zepp
10 and 12 metre aerials
The Sigma Venom
The Solarcon Antron A99 vertical A*
A vertical for 20 metres
A 5/8th wave 20 metre vertical
Medium Wave frame aerials
Medium & long wave Ferrite Rod aerials
Antenna switch for short wave listening V*
Log periodic antenna
ANTENNA FEEDERS
Balanced feeders
ATUs – AMUs
Aerial Tuning Units V*
RF METERING
An RF Ammeter
An RF Volt meter
The Rapid Bandchecker absorption wavemeter
LUMPED RF COMPONENTS
High voltage capacitors and other lumped bits
VHF – UHF AERIALS
VHF UHF Aerials
Flowerpot antennas V*
Flowerpot antenna how it works V*
PMR 446 aerials
ATTIC ANTENNAS
Aerials in the loft attic antennas A*
COAX
RG316 V*
Types of coax.
Loss and shield consideration. V*
Coax switches
BALUN – UNUN – CHOKES
The BALUN UNUN
and common mode chokes V*
RF PLUGS & SOCKETS
RF Plugs sockets connectors couplers
Antenna switch for short wave listening V*
Crimp-on RF plugs SMA V*
DIPLEXERS
TRIPLEXERS
Triplexer 6m – 2m – 70cms V*
NANO VNA
Nano VNA H4 V*
Nano very tiny handheld
VNA H V*
THE MINI-WHIP ANT
Mini-Whip Active Antenna HF LF VLF V*
Antenna on long and medium wave V*
BIAS TEE
Bias Tee for the Mini Whip and other applications
EARTH SWR TRAPS FILTERS
Traps explained
RF Earths
SWR does it matter?
RF Filters Wavetraps Rejector Acceptor circuits
PROPAGATION
The ionosphere
MUF Maximum useable frequency
VHF UHF propagation
Sunspot maximum 2025
VLF VERY LOW FREQUENCY
VLF reception and propagation
HF NOISE & INTERFERENCE
HF noise and interference V*
Interference on medium and short wave V*
CODAR RADAR
CODAR HF ocean radar
AUDIO GEAR
Mixer, microphone, pre-amp etc
Tandberg 3000X tape deck V* A*
SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO
SDR
RADIO SONDE weather balloons
Radio sonde weather balloons V*
Also used as a 70cms beacon V*
SURECOM PRODUCTS
Surecom SF-103 handheld frequency counter V*
Surecom SW-102 digital SWR Power Meter
POWER SUPPLIES
Crowbar protection circuit
and power supplies in the shack
RTTY WEFAX
WEFAX weather fax
Commercial RTTY V*
MANUALS CIRCUITS etc
Manuals and circuits page
INTERNET CYBER SECURITY
Malware and amateur radio security
PROGRAMMING RADIOS
Programming radios. Some notes.
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WEST SUSSEX COASTAL
REPEATER GROUP
West Sussex Coastal Repeater Group Information
Repeater basics for beginners V*
GB3BR 70cms Repeater West Sussex
GB3CC 70cms Repeater Chichester
GB3CQ 10M Repeater Worthing
GB7CQ – 70cm Digital Repeater Worthing
GB3RL – 70cms Repeater Rustington V*
GB3RW 2M Repeater Worthing V*
OTHER REPEATERS
GB3IW 70cms repeater Isle of Wight
GB3WO 70cms repeater Worthing
Ten metre FM repeaters
Passive Repeaters A*
PHOTOS
My Isle of Wight trip
including GB3IW V*
Amberley Museum A*
DIGITAL MODES
PSK31 RTTY and more
WSPR WHISPER
WSPR
Weak Signal Propagation Reporter WSJT-X A* V*
MY RADIO GEAR
My amateur radio equipment A*
Yaesu FT290R
TYT MD UV380 DMR FM handheld
AnyTone AT-778V/U 2/70 transceiver
AnyTone AT-5555 10 metre transceiver
AnyTone AT-5189 4 metre transceiver
AnyTone AT-588 2 metre transceiver A*
AnyTone AT-588 4 metre transceiver A*
Kenwood TS-570D transceiver
Icom IC-7300 HF 50MHz 70MHz transceiver
Alinco DX-70 HF & 50MHz transceiver
Baojie BJ-218 transceiver 2 metres 70cms
President Ronald 10/12 metre transceiver
CRT-SS9900 Superstar 9900 10/12 metre transceiver A*
Tait T2010 4 metre transceiver
Midland CT3000 transceiver
FDK Multi 700E transceiver
CONTROLLED SQUELCH SYSTEMS
CTCSS and DCS squelch systems
BAOFENG UV-5R UV9R and BF-888S
Using a Baofeng UV-5R with a 70cms Yagi V*
Baofeng UV-5R programming including Chirp V*
How to scan CTCSS tones and DCS V*
Tests on the Baofeng UV-5R V*
Baofeng UV-9R
Baofeng BF-888S
TYT HANDHELD
TYT MD UV380
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVERS
Lowe HF150 V*
Marconi CR100 A*
Eddystone 358X comms receiver V*
Eddystone 910/1 V*
Tecsun S-2000 V*
Yaesu FRG-7
and FRT-7700 ATU V*
Pye PCR receivers V*
The Lafayette KT340 comms receiver V*
The Lafayette HA600A comms receiver V*
Marconi R1155 receiver V*
Reception Set R-209/2/B Receiver V* A*
National HRO 5TA1 – 5A1 comms receiver V*
VALVE HF TRANSMITTERS
Homebrew Valve AM CW transmitter A*
KW Vespa transmitter V*
NDB – NON DIRECTIONAL BEACONS
Receiving long wave NDBs V*
BEACONS in Worthing
70cms beacons in Worthing V*
LONG & MEDIUM WAVE
Medium wave DXing V*
Long wave radio
Long wave broadcast stations V*
BROADCAST NEWS LW MW SW
The slow demise of long and medium wave radio stations V* A*
The Future of AM Radio
link to external site
OIRT VHF FM BROADCAST DX
OIRT VHF FM broadcast DXing V*
SHORT WAVE LISTENING
Short wave listening. SWL V*
Short wave receiving aerials A*
Number stations time signals and more
Very interesting short wave frequencies V*
VHF MARINE RADIO
VHF and HF Marine Page
The Ajax A25 MF radiotelephone V*
AIRCRAFT RADIO
VHF airband radio Icom A-24
Aircraft HF ARC-5 SSB valve transmitter V* A*
HF aircraft frequencies A*
BLETCHLEY PARK STATION X
Bletchley Park and the HRO receiver
THE WS No19 SET
The wireless set No 19 V*
ECHOLINK
ECHOLINK
RADIO INFO
Radio info stuff gen help ideas
Q CODES. PHONETIC
ALPHABET LINGO etc.
Codes and lingo used in amateur radio
THE G-QRP CLUB
The G-QRP Club
MORSE CODE
Morse Code keys and more A* V*
A vintage Morse sounder relayer V*
A Morse Code Signalling Lamp
Here is a great website for learning Morse
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MY AMATEUR RADIO VIDEOS
See my YouTube channel here
Introduction video plus the Watson W50 2 metre 70cms aerial.
Antenna and ATU videos
An ATU for end-fed aerials
Setting up an ATU SWR meter HF radio and aerial
A top band aerial for small gardens
Doublet antennas
Mini-Whip Active Antenna on long and medium wave
Flowerpot coaxial dipole aerial
Flowerpot antenna how it works
Diamond MX-2000 Triplexer
Antenna switch for short wave listening
An end-fed wire antenna for top band 160 metres
Crimp-on RF plugs SMA
GB3IW and NATS aerial site Isle of Wight
Coax Cable – types loss shielding V*
Morse code videos
Tips for learning Morse Code
Electronic keyer for Iambic Morse key
A Morse Code Iambic Keyer
Morse code is not dead, or scary!
A vintage Morse sounder relayer
Morse keys and other CW stuff
Baofeng videos
Using a Baofeng UV-5R with a 70cms Yagi
Baofeng UV-5R programming
How to scan CTCSS tones and DCS
Tests on the Baofeng UV-5R
Anytone AT-778UV videos
The Anytone AT-778UV transceiver
Anytone AT778-UV scan for CTCSS tones
Short wave HF related
SWL short wave listening
Short wave listening SWL
HF noise and interference
Interference on medium and short wave
NanoVNA videos
NanoVNA tests (four videos)
NanoVNA tuned circuits
Common Mode Chokes and Coax
NanoVNA-H very tiny
handheld antenna analyser
Communications receiver videos
Tecsun S200 receiver
Yaesu FRG-7 comms receiver
The Pye PCR2 comms receiver
The Eddystone 910-1 comms receiver
The Eddystone 358X comme receiver
The Lowe HF150 Communications Receiver
The Lafayette HA600A comms receiver
The Lafayette KT340 comms receiver
Marconi R1155 receiver
R209/2/B receiver Part 1
R209/2/B receiver Part 2
National HRO videos
National HRO 5TA1- 5A1 comms receiver part one
National HRO 5TA1 – 5A1 comms receiver part two
National HRO 5TA1 – 5A1 comms receiver part three
National HRO 5TA1 – 5A1 comms receiver part four
National HRO 5TA1 – 5A1 comms receiver part five
National HRO 5TA1 – 5A1 comms receiver part six
National HRO 5TA1 – 5A1 comms receiver part seven
National HRO 5TA1 – 5A1 comms receiver part eight
KW Vespa MK1 transmitter videos
KW Vespa MK1 – part one
Radio Sonde videos
Radio Sonde weather balloons – part one
Radio Sonde weather balloons – part two
Radio Sonde locating with an HB9CV antenna
WSPR v1deos
WSPR weak signal propagation reporter
10 – 11 – 12 metres
CB Radio 27MHz 11 metres
The 12 metre amateur band
Pirate radio videos
The infamous WS 19 set
CCF pirate radio memories
More Pirate and CCF radio recollections
6678kHz pirate transmissions?
Misc videos
The Spitfire medium wave transmitter
A trip to Bletchley Park
How I became a radio amateur
The Ajax A25 MF radiotelephone
The Codar AT5 transmitter
The Collins TCS-12 transmitter
A 500 Watt transmitting valve
OIRT band VHF FM broadcast DXing
Surecom Mcbazel Frequency Counter.
Aircraft HF valve transmitter
Repeater basics for beginners
A close look at a 70cms repeater GB3RL
Long wave broadcast stations
Tandberg 3000X reel to reel tape recorder
THE AMATEUR BANDS
VHF Bands
2 Metres
4 Metres V*
6 Metres A*
70cms
HF Bands
10 and 12 Metres V*
5MHz 60 Metres A*
40 Metres
80 Metres A*
160 Metres top band A*
PODCASTS
Amateur, and pirate radio
and all things from the the
1950s 60s 70s
CB and 446 PMR RADIO
CB Radio V*
CB radio frequency bands
446pmr
CCF and
ECHO CHARLIE
Combined Cadet Force CCF A* V*
Echo Charlie 6.6MHz V*
MUSIC PIRATE RADIO
Pirate radio 1960s to the 2000s A*
TELEPHONES
AND OTHER STUFF
Odds and ends
Police Radios in 1937
GPO 150 candle stick telephone
Servant’s Butler’s bell box flag board
LISTER TYPE D STATIONARY ENGINE
Lister engine project V*
Generating electricity with the Lister D
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